No Heart Rate Shown While Using the Walking App

My heart rate shows on the watch no matter what watch face I use without issue.

I've just added the Walking App to use while I'm walking the dog and for some reason my heart rate doesn't show in the 'heart rate section' while using the App.

As soon as I stop using the App my heart rate is shown on the watch face again.

Any ideas how to get my heart rate to show while I'm walking?

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Dan.Boilermaker over 2 years ago +1

Make sure you start tracking your walk by pressing the upper right GPS button after you selected the Walk Activity (app). Otherwise the options menu will cover up the default data screen where the heart…

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0 3BEP6 over 2 years ago

Is that a third party or native app? If native, make sure to add HR as a field.

0 Steve000 over 2 years ago in reply to 3BEP6

It's the App from Garmin Connect. There is already a HR field' (its a the top)

0 Dan.Boilermaker over 2 years ago

Make sure you start tracking your walk by pressing the upper right GPS button after you selected the Walk Activity (app). Otherwise the options menu will cover up the default data screen where the heart rate is displayed.

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0 Steve000 over 2 years ago in reply to Dan.Boilermaker

Yes I press the top right hand button to Start & Stop the Walk App. It doesn't record your walk if you don't start it.

0 Steve000 over 2 years ago in reply to Steve000

Looks like Ive managed to figure out wha the issue was.

For some reason the Walk App power mode was on Max Battery which disables heart monitoring. Weird that it comes like that as standard when downloaded form the Garmin Connect Store.

0 5135968 over 2 years ago in reply to Steve000

I'm curious why you are downloading a walking app when this is an activity supported natively by the device?

0 Steve000 over 2 years ago in reply to 5135968

I removed it from the watch along with a few other Apps I didn't think I would use (Jumpmaster etc). Then I decided to reinstall it via the Connect App