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Fenix 7 PRO Series now has ECG

Hi.

The 7 Pro seems to have ecg hardware. Does the S Pro model has it too?

  • Is there a glance on the watch to view ECG data, or is it only visible in the app or on Connect Web?

  • As shown in your pic 2, the most important thing about the Garmin ELEVATE V5 optical heart rate sensor seems to be the metallic electrode around the lights needed for the ECG, not the optical sensor lights themselves.

  • the refresh uses a new sensor. so yeah it's a derivative model, but it's a mid cycle refresh that uses an entirely new sensor (elevate 5). brace yourself, it's going to get skin temperature reading soon too...

  • No Glance at this stage just the App and Web

  • Please note: any forum posts that teach users outside the authorized ECG countries how to enable the feature, the post will be deleted.


    The first post will be deleted.

    If the same user posts the steps a 2nd time, the poster will be IP banned out of our forums.


    Thank you. We appreciate everyone's enthusiasm for the feature but there are regulatory components.

  • Whoops sorry about that Chris. 


    Moderator: You are good. I had to make that post. I love working at Garmin.

  • But how useful is the ECG really? The chances are quite high that the athletes amongst us (arguably the ones most at risk, 3 - 4 times more according to some research) have a resting heart rate below 50. Signs of AFib will only be detected for RHR above 50.

  • I am interested in whether Garmin wants to have this function enabled for other countries such as Europe. Of course, it needs appropriate applications to the authorities.
    Regardless of the value of such an ECG. After all, other companies that sell their watches in Europe also have it.
    It would be nice if we could get this information.

  • Indeed strange that RHR below 50 is considered too low, considering well-trained athletes may want to use it too. Apart from that, what can you do with the information? And is a trace like this useful for a medical professional? For ECG in a hospital, 10 electrodes are used. But the technical achievement to get this from a wrist-worn device; impressive. Cool. Absolutely. It's getting a bit too "medical-ish" for me though, but it's just my personal opinion.