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Info on changes to resting heartrate

Hello, is there more information on what was changed to the overnight resting heart rate algorithm. I felt that before the update it gave an overnight average, very useful to gauge how recovered and also how restful your sleep was. Now it appears to be close to what your absolute lowest heartrate overnight. I have also noticed that the lowest heartrate on the on watch widget seems not to correspond to with garmin connect. Anyone with similar experience?

0 Cozza over 3 years ago

To add as an example. Last night I was out and had a few drinks, normally I would have got an overnight heartrate of maybe 10 beats higher then normal when fully rested and recovered compared to the self inflicted physiological stress. Looking a GC heart rate chart it is clear that my heart rate was in the high 40s to low 50s dipping once to 43 which is the figure I got, point being that, although that was my lower heart rate its gives a false impression of my physiological state being self induced or otherwise.

0 jmto over 3 years ago in reply to Cozza

I bet some are happy with that change as they get lower RHR based on this post: https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-945/278619/improvements-to-the-resting-heart-rate-algorithm