Xbox one fitness

janettebishop940
janettebishop940 Posts: 88
in Health and Weight Loss
How does Xbox one measure heart beat and is it accurate?

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    It detects micro-fluctuations in your skin optically to read your heart rate, absolutely touch free, from up to 10 feet away, according to Microsoft.

    However, the XBOX One is so new, that heart beat accuracy has not been tested (by the masses, you know, normal people) against a chest strap HRM. So there's no way to know how accurate it is. My money is on "not terribly".
  • bhsishtla
    bhsishtla Posts: 151 Member
    We got it yesterday,we r still working onit!
  • janettebishop940
    janettebishop940 Posts: 88
    I'm planning on comparing it to my polar ft hrm. It would be good if mfpal-ers could post their results.
  • janettebishop940
    janettebishop940 Posts: 88
    It's not picking up my heart rate :(
  • ironband
    ironband Posts: 157 Member
    With me it is picking up my heart rate, because it tells me what my max was at the end of the workout. Pretty close to what my Polar said...but unfortunately it either doesn't (or I cant figure out how to get it to) show the heartrate through the whole workout...Searching the docs now...
  • ironband
    ironband Posts: 157 Member
    I take it back. This time it caught my heart rate at the beginning of the work out and displayed it at the top of the screen...then it lost it as soon as I got moving. Reported my max as 83...not even close.

    Obviously it needs some work...

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