Apple Watch gets a new Hear Rate app in watchOS 10 with redesigned design. The new Apple Watch Heart Rate app includes a neat new capability.
watchOS 10 get a major upgrade and enhanced Apple Watch experience with a new widgets UI, mental health features like mood tracking, new watch faces, and redesigns UI coming. With native apps like Weather, Home, Stock, Maps, Messages, World Clock, and Heart Rate.
Apple says with watchOS 10 “redesigned apps provide more information at a glance, and also navigate and quickly access content.”
For reference, here’s the watchOS 9 Heart Rate app with a grey tiled UI:
How the Apple Watch Heart Rate app looks in watchOS 10
As of now, watchOS 10 is available in beta. But keep in mind if you install it on your Apple Watch there’s no way to downgrade to watchOS 9. Let’s see how Apple Watch Heart Rate app looks.
When launching the Heart Rate App, you’ll see the new heart icon as your watch reads your current pulse.
The heart icon pulses the rhythm of your current heart rate to visualize your heartbeat in real-time.
- The UI takes up the whole screen and features a neat ripple effect as each heartbeat pulses
- Swipe or scroll down to see
- Your daily heart rate range
- Resting rate
- Walking rate
- Workout rate(s)
Also, there are updated ranges like resting rate, and walking average screens. But it doesn’t look different from watchOS 9, but they are clean looking and have new “i” info buttons you can tap to learn more about resting walking rates.
After tapping on the “i” info button you’ll find the heart rate details for any workouts you’ve done for the day, including your cardio recovery numbers. Here’s how that looks in watchOS 10:
What do you think about the new Apple Watch Heart Rate app and have you tried it out? I am currently using and loving it. Share your thoughts in the comments!