Viewing The Heart Rate Glance; Setting An Abnormal Heart Rate Alert; Broadcasting Heart Rate To Garmin Devices - Garmin VIVOACTIVE 5 Owner's Manual

Viewing the Heart Rate Glance

The heart rate glance displays your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm). For more information on heart
rate accuracy, go to garmin.com/ataccuracy.
1 From the watch face, swipe up or down to view the heart rate glance.
NOTE: You may need to add the glance to your glance loop
2 Select the glance to view your current heart rate in beats per minute (bpm) and a graph of your heart rate for
the last 4 hours.
3 Tap the graph, and swipe left or right to pan the graph.
4 Swipe up to view your average resting heart rate values for the last 7 days.

Setting an Abnormal Heart Rate Alert

This feature only alerts you when your heart rate exceeds or drops below a certain number of beats per minute,
as selected by the user, after a period of inactivity. This feature does not notify you of any potential heart
condition and is not intended to treat or diagnose any medical condition or disease. Always defer to your health
care provider for any heart-related issues.
1 Hold .
2 Select Settings > Notifications & Alerts > Health & Wellness > Heart Rate.
3 Select High Alert or Low Alert to turn on the alert.
4 Select a heart rate threshold value.
Each time you exceed or drop below the custom value, a message appears and the watch vibrates.

Broadcasting Heart Rate to Garmin Devices

You can broadcast your heart rate data from your watch and view it on paired devices. Broadcasting heart rate
data decreases battery life.
TIP: You can customize the activity settings to broadcast your heart rate data automatically when you begin an
activity (Activities and App Settings,
device while cycling.
1 Press .
2 Select Settings > Sensors & Accessories > Wrist Heart Rate > Broadcast Heart Rate.
3 Press .
The watch starts broadcasting your heart rate data.
4 Pair your watch with your compatible device.
NOTE: The pairing instructions differ for each Garmin compatible device. See your owner's manual.
5 Press to stop broadcasting your heart rate data.
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CAUTION
page 19). For example, you can broadcast your heart rate data to an Edge
(Customizing the Glance Loop, page 26).
Heart Rate Features