Monitor your heart rate with AirPods Pro 3
AirPods Pro 3 feature in-ear heart rate sensors that can help you track your heart rate during workouts.
You can view your heart rate data in the Health app or during workouts in the Fitness app and supported third-party fitness apps on your iPhone.
If your AirPods Pro 3 are connected to your iPhone to monitor your heart rate during a workout, you can connect to another Apple device at the same time for audio. You can connect to an iPad with iPadOS 26 or later, a Mac with macOS Tahoe 26 or later, or an Apple TV with tvOS 26 or later, if all devices are signed into the same Apple Account.
Turn off in-ear heart rate monitoring
Heart rate monitoring is on by default. To turn it off:
Put your AirPods Pro 3 in your ears and connect them to your iPhone.
Go to the Settings app on your iPhone, then tap the name of your AirPods.
Turn off Heart Rate.
Get accurate measurements using AirPods Pro 3
AirPods Pro 3 heart rate and motion sensor data is sent to your iPhone to calculate metrics like calories burned, steps, and distance for your daily activity. To improve its accuracy:
Ensure good contact between the heart rate sensor and the skin inside your ear.
Make sure that your ear tips have the right fit.
Keep your Health app data up to date. Your data from the Health app on your iPhone or iPad—such as your height, weight, gender, and age—together with heart rate and motion sensor data from AirPods Pro 3 is used to calculate how many calories you burn, and more.
View your heart rate during workouts in the Fitness app
You can use the Fitness app on iPhone to view your heart rate during workouts.
Make sure that your AirPods are connected to your iPhone, and that you're wearing at least one AirPod.
Go to the Fitness app on your iPhone.
Tap the Workout tab.
Start your workout.
You can also use AirPods Pro 3 to track your heart rate during Apple Fitness+ workouts on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. In addition to heart rate, you can view metrics such as calories burned and the Burn Bar onscreen.
If your heart rate is dimmed or displayed as dashes, make sure that your AirPods Pro 3 have the right fit and are connected to your iPhone.
View your heart rate during workouts in third-party apps
You can use supported third-party apps on iPhone to view your heart rate during workouts.
Make sure that your AirPods are connected to your iPhone, and that you're wearing at least one AirPod.
Go to the supported third-party workout app.
Start your workout.
When you use a third-party workout app for the first time, give permission for the workout app to read heart rate data, and to read and record workouts. This step is only necessary the first time you use your third-party workout app with Apple Health.
View your heart rate in the Health app
Go to the Health app on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap the Search button
at the bottom right, tap Heart, then tap Heart Rate.
How AirPods Pro 3 measure your heart rate
When you use the Fitness app or supported third-party apps, AirPods Pro 3 measure your heart rate continuously during your workout. To stop heart rate monitoring in the app, end your workout.
When you wear both an Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 3 during your workout, they work together to provide you with multiple streams of heart rate data for even better coverage. The highest confidence source in the moment will automatically be used to provide heart rate data.
If you're an Apple Watch user, but want to do a workout with AirPods Pro 3 and iPhone only, connect your Apple Watch to your iPhone by midnight the next day to receive credit toward your Activity rings.