Track your heart rate during workouts with AirPods Pro 3

1. Wear your AirPods Pro 3, and make sure they’re connected to your iPhone.

2. Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.

3. Tap the name of your AirPods near the top of the screen.

4. Turn Heart Rate on or off.

You can view your heart rate during workouts in the Fitness app on your iPhone, in Fitness+ on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV device, or in third-party apps on your iPhone or iPad.

1. Wear your AirPods Pro 3, and make sure they’re connected to your device.

   Note: AirPods Pro 3 support heart rate monitoring when you’re wearing just one of your AirPods.

2. Go to the Fitness app or third-party workout app.

   Note: If you choose to use a third-party workout app, you must give permission for the app to read heart rate data, and to read and record workouts. This step is only necessary the first time you use the app with Apple Health.

3. Start your workout in the Fitness app or a third-party app.

   Your heart rate appears in the app as you work out.

   If the heart rate appears as dashes or is dimmed, your AirPods Pro 3 are getting a poor reading. Check the fit of your AirPods Pro 3 and make sure they’re connected, then try again.

4. To stop heart rate monitoring in the app, end your workout.

   You can view heart rate data for your workout when you tap the session in the Summary tab of the Fitness app on your iPhone or in the third-party app on your iPhone or iPad.

When you use the Fitness app or supported third-party apps, AirPods Pro 3 measure your heart rate continuously during the workout. If you don’t see your heart rate, check your AirPods settings and the fit of your AirPods.

If you’re wearing 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 is automatically used to provide heart rate data.

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 workouts. To get the most accurate measurements, try any of the following:

• Check the fit: If there isn’t good contact between the heart rate sensors on AirPods Pro 3 and the skin inside your ear, you may get a poor recording. See Find the right fit with AirPods Pro.

  Note: The correct ear tip size for acoustic seal and heart rate recording may be different. Make sure you choose the correct size so that the heart rate sensors on AirPods Pro 3 have good contact with the skin inside your ear. See Check the fit and choose the best ear tip size.

• 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. See the Apple Support article Use the Health app on your iPhone or iPad.

• Clean your AirPods: For the best heart rate monitoring results, clean AirPods Pro 3 regularly. See the Apple Support article How to clean your AirPods Pro.

• Consider environmental factors: Cold weather can reduce blood flow in your ears, making it harder for the heart rate sensor to get accurate readings. If you’re exercising in the cold, for example, the skin perfusion in your ear might be too low for the heart rate sensor to get a reading.

• Check for ear conditions or modifications: Earwax buildup, moisture, skin conditions, or ear piercings around your ear can interfere with the sensor’s contact with your skin. Metal jewelry from piercings may also affect sensor performance. If you have ear piercings near where your AirPods Pro 3 sit, try temporarily removing jewelry to see whether readings improve.

• Account for individual differences: Skin blood flow (how much blood flows through your skin) varies significantly from person to person and can be affected by your environment and activity level. Blood flow in your ears changes based on these factors, which can impact sensor performance.