One of the flagship additions to the AirPods Pro 3 was a built-in heart-rate sensor, which allows users to track more than 50 workout types. But how accurate is it?

CNET Labs testing found AirPods Pro 3 averaged 1.67% heart rate error vs a chest strap, second only to Apple Watch Series 11 at 0.98%.

Independent testing shows AirPods Pro 3 can track workout heart rate with low average error, but limits remain for intervals, ...

AirPods Can Measure Your Heart Rate, but Are They Accurate?

I am a marathon runner, and I routinely mention this not (just) to prove that those memes about runners always talking about running are absolutely correct: We do. I do it because I've gotten there by ...

The MAX30105 is an optical sensor capable of a great many things. It can sense particulate matter in the air, or pick up the blinking of an eye. Or, you can use it as a rudimentary way to measure your ...

Before you decide to click away, thinking we’re talking about some heart rate monitor that connects to a display using WiFi, wait! Pulse-Fi is a system that monitors heart rate using the WiFi signal ...

This simple circuit enables you to listen to your heartbeat, for instance, while you are exercising. The transducer used for detecting the pulse is an electret microphone, X1 in the diagram. The model ...

The Garmin HRM-Fit is a heart rate monitor made for women, or at least anyone who would wear a sports bra while exercising. Where other heart rate monitor straps use an elastic band and a metal popper ...

If your Fitbit Charge 6 is giving you heart rate readings that are clearly wrong — showing 85 BPM during a HIIT workout when you’re gasping for air, spiking to 200 BPM while you’re sitting on the ...

The rhythmic sensation felt at the wrist is a pulse pressure wave that travels through the radial artery, known as the arterial pulse wave. This wave provides information about the well-being and ...