Ankle-worn Apple Watch doesn't improve metric tracking; accuracy dissipates during movement. Exclusive accessory ...

Heart rate varied as well. The wrist sensor read 75 beats per minute, and the ankle watch read 63 and warned twice about a low heart rate. And as you'd expect, blood oxygenation didn't work at all ...

I wouldn’t recommend relying on the heart rate data from an ankle-worn Apple Watch, although to be honest anyone who cares about accuracy should just get a chest strap already. A $25 Coospo will ...

Spotted someone at the grocery store strapping an Apple Watch around their ankle? No, your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you. What began as a quirky fitness workaround has quietly snowballed into a ...

However, Apple Watch health features like high and low heart rate notifications, irregular rhythm notifications, fall detection, and blood oxygen readings are a serious matter.

When it comes to heart rate monitoring, my Garmin recorded an average of 158 beats per minute, with a max of 175. Apple recorded an average of 159 beats per minute, with a max of 178.

Better heart-rate accuracy? The idea of wearing an Apple Watch on your ankle for better heart-rate accuracy seems a little farfetched. For the most accurate reading, surely you’d want the sensor to be ...

Apple has not publicly come out and advised people against wearing the Apple Watch on the ankle, but it is not something that its documentation acknowledges at this time. Related Roundup: Apple ...

The various metrics that the app tracks — heart rate, calories, distance — seem accurate, she said, even if her approach is unconventional. Advertising “I know it’s ridiculous,” she said.