Pairing galaxy watch 7 ultra to external heart sensor

[Shaun14]

Can anyone help me with pairing my watch 7 to an external heart rate chest strap please.

I have been through the Samsung health app and the chest strap is showing as registered but not connected.

I have tried a few activities to see if it auto connects but so far I can not get it to connect

Thank you

Shaun

[Rambo2024]

Sportswerk crashed for me on SGW but Gear Tracker ii works and is my go to now for using external HR

[Skykiller]

Ho ok, i don't have issue with sportwerks but Gear Tracker II also seems to be a good solution with more functions, but iT requieres a subscription wich i don't really like...

[Katabroc]

For those who couldn´t find a solution, this is what I did to have my activities with the chest strap imported to Samsung Health.

1 - Purchased an app called SportWerks (I´m not affiliated to it) -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.qooapps.sportwerks&hl=pt_BR
2 - Configured a Strava account in SportWerks options (it doesn´t work with google sign on, I had to create a Strava username and password to sign in and work)
3 - Connected my Strava account to Samsung Health, using Samsung Health app (three dots, configure, services, Strava)
4 - Connected my external chest strap to SportWerks (via Bluetooth Devices inside the app)
5 - Started an activity in SporWerks. After that, there´s a 'Diary' option on SportWerks where you can upload your activity. After being uploaded to Strava, the activity is automatically imported to Samsung Health, with all it´s data, HR, Time, Laps and GPS (assuming you used it).

What I liked most is that you can use any Fitness Sync to export data from Strava to anywhere you want.

If you need any help, my e-mail is katabroc@gmail.com, just mail me and I´ll be glad to help.

Cheers!

[K3v7ar]

Samsung please update this feature! It's 2025, we all love your watches and this is a HUGE drawback in development.
Please get your R&D team to look into this if you haven't already! If you want to compete with the best, you simply have to strive to be the best. If I can pair my watch with my TV and see my heart rate on the screen, then how hard is it to collect data from a chest strap and send it to a watch screen?

[Denys4]

It is infuriating, that Samsung doesn't add native supoort to external HRM. Hardware is capable, 3-rd party apps support it - but I want to see built-in running metrics (vertical, stiffness etc.) along more accurate HR readings! Samsung, it's an easy fix - do it. 

[Katabroc]

I totally agree. While there´s not oficial solution, that´s the best I found to work with. 
And when I ordered my watch, I ordered a chest strap, thinking it would certainly work. 
But then I had this distasteful surprise.
Anyway, I didn´t have to return the strap, since there´s this workaround.

[gohfastur]

Did you have trouble with sportwerks disconnnecting from strava and strava disconnecting from samsung health? I have to re-establish strava to both apps every time I want to log a workout to samsung health

[sinwhite]

here is my same activity data watch7 vs hrm+strava. watch 7 is total disaster. i switch huawei fit 3 to wacth 7 and i have huge dissappoinment now. 

Samsung users said huawei users "this is not watch it is a band. what? no app ? ha ha ha ...". What app what smartness? no hrm connect, rubbish hearth rate tracking, complicated phone app, in turkey not nfc pay. What's the point of these watches beeing wear os?

all samsung watchs garbage.