Apple Watch HR support. BUT...
Finally! Endomondo now supports the Apple Watch heart rate sensor.
Having said that, I was disappointed to discover on my first indoor workout (indoor cycling) that the metrics displayed by Endomondo on the Apple Watch can not be chosen by the user. Worse, the metrics Endomondo displays are Duration, Distance, and Pace. For indoor activities Distance and Pace are blanked out so all you get is Duration. A glorified stopwatch! Granted, heart rate is also displayed. But in text so small I cant read it with my 40+ year-old eyes.
Another surprise. If you have a new Apple Watch 2 and thought you could finally go out and run, bike, etc. without your iPhone and instead use the Watchs built-in GPS...forget it. This is from Endomondo.
"Please note that the Endomondo app on Apple Watch will not work as standalone app (using the built-in GPS on Apple Watch 2), so youll need to carry your iPhone with you during your workouts. "
Another disappointment...App cant write workouts to Health app.
And...and...and, the apps algorithm for active calories burned for indoor cycling is way off. Its way too high (60% too high in my experiments).
Another disappointment...The Watch only displays the average heart rate on the Watch at the end of a workout. Other apps display the max. heart rate too, which is very convenient. You can go to the iPhone to unearth the max. heart rate achieved during a workout. But that is a pain. There is plenty of unused space on the Watch face to include this and other information. Endomondo needs to start using it if their app is to be a viable option for the Apple Watch.
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Endomondo, v16.10.0