How to add heart rate from Apple Watch to your live stream

Add your pulse from Apple Watch to OBS browser source and show on Twitch and YouTube

Stromno
4 min readNov 23, 2020

If you were looking for an easy way to show your heart rate from Apple Watch in your live stream with OBS, Streamlabs OBS (SLOBS), Twitch Studio, XSplit, Stromno app is for you!

Stromno is an Apple Watch app for heart rate streaming. You do not need to buy another monitor and can show your pulse data from Apple Watch on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook.

Stromno is an easy way to show your heart rate from Apple Watch. You do not need to run your own server or build custom CSS to add your widget, just copy url and use in OBS.

  1. Create an account on Stromno website.
  2. Get Stromno app for your Apple Watch

3. Get login code in the Dashboard

In your Dashboard on the website you will find an Apple Watch image that indicates your status. When it says ‘Offline’ you need to get a login code from the image and enter it in your Stromno app on Apple watch.

4. Login in the app with 6 digits code.

In order to start broadcasting your Heart Rate info from the Apple Watch you need:

  • allow an app to access Health data
  • enter digit code from the Dashboard in the watch app
  • click Sign in

4. Click Start

When you click ‘Start’ the watch will start a workout session on your watch and broadcast heart rate info to your Stromno widgets.

Do not forget to click ‘Stop’ or close Stromno app after you finished your stream.

5. Set up your widget design

You can choose different hearts and BPM designs, preview widget and Save it.

More design coming soon, send us your ideas in Discord or Twitter.

6. Copy widget URL and use it in Browser source in OBS, SLOBS, XSplit.

Done. Your widget is set up and will show heart rate data from your Apple Watch Stromno app. The next step is for advanced widgets and tools.

7. Boost your stream with advanced widgets.

You can connect your Stromno account to Pulsoid and use all Pulsoid features and tools.

What we love in Pulsoid:

  • Highly customizable BPM widgets — set up a font, ranges color and visibility; personalize your widget and make it look professional
  • Custom images widgets with ranges — get your own images, emotes, GIFs to be shown depending on real BPM; use all the power of your brand to grow the channel
  • Upload own sounds and videos — webcam frames, heartbeat sound, high HR alert, choose what to play when your BPM changes
  • Special fitness widgets — calories, heart rate zones, real-time graph, animated text
  • Games styled widgets — choose a widget which is the right fit for game you play
  • Export to CSV — build your own analytics or share with a doctor
  • Discord webhook integration — post to your server when heart rate goes high, great way to invite viewers when things get serious
  • Past stream Highlights — easy tool to create the best clips and share in other social media
  • Public Analytics — engage with a community after the stream, give them a tool to find top moments and spread the word

8. How to integrate Pulsoid

Click ‘Connect to Pulsoid’ and follow steps

7. Send us your feedback and ideas in Discord or Twitter.

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