Health & Wellness Settings

From the Garmin Connect™ app, select Menu symbol > Garmin Devices, select your device, and select Health & Wellness.

Heart Rate Status
Enables the heart rate monitor.
NOTE: Disabling the wrist-based heart rate monitor also disables features such as your VO2 max. estimate, sleep tracking, intensity minutes, the all-day stress feature, and the wrist-based pulse oximeter sensor.
Broadcast Heart Rate

Enables heart rate broadcasting and the ability to start and stop broadcasting from the device (Broadcasting Heart Rate Data).

Pulse Oximeter

Sets the pulse oximeter mode (Setting the Pulse Oximeter Mode).

Daily Steps

Allows you to use an automatic average to set a daily steps goal or set your own goal.

Weekly Intensity Minutes

Allows you to set an intensity minutes goal, and enable using heart rate zones to measure intensity.

Auto-Detected Activities
Enables automatic activity detection (Auto-Detected Activities).
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July 2026