Android Smartphone Heart Rate Monitors

If you have an HTC, Motorola or Samsung phone (and several other brands), the chances are it uses the Android operating system. If so, it probably has Bluetooth™ chipset installed to comunicate with peripheral devices like headsets and car kits. There is now a Bluetooth heart rate monitor belt which communicates directly to your phone, no dongle, no adaptor.

Using Bluetooth 2 heart rate belts you can now see your heart rate on your phone while exercising. All you need is, an Android phone with Bluetooth 2, a heart rate APP [from Market Place, something like Runkeeper or Endomondo] and a Bluetooth Heart Rate belt, as sold here.

Popular Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor belts for Android smartphones

• Polar Bluetooth 2 heart rate belt for Android Smartphones
• Zephyr Bluetooth HxM heart rate belt for Android Smartphones

iThlete HRV - Heart Rate Variability Testing App for Android

If you want to track your training progress and prevent OVER TRAINING, then all you need is a standard analogue heart rate strap (traditional Polar style, 5.4Khz) and the iThlete dongle to plug in to your Android phone. The iThlete HRV APP is a world recognised benchmark heart rate variability testing APP. Various iThlete packages can be found below - or click here to buy the iThlete HRV dongle for Android phone

Note, some newer mobile devices are now using Bluetooth 4, Smart Ready (Low Energy), if your device is SMART READY you may be able to use one of the belts below... However, at present, even Android devices running Anroid 4.2 do NOT support Bluetooth Low Energy - so please choose oneof the belts above.

• Polar H7 Bluetooth Smart Ready heart rate belt
• CardioSport Smart Ready Heart Rate sensor

ANT+ There are some mobile devices, like the Sony Xperia range, that have BOTH Bluetooth and ANT+. If you have ANT+ chips in your phone, you can use any of these products - ANT+ heart rate monitor accessories.