Connect your Fitbit Charge 6 or Google Pixel Watch 3 to compatible exercise machines and apps to check your real-time heart rate directly on the display1.
Pixel Watch 3
Pixel Watch 3 is intended to be compatible with fitness equipment/apps that use the Bluetooth Heart Rate Profile. Connectivity has been tested and confirmed for the latest models of:
- Peloton Bikes, Treads and Rows
- Concept 2 (with latest firmware version only)
- Echelon
- Hydrow
- iFit (NordicTrack)
- Matrix
- Schwinn
- Spinning
- Strava
- Tonal
- Wahoo
- Zwift
Known manufacturers that are not compatible with Pixel Watch 3:
- Garmin
- Life Fitness
- TechnoGym
Your Pixel Watch 3 might work with other equipment/apps not listed here, but not all Bluetooth-compatible devices and apps will connect or behave similarly. Additional devices and apps will be added to this list in the future.
Charge 6
Charge 6 is intended to be compatible with fitness equipment/apps that use the Bluetooth Heart Rate Profile.
We tested and confirmed connectivity for the latest models of:
- Peloton Bikes, Treads and Rows
- iFit (NordicTrack)
- Concept2
- Tonal
- Hydrow and Hydrow Wave
- Spinning bikes and mobile app
- Echelon
- Strava
Known manufacturers that are not compatible with Charge 6:
- Garmin
- Life Fitness
- TechnoGym
Your Charge 6 might work with other equipment/apps not listed here, but not all Bluetooth-compatible devices and apps will connect or behave similarly. Additional devices and apps will be added to this list in the future.
- Swipe down from the clock face to access quick settings and tap on the Connected Fitness icon
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- Tap Connect
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- Follow the instructions on your workout machine or fitness app to connect a Bluetooth heart rate monitor.
- Confirm your equipment on your Pixel Watch 3 and accept the pairing request on your equipment or app.
- Some equipment or apps may require a pairing code which will appear on your Pixel Watch 3.
- Some equipment or apps will allow you to ‘Save Connection’ to enable a faster connection the next time you work out on that equipment or device
- Swipe down from the clock face and tap HR on equipment.
- Follow the instructions on your workout machine or fitness app to connect a Bluetooth heart rate monitor.
- When Charge 6 connects, a screen appears on your tracker, asking to share your heart rate. Tap Share.
- Tap Start on your tracker to start your exercise.
- End the exercise on Charge 6 to stop sharing your heart rate.
Alternatively, Charge 6 can pair with fitness equipment/apps during the first two minutes after you start a workout in the Exercise app on your Charge 6.
Fitbit Charge 6: How to sync your heart rate to gym equipment
If you have trouble connecting Charge 6 or Pixel Watch 3 to a compatible device or app listed above, make sure your fitness equipment has the most recent version installed. To update your fitness equipment firmware, follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
If you’re still having issues after updating, follow the troubleshooting steps below:
- Restart your Pixel Watch 3 or Charge 6.
- For instructions on how to restart Charge 6, check How do I restart my Fitbit device?
- For instructions on how to restart Pixel Watch 3, check Fix a blank, frozen, or error message on the Google Pixel Watch screen.
- Make sure your device isn't currently connected to any other fitness equipment or apps.
- Charge 6 can only connect with one piece of equipment or app at a time.
- Pixel Watch 3 can connect with a max of two connections at the same time.
- Disconnect or unpair your device from the fitness equipment or app you want to use, turn off Bluetooth on your equipment, then turn it back on and try to pair again.
- For Pixel Watch 3, when connecting to a machine or device that you've previously connected to, some equipment/apps might show two Pixel Watch 3's available for connection. Tap the more recent Pixel Watch 3 instance to establish a connection.
1 Sharing real-time heart rate to fitness equipment impacts battery life of your device.