Real time Heart Rate on Stream with Garmin heart rate monitor

So, you’ve got a beautiful Garmin watch around your wrist, and you can't wait to share your real time heart rate with the world. Perfect, because I spent my Friday night on writing this guide for you so you can get started RIGHT NOW ! Procrastination won't get us today! And don't worry, it's much, much easier than you think, and it's even free for you to stream your pulse on twitch with HypeRate!

In this guide we will show you use your Garmin for heart rate streaming with HypeRate, and share with you how easy it can be to create a bond with your viewers. And also pretty exciting, clippable moments your audience will remember.

So, you ready to let your heart rate create a narrative for your stream? Let's get started!

Why a Garmin heart rate widget is good for your stream

So, introducing a live heart rate monitor in to streaming setup is not only about sharing the horrors of Alan Wake 2 with your viewers, it really is about connecting to your audience and giving everyone the opportunity to actually feel you.  

You know best, that gaming is not only about the fun and the gun, but about the story and the narrative you create on your stream. Everything you do live becomes your narrative, and integrating a real time heart rate monitor for streaming can help you to shape yours.

Here are 4 reasons to get started today, yes right after reading this:

1. Emotional Response: When your viewers see your heart rate spike during a difficult battle or a suspenseful scene, it's not just about the game anymore; it's a shared experience. It’s about your audience riding the emotional wave with you, feeling the tension, celebrating the wins, and facing the challenges alongside you. It's real, it's raw, and it makes your stream unique!
2. Engagement Like Never Before: We have seen so many streams that just couldn't talk about the heart rate. It’s an instant conversation starter, a way for your audience to engage not just with you, but with each other. It opens up interactions, from sharing their own experiences to just letting you know your not alone. It’s about building a community that’s invested not just in the game, but in the gamer.
3. Health Awareness: Sorry to break the news with you, but between all the fun and games, there is a higher risk for streamers for health issues. From countless hours of sitting in very comfortable chairs to mental health. Monitoring your heart rate keeps you in tune with your body’s signals. It’s a nudge, a reminder to perhaps take a break, hydrate, or simply going to bed for real. Yes, just sleep a bit.
4. Ease of Integration: With HypeRate, integrating a heart rate monitor takes less than reading this blog. Just get caress your smartwatch on your wrist and stream away. I'll get to the setup later.

Choose your Garmin Device

Garmin watches never cease to amaze me. With these trackers you can track swimming, run with GPS on, check your Oxygen saturation, stress level, sleep patterns, menstruation cycle, and also tell you if your body is ready for your next workout. If you have been into fitness like I was (maybe, ehrm, some time ago) then you know that it can be a guesswork why some days at the gym are a struggle and some days you can get in another set with ease. Garmin will help you to get the timing right and rest, when necessary. For me it's the best heart rate monitor if you're into fitness. Most of the latest devices are compatible with HypeRate, so feel free to check if your device is on the list here: https://www.hyperate.io/supported-devices

Setting up your Heart Rate Monitor for Streaming

If you made it here, you can make it anywhere, so let's get into the details before you run away screaming "CLICKBAiiTT" :D

1. Download HypeRate for Garmin
2. Open the App (please make sure your device is connected to your smartphone via bluetooth)
3. Press Start
4. Copy the provided URL that includes your HypeRate ID and Paste it into OBS
5. You're all set!

Check out this tutorial from Lazytechtony, which was entirely made for Apple Watch, but it's working just like this:
https://youtube.com/shorts/L1SZGRgWSBc?si=FrUQtTtntop1mlD6

Customise your Heart Rate Design

We have designed an actually beautiful design for you - but how about individual designs inspired by games or just something more exciting?  Well, of course we've got your covered. You customize your widget with more than 50+ designs, advanced animations you can configure, or even add light integrations like Lumia to your livestream. Once you get the data in, the possibilities are endless!

Why we're building HypeRate and why it's free

So there's a tool entirely for free, offering designs and stuff, so what is the deal? We're a bunch of people who have enjoyed our live-streaming endeavours until we didn't. It comes in handy that our team is pretty good at building things and we just loooove live-streaming. And World of Warcraft. We want to connect human emotions with the digital world and enable game developers to create better games for you - not with the data you stream, but with the tools we built for THEM - and this is why we built HypeRate for you! Our community is at the core of everything and this shows by our strong dev community who has built amazing integrations that make your streams even more exciting. So join our mission, share your intense emotions with your community and be stronger together!  Was this text created for SEO? Yes, pretty much, but hey, if you made it HERE, then you're pretty awesome! Join our Discord and ask for Muermuer, she has a special design for you.

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