How to tag activities

It's helpful to tag activities to gain insights into how they impact your energy and symptoms. Tagging also helps you check that your heart rate zones are set up correctly.

There are two ways to tag an activity:

Tagging an activity soon after it happens helps maintain the accuracy of your activity tags. Here's how to manually tag your heart rate data in the app:
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​Step 1. On the Today screen, tap on your live heart rate data.

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Step 2. Now, on the Heart Rate page, tap on Tag activity underneath your heart rate chart.
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Step 3. Drag the two lines (or type in the boxes) to indicate your activity's start and end time.

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Step 4. Tap Search or add new tag and either type in a new tag and assign an icon to it, or tap an existing one:

We recommend reusing icons for multiple activities. For example, you can use the knife-and-fork icon for meal-related items and the shower icon for hygiene-related items. You can also use emojis in your activity names to help differentiate them or make them easier to recognize at a glance.
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Step 5. Save your activity tag.

Once saved, your activity will show on the heart rate chart, making it easy to see when it happened. The activity period is slightly shaded and marked with a blue line and your activity icon.

The activity tag will also be listed underneath the chart. Here you will see the total PacePoints used for the activity.

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To tag an activity while it happens, tap Start activity on the Heart Rate page. This opens the Activity Monitor.

To tag your heart rate data in real time using the Activity Monitor:

At the end of the activity, you can save or discard the tag.

The Activity Monitor is designed for time-limited, physically demanding activities like walking, showering, or preparing a meal. It's there for when you need it, not something to use all the time. It helps you track your live heart rate and zones during an activity, making it easier to know when to rest and when to keep going.

For full instructions, see how to start and use the Activity Monitor.

Combining tags for similar activities gives you more valuable insights and better organization. For example, if you have multiple tags such as “Showering,” “Shower,” and “Shower + dry,” it can sometimes be helpful to combine the into one.

You can edit your activity tags as follows:

You can also edit an activity tag by double-tapping it directly on the Heart Rate page, following similar steps to deleting a tag.

You can delete activity tags from the Heart Rate page: