There are a number of health, fitness, and exercise related apps and activities that are facilitated by the Apple Watch. Aside from the ability to track and measure your workouts, there is also a Breathe app that you can use periodically to perform a breathing exercise.
This app can adjust over time as you complete breathing sessions, and one of the metrics that you can specify is the number of breaths that you perform per minute while using the app. Our tutorial below will take you to the menu for the Breathe app, where you will be able to adjust the number of breaths per minute.
How to Change the Breathe Rate on an Apple Watch
The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11.2.2. The Apple Watch being modified in these steps is an Apple Watch 2 using the WatchOS 4.3.2. operating system. This guide will show you how to change the number of breaths that you take in a minute while performing the Breathe exercise on the watch.
Step 1: Open the Watch app.
Step 2: Choose the My Watch tab at the bottom-left corner of the screen.
Step 3: Scroll down and select the Breathe option.
Step 4: Touch the Breathe Rate button.
Step 5: Tap the number of breaths that you would like to do per minute while performing the Breathe exercise.
Have you found that you aren’t using the Breathe app very often, and that you frequently dismiss it more than you use it? Find out how to turn off the Breathe Reminders on your Apple Watch if you would prefer to do it on your own schedule.
Kermit Matthews is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with more than a decade of experience writing technology guides. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science and has spent much of his professional career in IT management.
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