The Apple Watch does send your actual heartbeat. It has a built-in heart rate sensor that measures your heart rate using green LED lights and photodiodes on the underside of the watch. This allows the watch to track your heart rate throughout the day and during workouts.
When you use the Digital Touch feature on the Apple Watch, you have the option to send your heartbeat to someone else. To do this, you simply open the Digital Touch app, select the contact you want to send the heartbeat to, and then place your finger on the heart rate sensor on the watch. The watch will then measure your heartbeat and send it as a haptic feedback to the recipient.
It’s important to note that the heartbeat sent through Digital Touch is not a continuous real-time measurement. Instead, it captures a short snapshot of your heart rate at that moment and sends it to the recipient. This means that if your heart rate changes shortly after sending the heartbeat, the recipient will not see the updated heart rate.
If you’re not wearing an Apple Watch or if it is not synced with another heartbeat-measuring device, the Digital Touch feature will pull from a standard default heartbeat. This default heartbeat is not personalized to your actual heart rate but is instead a generic representation.
In my personal experience, I have used the Digital Touch feature on the Apple Watch to send my heartbeat to friends and family. It’s a fun way to connect and share a moment with others, especially when you’re not physically together. However, it’s important to remember that the heartbeat sent through Digital Touch is just a snapshot and not a continuous measurement of your heart rate.
The Apple Watch does send your actual heartbeat when using the Digital Touch feature. It measures your heart rate through its built-in heart rate sensor and sends a snapshot of your heart rate at that moment to the recipient.