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# Can I compute HR zones from hr\_samples?

**`hr_samples` from the Activity event are the right input for computing your own zones.** Each is a heart rate reading with a timestamp, so set your thresholds and bucket samples by time.

* **Apple** does not populate `hr_zone_data` but does send `hr_samples`, so computing zones from samples is sound.
* Sample cadence is **not a fixed interval**; it is whatever the device recorded, so derive time-in-zone from each sample's timestamp rather than assuming a fixed rate.
* **Polar** sends `hr_samples` and also populates `hr_zone_data` when the activity carries it.


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