My brother in law has been advised to get a Kardia and is happy to buy an appropriate phone, however the list of phones on Kardia doesn’t appear to have been updated for newer phones and the models given are not readily available. Despite numerous emails to Kardia they haven’t responded.
So which new phones do members find the best to use ?
Thanks for any advice
I use mine with iPhone. But it also worked with cheap Huawei tablet computer - not on the approved list.
I use mine with iPhone 12
Hi, I found this compatibility link updated 14 days ago
alivecor.zendesk.com/hc/en-...
Hope this helps.
I'd be surprised if a new mainstream phone was incompatible. It only has to be able to run the app (main options Android and iOS, which covers most mainstream phones these days) and have Bluetooth Low Energy. Assuming your brother in law already has a phone that should be his starting point for using with Kardia. If it doesn't have BLE then he'll need a new phone. If it has BLE and uses Andriod or iOS then there's a good chance it'll work with Kardia. I suppose it depends on whether he wants to get a new phone anyway....
It doesn’t work on his current phone so happy to buy a new one but a lot on the list aren’t available to buy new, he won’t buy an iPhone. I’ve passed on all answers so he will have to work something out. Thanks for the info
It's easier for him to pick out a phone he likes and then check whether compatible. There's that many phones available trying to get a list of every one that's compatible is a challenge. Excluding Apple is a good start at narrowing down but there's still dozens of current Android phones. I suspect anything half decent from Samsung's current models will be compatible e.g. S24 models
I use mine with a Google pixel phone.
I have a Samsung S22 and that works fine with Kardia.
I don't know about Kardia but I use Emay single lead .should work the same .You don't need an app you can see result & upload to pc .Apps are much better you can see actual ECG & send to medics quite easily.I use Motorola G23,have used Redmi and Nokia G21 & would not recommend Nokia to anyone.Dreadful phone and unbelievably poor customer service.
Get a phone From somewhere that you can return if incompatible.Eg Amazon.
I have used Apple phones with mine, but I would say that all modern phones would work with the 6L version as this uses BlueTooth.
The Kardia is excellent, but if your brother in law ever needs to take longer readings than a few minutes in order to "catch" brief episodes of AF or other arrhythmias, and if, like me, he's a gadget lover who enjoys technology, I can also recommend the Wellue 24-hour AI ECG device.
Steve
Yes, the Wellue 24-hour AI ECG device is pretty impressive but he'll probably need to have a PC or laptop running a compatible version of Mac OS or Windows. Note: I had problems with using a PC running Windows 11. Fortunately I have a laptop running Windows 10, which works fine.
I have used mine on Win 10 / 11 and MacOS. All work well, but I do recall hiccups along the way. A new software version came recently and that has been fine.
I use the smaller Wellue AI device, too, which uses a phone app rather then a laptop, and Bluetooth, so is very much like the Kardia but with AI. That runs for up to five minutes using chest electrodes, so the trace can be completely noise free unlike finger tip readings. The Kardia is likely the simplest to use, though, and is an exceptionally well made device, too, and looks pretty amazing, design-wise. My first one was faulty though and ate batteries, so was swapped for free fairly quickly.
Steve
Thanks. Installed new software and looked promising but still failed after initially recognising the device. Then used Windows 10 notebook with old software and it worked first go. I'll stick to Win 10 notebook until they iron out the bugs.
That's such a frustrating thing to happen. When problems occur with Windows, I always suspect that it's driver related as it has to try to accommodate such a vast array of different hardware combinations, whereas Apple has total control of that side and that's why it is (in my experience) rock solid and trouble free. I switched to Apple just a couple of years ago computer-wise, but still use a Windows 10 PC and did use a Windows 11 laptop till recently.
The main hiccup I have found with Windows when using USB devices is that they are sometimes not recognised and, even when they are, on occasion, they don't show up in File Manager or anywhere else. Is that what happens, do you think (i.e. when you insert the USB plug into the computer, do you hear the connection sound?).
Steve
I reckon you're on the money! It initially didn't recognise the device was attached via USB. Disconnected and re-boot and tried again and it recognised it was attached but by the time I logged in to software and tried to download from the device it said it was empty. Took to Win 10 notebook and no problems. Recognised USB immediately and no problems downloading from device. The "Notebook" is actually a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet with detachable keyboard so USB drivers would be 100%. Win 11 PC is one I built myself so probably generic driver assigned
I used to use a Surface Pro. What a lovely piece of kit - except the battery life on kine was annoyingly short.
I think there are ways to force Windows to "see" USBs. I have had the problem several times over the years and generally recall sorting it. Thinking back on my years with Windows, it's likely one of the main hiccups I encountered.
Steve
I'm currently using an iPhone 13 with my 6L Kardia
My Kardia worked for some time with a Vodafone handset but when the Kardia updated it stopped working. I ended up buying a Google Pixel but the fingerprint access doesn't work very well on this device.
I have a cheap Realme phone that's 3 years old and it works just fine as it does on my Galaxy A8 tab.
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