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Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

I am still oxox — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:48:19 GMT

It shows most of my time is spent is core sleep with small periods of deep sleep right after I go to bed, it also shows lots of small and some not so small times of being awake. I knot nothing about sleep science, but this might explain why I feel tired and listless much of the time

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

Malcontent — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:20:58 GMT

@I am still oxox

Are you the type of person that requires several hours of sleep?

My husband needs at least 10 or more (especially the older he gets) and I need maybe 2 hours.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

santorini — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:23:43 GMT

I love my Apple watch. It is so helpful with tracking workouts and I love being able to see my email messages on my wrist. What made me not trust it so much is the fact that I have a hard time sleeping and sometimes it takes a very long time to fall asleep. When I look at the sleep tracker the next day, it shows me with almost zero awake time. That is certainly not true.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

kze — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:45:16 GMT

@santorini wrote:
I love my Apple watch. It is so helpful with tracking workouts and I love being able to see my email messages on my wrist. What made me not trust it so much is the fact that I have a hard time sleeping and sometimes it takes a very long time to fall asleep. When I look at the sleep tracker the next day, it shows me with almost zero awake time. That is certainly not true.

@santorini

Just curious. Is it supposed to start tracking when you actually nod off or when you get in bed? Does it give you the times you go to sleep and times when you wake up for short periods of time?

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

santorini — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:51:36 GMT

@kze wrote:
@santorini wrote:
I love my Apple watch. It is so helpful with tracking workouts and I love being able to see my email messages on my wrist. What made me not trust it so much is the fact that I have a hard time sleeping and sometimes it takes a very long time to fall asleep. When I look at the sleep tracker the next day, it shows me with almost zero awake time. That is certainly not true.
@santorini

Just curious. Is it supposed to start tracking when you actually nod off or when you get in bed? Does it give you the times you go to sleep and times when you wake up for short periods of time?

@kze it shows a graph and color codes things. Maybe I'm wrong in thinking that it would know when I was actually asleep vs. lying in bed staring at the ceiling and trying to solve the world's problems.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

kze — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:57:44 GMT

@santorini wrote:
@kze wrote:
@santorini wrote:
I love my Apple watch. It is so helpful with tracking workouts and I love being able to see my email messages on my wrist. What made me not trust it so much is the fact that I have a hard time sleeping and sometimes it takes a very long time to fall asleep. When I look at the sleep tracker the next day, it shows me with almost zero awake time. That is certainly not true.
@santorini

Just curious. Is it supposed to start tracking when you actually nod off or when you get in bed? Does it give you the times you go to sleep and times when you wake up for short periods of time?
@kze it shows a graph and color codes things. Maybe I'm wrong in thinking that it would know when I was actually asleep vs. lying in bed staring at the ceiling and trying to solve the world's problems.

@santorini

Thanks for the info. I always wondered how it could possibly know.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

Mindy D — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:58:57 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
It shows most of my time is spent is core sleep with small periods of deep sleep right after I go to bed, it also shows lots of small and some not so small times of being awake. I knot nothing about sleep science, but this might explain why I feel tired and listless much of the time

@I am still oxox @kze @santorini "With the Sleep app on Apple Watch, you can create bedtime schedules to help you meet your sleep goals. Wear your watch to bed, and Apple Watch can estimate the time you spent in each sleep stage—REM, Core, and Deep—as well as when you might have woken up" Quoted from Apple.

It does not actually track your sleep. It estimates the time you spend in each sleep stage.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

santorini — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:50:02 GMT

I just googled and found an article (not very recent) that said the trackers are only 38% accurate in determining how long it takes to fall asleep.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

I am still oxox — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 19:17:37 GMT

@santorini I think the program can sense your breathing which is I assume diffeerent when you are asleep

@santorini wrote:
I just googled and found an article (not very recent) that said the trackers are only 38% accurate in determining how long it takes to fall asleep.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

patbz — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:48:22 GMT

Btw many other smart watches also have the sleep tracking feature ( not just Apple; they're usually one of the more expensive brands with sleep tracking).

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

NickNack — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:08:35 GMT

@I am still oxox I'm in deep sleep a very small amount of time at the beginning of the night, too. I do feel that it's pretty accurate in showing the time that I fell asleep. The sleep trackers have gotten better over the years.

I've wondered if you're in deep sleep for less time the older you get. My housekeeper is about ten years younger than I am, and she says that she spends about the same amount of time in each stage of sleep.

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

Q4u — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:20:45 GMT

I own a Fitbit Versa tracker 4 and it has a sleep tracker and I agree that it's an estimation. I feel a pretty good estimation but I take that into consideration when I look every day. I also take some time to fall asleep..... hard to turn off the day!

Re: Sleep tracker on Apple Watch

ID2 — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:56:11 GMT

I have a Fitbit Versa 3 and never activated the night mode. I have no interest in finding out how I sleep.