Wellness

[I am still oxox]

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

[Malcontent]

@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.

[santorini]

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.  

[kze]

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@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.  

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@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?

[santorini]

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@kze wrote:

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@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.  

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@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?

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@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.    

[kze]

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@santorini wrote:

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@kze wrote:

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@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.  

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@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?

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@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.    

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@santorini 

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

[Mindy D]

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@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

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@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.

[santorini]

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.

[I am still oxox]

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

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@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.

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[patbz]

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).