4/11/2023 0 Comments Apple watch sleep tracker![]() If your sleep data looks as bad as mine then welcome to the bad sleepers club. Let’s drill down into what the Health app can tell you about your sleep patterns by looking at a graph of a terrible night’s sleep I had recently. Incidentally, we’ve also produced a complete guide to all the features of the Health app (opens in new tab) too, since it does so much more than just monitor your sleep. It has everything you need to know about setting your sleep goals and setting up Wind Down. Here’s a guide on how to set up and use sleep schedules on your iPhone (opens in new tab) that we prepared earlier. It all feels a bit like you’re being manipulated into going to sleep by your iPhone, but it’s honestly acting in your best interests, so we’d recommend enabling it. You also need to decide what your alarm time and its sound are, and whether you want Wind Down enabled, which is a feature that starts to reduce your notifications as you approach your bedtime. Creating a routineĪpple Watch doesn’t just track your sleep, in conjunction with the Health app it helps you get into a more regular bedtime routine and improve it, which includes things like setting your sleep goals (aim to get at least 7 hours, preferably 8, is a good rule of thumb) and what time you want to go to bed, so Apple can remind you. It feels good just talking about it doesn’t it? Typically this type of sleep happens more in the first half of the night. During this stage your tissues are repaired and essential hormones flood the body. This is where your brain waves slow down. It’s what your brain is doing for the majority of your time spent asleep. Your muscles relax the most here, to stop you acting out your dreams in real life.ĭespite the name, this really isn’t the heart of a goodnight’s sleep, instead it’s a light sleep that may be important for cognition. Scientists think dreaming plays a role in learning and memory. ![]() Here your brain goes off on flights of fancy called dreams. The Michael Stipe (opens in new tab) of sleep. People often wake up then fall right back to sleep and don’t recall it. ![]() We can label the sleep stages as follows:ĭon’t worry if your Health app shows that you woke up several times in the night, but you’ve got no memory of that happening. Also, you can fall into deep sleep relatively quickly - it doesn’t only happen after an hour or so. During sleep you cycle in and out of each stage multiple times. Also, you need to know that people don’t neatly go from one stage to the other while they sleep, then wake up after 8 hours feeling refreshed. Deep sleep however has a more restorative effect on the body and the Health app shows you both. One thing is accepted though - each stage is identified by the changes in brainwave patterns that happen as you sleep.įor example, dreams happen during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. While there are clearly defined stages of sleep it’s important to note that nobody knows entirely what the different stages do, and while there are generally accepted theories, new evidence is emerging all the time. There are recognised changes to your brainwaves in the Sandman’s company, and you need to know the differences between them. The first thing to realise about the results that Apple is showing you is that not all sleep is created equally. So, assuming you’ve done this already, and just woken up after a night’s sleep, you should head over to your Health app on your iPhone, then tap Browse then Sleep where you can see the quality of sleep you’re getting. Here's how to set up and use the Sleep app in Apple Watch (opens in new tab): everything you need to know to get started is there. Setting Apple Watch up for sleep tracking does require fiddling about in some menus, but luckily for you we’ve already produced a guide to doing it. If you’re working from home, like most of Apple seem to do (opens in new tab), then charge it after you’ve finished your work hours. ![]() Anybody who has an Apple Watch knows that a single charge only lasts about a day, so you’re going to have to create a new schedule for your life that means you charge your Apple Watch before bed - we’d suggest putting it straight on its magnetic charger the moment you get home from work, or wake up. Wearing your Apple Watch at night might be a strange concept to many of us who, rightly, use that time to charge the device after we’ve gone to bed. What this means is you’ll have to wear your Apple Watch to bed, then pick up your iPhone in the morning to judge the quality of sleep you got. The Apple Watch and the iPhone - together they can work wonders. ![]()
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