Sleep Tracker - Monitor Your Sleep Patterns Effectively

A sleep tracker is a device or app that monitors and records data on an individual's sleep patterns, including quality of sleep, duration, and stages of sleep.
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Device
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Available in electronic stores, health tech shops, and online marketplaces.
Prepared by Lee Cheng, reviewed by Jane Cox

Sleep Tracker FAQ


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What is a sleep tracker?

A sleep tracker is a device that monitors one or more aspects that reflect your sleep patterns, habits, stages, quality, and/or duration. This measurement is indirect, relying on more easily detectable physical signals of sleep, rather than basing it on brain activity and eye movement as they do in some formal medical tests.

Why should we use sleep trackers?

Sleep trackers should offer valuable insights into different aspects of sleep including sleep quality, sleep duration and sleeping patterns. We also took their additional features into account, like their ability to measure blood-oxygen levels, physical activity or other valuable health data.

What is the best sleep tracker?

Sleep trackers can provide some insight and maybe even help you develop better sleep habits. There is no such thing as the best sleep tracker, because everyone is different, but we have tested a ton of wearables, from rings and smartwatches to headbands, bedside devices, and even a mat designed to go under your mattress.

How do wearable sleep trackers work?

Rings: This is another wearable sleep tracker but far more basic. It uses sensors along the inside of the ring to collect data and track your sleep. Under mattress or nearables: There are some models, like the Withings Sleep Tracker Pad, that simply slide under your mattress for an unobtrusive solution to sleep trackers.

What is a good sleep tracker?

The Oura Ring may be a more comfortable sleep tracker for people who don’t like wearing watches to sleep. Non-wearable sleep trackers include smartphone apps, smart mattress pads, bedside monitors, or even entire smart beds. A few examples include the Withings Sleep, the Google Nest Hub, and the Sleep Number 360 Smart Bed.

What is a non-wearable sleep tracker?

Non-wearable sleep trackers include smartphone apps, smart mattress pads, bedside monitors, or even entire smart beds. A few examples include the Withings Sleep, the Google Nest Hub, and the Sleep Number 360 Smart Bed. The main thing is figuring out whether you’ll feel comfortable wearing something while you sleep.

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