World Sleep Day: Useful tips and smart devices to improve your sleep

The Friday before spring starts is World Sleep Day. The day was created to draw attention to a good night’s sleep. Sleep is extremely important and that is why a lot of smart devices help you improve your sleep.

Since iOS 14 and WatchOS 7, you can analyze your night’s sleep using an Apple Watch and your iPhone. But there are more apps in the App Store that can analyze your sleep. If you want to gain even more insight into your sleeping pattern, you can use the Withings Sleep Analyzer or the Beddit sleep monitor.

Monitor sleep via Apple Watch

Sleeping well is important for your health, but it is not easy for everyone. Tracking your sleep patterns is a good start and you can do this with the help of the Sleep app for Apple Watch. This app helps you maintain a regular routine so you can achieve your sleep goals.

Wearing your Apple Watch at night can monitor your heart rate and the accelerometer in the smart watch detects the subtlest movements of your breathing and thus sees when you are awake or asleep.

iPhone sleep mode and relax

Unlike the Apple Watch, the iPhone does not have an extensive sleep analysis function. It is possible to set a time when you would like to go to sleep and a time for getting up via iOS. However, sleep is recorded to a limited extent because iOS checks how often you have used your iPhone during this period.

Not only is it recorded when you actively use your iPhone, but also when you have picked it up or moved it. This is a sign that you are awake and not sleeping. Using sleep mode, Do Not Disturb automatically turns on and dims and locks the screen.

World Sleep Day: Useful tips and smart devices to improve your sleep

With Relax it is possible to start sleep mode earlier than bedtime and you can activate shortcuts to fall asleep, such as playing soothing music or dimming the lights. Once relax is activated, do not disturb will be enabled, the screen will dim and only show important information on the lock screen. You can also only unlock your iPhone by tapping ‘Lock’.

Withings Sleep Analyzer

If you really want to gain insight into the health of your sleep, the Withings Sleep Analyzer is the perfect tool. The sleep monitor and app are designed to gain detailed insight into your sleep patterns. The Sleep Analyzer is placed under the mattress and works with the app on your iPhone to measure, improve and manage your sleep data.

Not only is your sleep monitored, the Analyzer can also check whether you suffer from sleep apnea and when you snore. We have extensively tested the Withings sleeping mat and you can read our findings in this extensive review of the Withings Sleep Analyzer. We also explain to her exactly how the sleeping mat works.