Apple Removes Beddit Apps From App Store Following 2017 Acquisition

[MacRumors]

The slow death of the Beddit sleep monitoring accessory continues.

Apple last week removed the iPhone apps for Beddit models 3.0 and 3.5 from the App Store, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris.

Apple acquired Beddit in 2017, and it has gradually reduced hardware and software capabilities and support for the accessory since. Apple removed cloud syncing from the original Beddit app in 2018, released an updated version of the accessory with fewer features in 2019, and stopped selling the accessory entirely in 2022.

Beddit's thin, flexible sensor strip could be placed on a mattress for sleep tracking purposes. It is likely that Apple acquired Beddit to bolster development of sleep tracking on the Apple Watch, which debuted as part of watchOS 7 in 2020.

We have not confirmed if the Beddit apps still function for existing customers.

Article Link: Apple Removes Beddit Apps From App Store Following 2017 Acquisition

 

[turbineseaplane]

Hmm

Tim - Where's our "Apple Bed"?

 

[Rudy69]

Creating garbage like that should be reflected in Apple’s green commitment thing they always show in their presentations now

 

[MNWildFan]

Even before clicking into this, when I saw Beddit, I initially thought that it was some kind of 3rd party Reddit app lol

 

[segfaultdotorg]

 

[orbital~debris]

Thought this was a BBEdit takedown story for a mo…! 😅

‎BBEdit

‎BBEdit is the leading professional text, code, and markup editor for the Macintosh. As the "go to" tool for web site designers, web application developers, writers, and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching...

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[Mac Fly (film)]

Apple acquired this company so they could get in bed with the developers.

 

[laptech]

If Apple wants to use the technology in it's watch does that mean they have removed the sensor strip from it's store? I wonder how this will affect Beddit owners because it looks like the Beddit strip is no longer being supported.

 

[Chungry]

There are much better solutions anyway (like the eight sleep stuff). Pitty for those that bought into this ecosystem just to watch it get aqui-hired into oblivion. Such is the Tao of Apple.

 

[Brandon42]

If Apple wants to use the technology in it's watch does that mean they have removed the sensor strip from it's store? I wonder how this will affect Beddit owners because it looks like the Beddit strip is no longer being supported.

I had bought a Beddit sensor from the Apple Store shortly before Apple acquired them. It is rather disappointing that Apple would abandon a product that it sold and later acquired. That feels like something Google does.

 

[SoldOnApple]

If I ever made an app, I would pray to all the gods every night that Apple buys it one day.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

If I ever made an app, I would pray to all the gods every night that Apple buys it one day.

Well yeah, the alternative is they just rip you off and kick you off the store.

The bitter lawsuit hanging over the Apple Watch’s new swipe keyboard

Apple’s head of keyboards stands accused of trying to crush competition

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[Octavius8]

But and kill it. Great for consumers!

 

[Chungry]

If I ever made an app, I would pray to all the gods every night that Apple buys it one day.

More likely to have your ideas stolen, er, Sherlocked. But Apple’s issues with developer relations remain an impenetrable mystery

 

[knappeduivel]

If I ever made an app, I would pray to all the gods every night that Apple buys it one day.

There are several thousands of gods, you would have to spend all night praying. Also, most of them tend to not listen. Try satan!

 

[Mike_Trivisonno]

The AutoSleep app and you AppleWatch provide amazing sleep data.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Hmm

Tim - Where's our "Apple Bed"?

It's at the apple seed stage.

 

[spaxxedout]

Amazing that the Beddit firmware is actually considered to be an official Apple OS, per their dev. documentation.

 

[webbuzz]

Hmm

Tim - Where's our "Apple Bed"?

Pod, it will be a Pod.

 

[MrTemple]

Thought this was a BBEdit takedown story for a mo…! 😅

‎BBEdit

‎BBEdit is the leading professional text, code, and markup editor for the Macintosh. As the "go to" tool for web site designers, web application developers, writers, and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching...

apps.apple.com

Same! And I legitimately started panicking! 😱

BBEdit has been my highest value productivity tool since the 20th century.

The thought of it going away is nightmare-fuel.

 

[MNWildFan]

Thought this was a BBEdit takedown story for a mo…! 😅

‎BBEdit

‎BBEdit is the leading professional text, code, and markup editor for the Macintosh. As the "go to" tool for web site designers, web application developers, writers, and software developers, this award-winning product provides an abundance of high-performance features for editing, searching...

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Just like how I thought it was for some kind of 3rd party Reddit app 😅

 

[tothemoonsands]

Withings Sleep Mat is a great alternative. Been using it for years and it works flawlessly plus integrates into IFTTT for shutting off lights when getting into bed etc.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Hmm

Tim - Where's our "Apple Bed"?

It will be part of the iSleep Pro subscription. The product announcement for that one is going to be a real snoozer! 💤

 

[Westside guy]

Thought this was a BBEdit takedown story for a mo…! 😅

Same! And I legitimately started panicking! 😱

I'm right there with you guys! I've got multiple BBedit windows open pretty much throughout each and every work day.

It's one of very few things that, whenever I think of leaving macOS for Linux, makes me hit the brakes hard... there's just nothing like it on another platform!

 

[Aaronp613]

Amazing that the Beddit firmware is actually considered to be an official Apple OS, per their dev. documentation.

Got a link to that?