Apple Watch Sleep Tracking, Schooltime Mode, AR/VR Headset Icon, and More Revealed in iOS 13 Code

[The Game 161]

Think a SS series 5 will be on my order list come next week...

 

[Stlcheer]

I use the Pillow app for sleep tracking. I charge my watch in the morning while I'm getting ready for work. I curious how Apple's implementation would be different and if it will be Series 5 exclusive.l

 

[Jemorama]

I already sleep track with my series 4. No battery life issues. Top it off before I go to bed and in the morning when I’m in the shower. I lose like maybe 10% battery life overnight. Is there something Apple can do better?

I wish I had that kind of battery life. When I first got the watch, I was getting 36 hours to a charge, now I am lucky to get 14-15 hours. Even when off my wrist and my phone away from the watch, it loses 20% in 6 hours.

 

[aloyouis]

With workout?

This is the question. When I work out my watch is at 40% or so when I go to bed. On days when I do not work out it is around 65 or 70.

Based on this article I downloaded “pillow” last night and it did track my sleep. It was somewhat disturbing.

I plan on being an early adopter of a version five as I regret not getting LTE with my version four.

 

[StyxMaker]

There are a bunch of apps that do sleep tracking right now while helping you go to sleep / wake up at optimal times, but what I have yet to figure out is: if I use the watch during the day, and use it when I sleep, when am I supposed to charge it??

Too bad that 3rd party charging band fell through years ago

I’ve been using sleep tracking on my Apple Watch since series 2 was released. I have a reminder set to put my watch on the charger about an hour before I go to bed, I wear it while sleeping then put it on the charger and top it off while I’m doing my morning routine. Works fine for me.

 

[StyxMaker]

9to5 MAC report that Sleep tracking probably doesn’t need new hardware as it uses existing sensors, so it may well be added to Series 4.

No reason it can’t be added to series 2,3, and 4. The sleep monitor I use analysis the data that the watch automatically records if you wear it while you sleep.

 

[StyxMaker]

been mentioned already but echoing...what's the use of a sleep tracking program if the Apple Watch can barely last a waking day and needs to be charged at night. particularly if you use it to track an activity - even a modest half hour run or bike ride destroys more batter life than it should.

Been mentioned many times already but just echoing... Put it on the charger for an hour before you go to bed then top it off in the morning while you are getting ready for work.

 

[lartola]

If this is iOS 13, wouldn't that mean we're going to see it this year?

It seems like sleep tracking will be the new feature introduced by this year’s Apple Watch model, series 5 or whatever they call it. Otherwise, Apple would have announced the sleep tracking feature last June as part of watchOS 6 for all Apple Watch models that will be getting the update. And because not everyone who buys this year's new Apple Watch model will be pairing it with one this year's new iPhone models, the code to support the new sleep tracking feature needed to be included in the iOS 13 update for all iPhone models that will be getting that update.
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Must be a new model coming with much longer battery life?

Or mega fast charging.

I think so. If Apple didn't announce sleep tracking last June as part of watchOS 6, there can only be one reason for that: access to the feature will be reserved to the coming new generation of apple watches. And if that's the case, it means Apple did make some changes in the hardware to support it such as a longer lasting battery.

 

[DoctorTech]

There are a bunch of apps that do sleep tracking right now while helping you go to sleep / wake up at optimal times, but what I have yet to figure out is: if I use the watch during the day, and use it when I sleep, when am I supposed to charge it??

Too bad that 3rd party charging band fell through years ago

I sometimes wear my AW S4 to bed. When I do, I turn on theater mode so the display won’t light up during the night and I put it in airplane mode since I don’t need any live data feeds while I am asleep. These two setting really minimize the power drain during the night then I charge it while I am in the shower as soon as I get out of bed. Charging between 40% and 80% takes about the same time as charging between 80% and 100% (the closer you are to a full charge, the longer it takes to keep charging). So if I go several days in a row wearing the watch at night, I rarely see a charge level over 85% but it also never drops below 40%. Your mileage may vary but the above numbers are based on my usage.

 

[manu chao]

I sometimes wear my AW S4 to bed. When I do, I turn on theater mode so the display won’t light up during the night and I put it in airplane mode since I don’t need any live data feeds while I am asleep. These two setting really minimize the power drain during the night [...].

I put my phone into airplane mode during the night, as I also don't need any updates during the night (which also reduces power draw to a minimum, it might not even loose a single percentage point over an 8 h period).

But that Theater Mode is another good idea. I very occasionally get blinded by my Fitbit lighting up when I briefly wake up during the night and have my wrist not covered by blanket or pillow.

 

[happydude]

Oh, yeah, an Apple Watch needs a good eight hours of sleep to fully recharge its batteries. [/sarcasm]

Except of course that it takes at most two hours and if you recharge it twice a day, that might reduce to twice 45 minutes (charging from zero to 80% takes 90 minutes, charging from 10 to 60% might thus take only 45 minutes, do that twice per day and you get the equivalent of a full charge per day).

Thus depending on usage, your watch might be able to track for 22 to 23 hours of what you do per day. It's your choice which one or two hours of the day it doesn't track. It doesn't have to be the night.

but it shouldn't be every day. my Garmin I replaced my Apple Watch will last 10 days and it isn't that much bigger. I can run up to 70 miles of tracking off a single charge. apple's adherence to aesthetics vs function kills the watch. I have plenty of great alternatives where I don't have to pick and set a tedious schedule to make sure I charge it a couple of times per day, have a charging cord with me at all times just in case, etc. it's a ridiculous battery life for this day in age.

 

[seatton]

This was what I looked forward to the most today. Too bad it was just a rumor.....