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dpace32

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Hello - I have been playing around with iOS 10's Bedtime mode on my iPhone and confused on how this actually knows when I go to bed? Under Sleep Analysis it says that the source of the sleep time is my clock - what exactly does this mean? What other ways will it know when I go to bed? Thank you
 

jkulmtd

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Hello - I have been playing around with iOS 10's Bedtime mode on my iPhone and confused on how this actually knows when I go to bed? Under Sleep Analysis it says that the source of the sleep time is my clock - what exactly does this mean? What other ways will it know when I go to bed? Thank you

I use this every day. I think it based its source for sleep analysis off of what time you tell it. So for example if you usually go to bed at 10:30PM it will prompt you at that hour and you inform Bedtime that you're "Going to bed now", then it begins keeping track.
Keep in mind I'm no expert - I just use bedtime for the pleasant alarm tones.
 
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kevo0822

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I use this every day. I think it based its source for sleep analysis off of what time you tell it. So for example if you usually go to bed at 10:30PM it will prompt you at that hour and you inform Bedtime that you're "Going to bed now", then it begins keeping track.
Keep in mind I'm no expert - I just use bedtime for the pleasant alarm tones.
Those alarm tones though... they're so much better than the ones for normal alarms!!
 
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cswifx

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I use this every day. I think it based its source for sleep analysis off of what time you tell it. So for example if you usually go to bed at 10:30PM it will prompt you at that hour and you inform Bedtime that you're "Going to bed now", then it begins keeping track.
Keep in mind I'm no expert - I just use bedtime for the pleasant alarm tones.
It also looks at when you turn on your phone's screen, which is quite interesting.
 
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dpace32

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It also looks at when you turn on your phone's screen, which is quite interesting.
Hows it know what time you go to sleep though? For me I am 1030-630 but never actually make it to bed at 1030 and it seems to know?
 

cswifx

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Hows it know what time you go to sleep though? For me I am 1030-630 but never actually make it to bed at 1030 and it seems to know?

Sound? Not too sure about that but I know one of the ways other sleep trackers work is by sound.
 

PeLaNo

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Hows it know what time you go to sleep though? For me I am 1030-630 but never actually make it to bed at 1030 and it seems to know?
It's also use motion tracking to determine your phone's movement.
 
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