iOS 14 and watchOS 7 Sleep Features: Sleep Mode, Wind Down, Sleep Tracking and More

[Solver]

This is all wonderful and everything but how do you continue to use the bedtime feature on an iPad?

 

[HouseofG]

I think Apple left that out because that kind of deep sleep/light sleep functionality is inaccurate. If you read some studies, you're not going to get reliable data unless you're sleeping with a bunch of electrodes attached and you're in a sleep lab. You may need something more than sleep trackers can provide if you're waking up a lot like that. Could be any number of things.

Not going to claim that it's totally accurate, but I've been using AutoSleep long enough to know that it's darn close, and quite informative. The difference between drinking (alcohol) and/or eating closer to bedtime than not is remarkably consistent in terms of the effect on deep sleep (both amount and number of deep sleep cycles) reported by AutoSleep. It's not some random mishmash.

The only thing Apple's new features have done is improve my overall bedtime routine, in that (based on my programmed sleep and wake times) it now automatically sets my watch to not friggin' light up in the middle of the night when I roll over. DND was already automatic based on your iPhone settings but now I don't have to turn on (OR off) "theater mode" on my watch when I go to bed and wake up every single day. I love that, but for report quality, I'll stick with AutoSleep.

 

[jagooch]

Hey everyone remember how we slept before devices "helped" us do it? You know, get tired, go to bed, close eyes... and pretty soon like magic, there it was, sleep, and waking up the next morning. Those were the days!

Seriously if you use devices for sleeping you should know that the EMF from your WiFi and that 4G tower nearby is going to disturb your sleep more than the device can possibly help. Turn off WiFi and put it in airplane mode at the very least.

As for the watch and airpods, don't go and intentionally fry your brains for no reason please?!

So for heaven's sake do not sleep with a freaking bluetooth / wiFi / LTE watch on! Do some research on EMF, or, more efficiently, simlpy try it for yourself.

Sleep without any EMF for a few nights (WiFi router OFF too) - and see how it goes. You will notice a difference. Just try it!

Before devices, I would wake up,
turn on a flashlight so my parents not see the light, and read a book.

If I was really brave I would turn on the TV with the volume very low and watch late night TV.

I used to do this routinely in my youth, long before smart phones , ipads, etc existed.

Sometime I would just stare out the window and see if anything was going on around the neighborhood. Hehe.

Then I would be sleepy when the sun rose.

How times have not changed!

 

[jagooch]

Stupid question of the day . Do the wake and sleep times apply to the current day, or not?

Example:
Say I create a schedule for Monday and set sleep time to 10pm and wake time to 6am.

Will both the sleep and wake alerts happen on Monday? Or will the sleep alert happen Sunday night and wake alert on happen on Monday?

 

[hagar]

Hey everyone remember how we slept before devices "helped" us do it? You know, get tired, go to bed, close eyes... and pretty soon like magic, there it was, sleep, and waking up the next morning. Those were the days!

Seriously if you use devices for sleeping you should know that the EMF from your WiFi and that 4G tower nearby is going to disturb your sleep more than the device can possibly help. Turn off WiFi and put it in airplane mode at the very least.

As for the watch and airpods, don't go and intentionally fry your brains for no reason please?!

So for heaven's sake do not sleep with a freaking bluetooth / wiFi / LTE watch on! Do some research on EMF, or, more efficiently, simlpy try it for yourself.

Sleep without any EMF for a few nights (WiFi router OFF too) - and see how it goes. You will notice a difference. Just try it!

You turn the electricity braker to your bedroom off too? And what about the WiFi and DECT of your neighbours? How do you know there‘s no more EMF?

 

[orev]

Stupid question of the day . Do the wake and sleep times apply to the current day, or not?

Example:
Say I create a schedule for Monday and set sleep time to 10pm and wake time to 6am.

Will both the sleep and wake alerts happen on Monday? Or will the sleep alert happen Sunday night and wake alert on happen on Monday?

The schedule is for a sleep period, such as Sunday night into Monday morning. When you set it up it uses an analog dial, so it's pretty clear that you're setting it for a night that spans into the next morning.

 

[jagooch]

The schedule is for a sleep period, such as Sunday night into Monday morning. When you set it up it uses an analog dial, so it's pretty clear that you're setting it for a night that spans into the next morning.

Sure. But *which* night and *which* morning. That was my question.

So if I select "Monday Sleep 10PM - Wake 6 AM", does that mean
"Sleep at 10PM Sunday night and wake up Monday at 6AM?"
or
"Sleep at 10PM Monday night and wake up Tuesday at 6AM?"
or
"Sleep 10PM Monday and wake up Monday 6AM?"