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Sleep Expert Who Worked on Apple's Night Shift and Bedtime Features Leaves the Company

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Sleep expert Roy J.E.M Raymann, who joined Apple back in 2014, has left the company and moved on to SleepScore Labs, where he will serve as Vice President of Sleep Science and Scientific Affairs.

Raymann joined Apple as the company was developing the Apple Watch, and at the time, his hiring spurred rumors that the device would have sleep tracking capabilities, which never materialized.

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Prior to joining Apple, where he served as "Health and Health Technologies Staff," Raymann was at Philips where he founded the Philips Sleep Experience Laboratory, a non-clinical sleep research facility.

According to his LinkedIn profile, while at Apple, Raymann worked on Night Shift, the Bedtime alarm, display recommendations and color filters, and HealthKit and ResearchKit.

News of Raymann's departure comes just days after Apple acquired Beddit, a company that produces a sensor-equipped sleep monitoring system.

It's not yet clear what Apple plans to do with Beddit's technology, but Apple is continuing to sell the Beddit sleep monitor and has updated its privacy policy to note that it is collecting sleep-related data that could influence future projects at the company.

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Its clear this guy couldn't make it happen in the allotted time frame. The hired him, told him what they wanted, he obviously couldn't deliver so they bought company for their tech/talent. No need to keep on stagnant employees. See ya!
 
jarman92 said:
I would hardly call Bedtime a "feature." It does nothing. I can't even figure out why it's taking up space in the Clock app.
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I actually like the bedtime app. The crescendoing alarm is much nicer to me than being blasted with a loud alarm. It will also send you a reminder to go to bed when it reaches the the "bed time". I feel like it's one of the few useful things apple has recently added.
 
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dragicon said:
I actually like the bedtime app. The crescendoing alarm is much nicer to me than being blasted with a loud alarm. It will also send you a reminder to go to bed when it reaches the the "bed time". I feel like it's one of the few useful things apple has recently added.
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Agreed. I also think that the sleep detection is surprisingly good.
 
He probably felt marginalized in whatever actual (code monkey) role he had at Apple. Apple has its own plans for things down the line and his contribution were mediocre at best (e.g. they ignored what *he* wanted to do), so off he went to a VP spot in a smaller company.

Good for him.
 
dan9700 said:
Never used any nightshift ever waste of time who wants yellow tint lol
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I Disagree. It's actually easier on the eyes and not having the blue light really does make a difference when you're in a dark environment. I find it much easier to wake up to and when viewing my Apple devices in the dark. And I believe it does affect sleep with blue light.
 
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