watchOS 11 Supports Automatic Nap Detection

[MacRumors]

watchOS 11 appears to include a new feature that allows an Apple Watch to automatically detect and record when you're taking a nap. As shared on Reddit, an Apple Watch owner took a nap and was able to see the sleep data recorded in the Health app, despite not putting the device in Sleep Mode.

Right now, the Apple Watch only tracks and records sleep when it is in Sleep Mode, and there is no support for tracking naps.

The change should allow an Apple Watch running watchOS 11 to record and include a nap in the Sleep section of the Health app, and it may also support automatic sleep tracking even when Sleep Mode isn't activated. Nap tracking has long felt like a missing feature from the Apple Watch, and this will be a welcome feature for those who supplement sleep with naps.

Image via Reddit​

Apple did not mention a change to the Sleep app in its preview information for watchOS 11, and the only mention of sleep is related to the new Vitals app, which collects data for your health metrics during sleep in order to populate a typical range feature.

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[breenmask]

greatly needed whenever an apple exec says "let me show you a demo"

 

[boss.king]

Great that it's finally here. Not great that it took almost a decade to arrive.

 

[bradman83]

I never put my Apple Watch into sleep mode and it always detects when I've fallen asleep for late evening naps.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

I never put my Apple Watch into sleep mode and it always detects when I've fallen asleep for late evening naps.

Do you have a third party sleep app installed?

For myself, I had to purchase an app named AutoSleep in order for the AW to detect when I'm asleep without sleep mode enable.

 

[steve09090]

Nap tracking has long felt like a missing feature from the Apple Watch, and this will be a welcome feature for those who supplement sleep with naps.

Whilst I see the benefits, I have never felt the watch was incomplete without it.

 

[jz0309]

Interesting, I’m sure there will be a lot of happy people, and I hope it’s not tied to certain/latest models.

 

[steve09090]

Interesting, I’m sure there will be a lot of happy people, and I hope it’s not tied to certain/latest models.

I reckon this is the reason my wife should update her watch 5. She wasn’t Impressed when I mentioned that to her! 😂

 

[Apple_Robert]

If accurate, this could possibly influence some to not use Autosleep.

 

[Abazigal]

Now to find a job that actually allows me time to nap in the afternoon.

 

[dzankizakon]

My Apple Watch 8 only counts sleep times once a day.. I sometimes take my kid to school and go back to bed and sleep for another 2 hours (and put the phone in Sleep mode), but those aren't shown in the Health app. I'd love if they fixed that first.

 

[tolkientosh]

Between this and being able to pause your rings it looks like Apple is finally (?) acknowledging that rest is good for you.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Can I try this out in store?

 

[TheWraith]

I recently stopped wearing my AW for sleep tracking in large part because it never detects naps automatically.

 

[usmaak]

I don’t use sleep tracking on my watch. Please let me shut it off. I have a friend who has a Garmin watch and it always records naps when he’s not napping and they can’t be deleted. And the functionality cannot be shut off.

 

[Thomas Davie]

If accurate, this could possibly influence some to not use Autosleep.

But it ties so well with Heartwatch, by the same makers of Autosleep. And I get mucho utility out of that app.

Tom

 

[Apple_Robert]

But it ties so well with Heartwatch, by the same makers of Autosleep. And I get mucho utility out of that app.

Tom

I have that app as well and I agree it is a great app. I used to be all about third party apps because Apple apps were often lacking. That scenario has slowly been turning around where I have been leaning back towards using Apple apps more and more and ditching third party as well as subs whenever possible. I think that this new feature is definitely a step in the right direction. I will continue to use HeartWatch so long as it doesn't go sub. I also bought AutoSleep years ago and have used it but, not as much over the last 2 years since Apple made some gains with their sleep app integration.

 

[NufSaid]

Finally. This is going to be awesome for me.

 

[robd003]

Apple is slowly catching up to Garmin

 

[stiligFox]

I only hope that it doesn’t give false positives - back in the day my Pebble watch would think I was sleeping or taking a nap whenever I’d game for a couple hours or so - it relied on the accelerometer moving occasionally to tell whether a user was awake, and I often keep my wrist still for a long time while gaming.

 

[victorvictoria]

So if you use the watch for sleep tracking, nap tracking, workout tracking, alarms, timers, fall detection, and whatnot else, when do you charge it?

 

[boss.king]

So if you use the watch for sleep tracking, nap tracking, workout tracking, alarms, timers, fall detection, and whatnot else, when do you charge it?

When you're showering, when you're at your desk, when you're watching TV, when you get into bed, etc. There are plenty of opportunities to charge it throughout the day, and it doesn't take very long.

 

[ufomism]

So if you use the watch for sleep tracking, nap tracking, workout tracking, alarms, timers, fall detection, and whatnot else, when do you charge it?

When you shower, brush your teeth take a ****, work at your desk etc, only needs 40 min or so to charge.

 

[arc of the universe]

even though recording a nap may be an upcoming feature, i have had the reverse happen to me already:

during nights when i sleep only a few hours, the Watch will categorise that time asleep as a Nap.
when that happens, i say to myself, no, that wasn't a nap, that was my sleep, and laugh.

additional point: my Series 8 Watch really does only take about 40 to 50 minutes to fully charge.
when i put it on a charger an hour before i go to bed, its about 15% to 25% of battery capacity, depending mainly on two factors: how long i had it in Workout, and how long I made phone calls with it (its cellular model).
i think the battery in the Watch and the battery management system has been done really well.

 

[Eldar Gezalov]

watchOS 11 appears to include a new feature that allows an Apple Watch to automatically detect and record when you're taking a nap. As shared on Reddit, an Apple Watch owner took a nap and was able to see the sleep data recorded in the Health app, despite not putting the device in Sleep Mode.

Right now, the Apple Watch only tracks and records sleep when it is in Sleep Mode, and there is no support for tracking naps.

The change should allow an Apple Watch running watchOS 11 to record and include a nap in the Sleep section of the Health app, and it may also support automatic sleep tracking even when Sleep Mode isn't activated. Nap tracking has long felt like a missing feature from the Apple Watch, and this will be a welcome feature for those who supplement sleep with naps.

Image via Reddit​

Apple did not mention a change to the Sleep app in its preview information for watchOS 11, and the only mention of sleep is related to the new Vitals app, which collects data for your health metrics during sleep in order to populate a typical range feature.

Article Link: watchOS 11 Supports Automatic Nap Detection

This is not accurate. I have been using Apple Watch to track my sleep for more than a year now, and even though I do switch to Sleep Mode (primarily to turn the screen off) when I go to sleep, when I forget to do that, it perfectly records everything. So, it is not a new feature.