watchOS 11 Supports Automatic Nap Detection

[goldmac2006]

Glad that feature wasn’t removed. I used it in developer beta 1 to track naps. But from beta 2 on, it never worked for me again.

It is my first time seeing this happen. I noted that your heart rate has to be at a resting point and your Apple Watch needs to not detect so much movement if in event you happen to doze off early or get a nap in. I tried to see if it happened when I napped on the plane for my Independence Day weekend trip but did not track.

You have to be REALLY sleeping 😴 for this secret feature to work. Even a semi nap while you’re in front of watching a boring long movie or show on the television is not enough for the Apple Watch to detect it.

So does this mean now you don't need to piss around with activating/setting sleep modes, DND and all that crap and the watch just automatically detects your sleep in a similar way to the Autosleep app? I'd be so happy if so!

Yes indeed. I snoozed the alarm set on the Bedtime app which would eventually mark the end of the sleep tracking period, but I still laid in bed for another hour and the Apple Watch caught it. These don’t require any of these things to be on; they’re dependent on how the Apple Watch detects the lack of voluntary movement and the heart rate to know when to track it. The Bedtime alarm I snoozed once and stopped it still gave me the good morning screen with the remaining battery on my Apple Watch, and the weather which turns off Sleep Focus, but I accidentally dozed off for another hour. The gradients you see at the end or outliers around the graph are the additional sleep times logged by the Apple Watch.

 

[xxFoxtail]

It is my first time seeing this happen. I noted that your heart rate has to be at a resting point and your Apple Watch needs to not detect so much movement if in event you happen to doze off early or get a nap in. I tried to see if it happened when I napped on the plane for my Independence Day weekend trip but did not track.

You have to be REALLY sleeping 😴 for this secret feature to work. Even a semi nap while you’re in front of watching a boring long movie or show on the television is not enough for the Apple Watch to detect it.

Ah maybe the heart rate is why it hasn’t been triggering for me. My resting heart rate has been a lot higher than normal the last month or so.

Edit: Seems like nap tracking is working fine for me still. I’ve been feeling pretty out of it today and ended up taking two longish naps (over two hours each), my watch tracked both of them.

 

[KibJ]

Is there any way to disable this? My watch is detecting “naps” even when I’m definitely not napping, just sedentary.

 

[goldmac2006]

Is there any way to disable this? My watch is detecting “naps” even when I’m definitely not napping, just sedentary.

It is due to lack of movement of your wrist and resting around a lot… btw it has no switch to turn it off in the Apple Watch app.

 

[KibJ]

It is due to lack of movement of your wrist and resting around a lot… btw it has no switch to turn it off in the Apple Watch app.

That’s unfortunate, it’s all good during the day but on an evening when I’m watching tv it thinks I’m napping 😂

 

[goldmac2006]

That’s unfortunate, it’s all good during the day but on an evening when I’m watching tv it thinks I’m napping 😂

It is a hidden gem within watchOS, there is no such mention of it in any of Apple’s release notes nor any resources on it. No Apple Watch user guide has this feature written anywhere on automatic sleep tracking.

Btw I did try to sleep in during the weekend but it did not catch it, probably because I still moved a bit in the bed.

 

[goldmac2006]

Guys this happened again. I had a long day yesterday and hammered out a long doze off, it tracked me sleeping in the recent night.

But I tested it by napping 😴 a bit sitting up and it didn’t work.

 

[Filligans]

It certainly does work for naps of almost an hour long.

 

[goldmac2006]

It certainly does work for naps of almost an hour long.

Agree, if I sleep in for an extra few mins, it does not track. It only happens if I sleep in 1 hour at minimum.

 

[Ntombi]

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?

I wear mine all the time, including in the shower. I originally got it for fall detection, so not wearing it in the shower would be stupid of me.

I charge it when I know I’ll be sitting still for a while. Letting it charge for 30-45 minutes once or twice a day works well for me.

 

[victorvictoria]

I wear mine all the time, including in the shower. I originally got it for fall detection, so not wearing it in the shower would be stupid of me.

I charge it when I know I’ll be sitting still for a while. Letting it charge for 30-45 minutes once or twice a day works well for me.

I worked the Genius Bar (service writer in the rest of the world) for 3 of my 11 years @ Apple. In that time, I saw literally thousands of shorted out phones, iPads, iPods, and yes, Apple Watches that had either been "submerged" (always wear surgical gloves for hazmat protection) or taken into the shower. In fact, I saw several phones that died simply from the steam coming from the shower in the bathroom. Every Liquid Contact Indicator (LCIs) in them would be tripped, and the customer always told me the same story: "no, never exposed to any water." As if I wouldn't know! You can even see a couple of them without taking the phone apart.

 

[goldmac2006]

I worked the Genius Bar (service writer in the rest of the world) for 3 of my 11 years @ Apple. In that time, I saw literally thousands of shorted out phones, iPads, iPods, and yes, Apple Watches that had either been "submerged" (always wear surgical gloves for hazmat protection) or taken into the shower. In fact, I saw several phones that died simply from the steam coming from the shower in the bathroom. Every Liquid Contact Indicator (LCIs) in them would be tripped, and the customer always told me the same story: "no, never exposed to any water." As if I wouldn't know! You can even see a couple of them without taking the phone apart.

The LCIs of pre-water resistant iPhones and cellular iPads are visible inside the SIM card tray. You can shine a bright light through the slot to see it.

 

[Ntombi]

I worked the Genius Bar (service writer in the rest of the world) for 3 of my 11 years @ Apple. In that time, I saw literally thousands of shorted out phones, iPads, iPods, and yes, Apple Watches that had either been "submerged" (always wear surgical gloves for hazmat protection) or taken into the shower. In fact, I saw several phones that died simply from the steam coming from the shower in the bathroom. Every Liquid Contact Indicator (LCIs) in them would be tripped, and the customer always told me the same story: "no, never exposed to any water." As if I wouldn't know! You can even see a couple of them without taking the phone apart.

Well, considering you can use them to track your swim laps, I don’t know why anyone would claim not to submerge their Apple Watch. It’s a very different prospect than repeatedly submerging an iPad.

That said, I’m disabled and live alone, which is why I bought it when they released fall detection; I’m not not going to shower with it. I’m on my third now: series 4, series 6, series 9, and have had no issues *knock wood*.

 

[victorvictoria]

Well, considering you can use them to track your swim laps, I don’t know why anyone would claim not to submerge their Apple Watch. It’s a very different prospect than repeatedly submerging an iPad.

That said, I’m disabled and live alone, which is why I bought it when they released fall detection; I’m not not going to shower with it. I’m on my third now: series 4, series 6, series 9, and have had no issues *knock wood*.

You're an exceptional case. The cost of falling in the shower and not being able to get up is far greater than the cost of replacing a dead watch. (Unless the watch is a Patek Philippe!)

 

[goldmac2006]

Guys in watchOS 11.2 RC/public release i can confirm that the automatic sleep tracking still works.

Had to catch up on some updates and emails last night and slept around 1:30 am to 8am, it caught me sleeping in. iPhone runs on 18.2 beta 2 (for Apple intelligence hacking purposes). Anyone else seen this before?