Sleep Tracking with Apple Health - Preview

Apple have spent a lot of time focusing their recent advertising campaigns on promoting the Sleep Score feature that has been added to Apple Health, however the ability to track your sleep quality with Apple Watch has slipped under the radar for many people.

In this Tip video, Lee looks at how to set up Sleep Tracking on your compatible devices, setup sleep goals, schedules, focus modes and more, to ensure you have the knowledge required to make the most of this important feature.

This video covers:

• Setting Up Sleep Tracking [00:00:54]
• Reading Sleep Data [00:04:38]
• Editing The Sleep Schedule [00:10:24]
• Sleep Focus [00:11:22]
• Sleep Score [00:12:55]

Requirements

Different features that are part of Sleep Tracking have different software requirements. As of this video, they are:

Basic Sleep Tracking

iPhone 8 or later

iOS 13 or later (for Basic Sleep Schedule Features)

iOS 14+ recommended (for improved tracking)

Sleep Schedules and Sleep Focus

iOS 13 and above

Automatic Sleep Tracking (Motion Based)

iOS 14+ (iPhone-only tracking using motion sensors)

Apple Watch Series 3 or later with watchOS 8 and above

Sleep Stages (REM, Core, Deep, Awake)

Apple Watch Series 4 or later

watchOS 9 or later

iOS 16 or later

Must wear watch in bed

Watch must have at least 30% battery

Sleep Score

Apple Watch Series 6 or later

watchOS 11 or later

iOS 18 or later

Must have Sleep Tracking enabled