{"id":36673,"date":"2020-07-02T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2631160"},"modified":"2020-07-02T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:25:00","slug":"heres-what-sleep-tracking-in-watchos-7-tells-us-about-the-next-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/02\/heres-what-sleep-tracking-in-watchos-7-tells-us-about-the-next-apple-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what sleep tracking in WatchOS 7 tells us about the next Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s going to have a bigger battery. Or at least, I hope it does.<\/p>\n

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In late June, Apple held its annual Worldwide Developer Conference<\/a><\/span> where the company announced several software updates for its entire hardware lineup, including WatchOS <\/a><\/span>7 for its smartwatch lineup. <\/p>\n

One of the new features that will debut this year is something many users have been asking Apple to add for years: Sleep tracking<\/a>. ZDNet’s sister site CNET has a terrific story<\/a> with Apple VP Kevin Lynch, detailing the company’s approach to sleep tracking. I strongly recommend you take a few minutes to read it.<\/p>\n

The gist of Apple’s approach is this: The company wants you to focus on getting into a bedtime routine, going to sleep and waking up at the same time throughout the week. Instead of providing sleep scores or breaking down your night’s sleep by different sleep stages like Fitbit does, Apple is only going to give you the amount of time you were asleep. <\/p>\n

It’s an interesting approach, and one I’m still trying to decide if I like. I don’t really know what to do with the sleep scores I get when I wear a Fitbit to bed, and I haven’t always found that a higher score means I feel more rested. But at the same time, I like being able to look at how restless I was during a given night’s sleep — if for no other reason than I find it fascinating to look at. <\/p>\n

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Whenever the topic of sleep tracking and the Apple Watch<\/a> comes up, battery life follows. And rightfully so. Right now, the Apple Watch battery lasts long enough to get through a full day of use, or roughly 18 hours. The current charging regimen is to wear the watch all day, then charge it while you sleep at night.<\/p>\n

That means when you go to bed each night you have to place the watch on its charger. The following day, you can work out and use the watch as you need, without missing out on activity, calorie or stand tracking to close your rings. <\/p>\n

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