If you are awake at 4 am, and have to be at work at 7, should you even try to get back to sleep or should you try to do something with your time?

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Used to do this and it was wonderful. I have a smart watch to track sleep, I wonder if there’s an app to automatically detect a certain amount of sleep cycles and wake you at a good time instead of guessing.

    • EvilBit@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      There are several Apple Watch apps and such that rather than use a timer, use various biometrics and movement sensing to try and identify when you’re out of REM and start a vibration alarm that increases over time across a 30-minute window. Depending on what smartwatch you use, there might be something.

      Edit: on Apple Watch I have an app that does this called AutoWake (it has a companion sleep tracking app called AutoSleep) but I don’t wear the watch to bed anymore.