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MacFormat UK|May 2018

Wrist-based sleep tracking

Tim Hardwick
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Apple’s watch OS doesn’t offer a built-in sleep tracking feature. At first, there was a logical reason for this: battery life on the first Apple Watch rarely lasted beyond the advertised 18 hours, meaning the device had to be perched on a charging dock as you slept.

Fast forward to the Apple Watch Series 2 and 3 models, however, and many owners find their smartwatches can last two days or more on a single charge. Third-party developers have since stepped in to fill the Apple Watch’s nocturnal feature gap, with AutoSleep generally being the popular choice for several reasons.

This story is from the May 2018 edition of MacFormat UK.

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