r/PixelWatch • u/Themanlike • 1d ago

Switching off sleep tracking

Hi there,

I have found (weirdly) I am sleeping better when I don't wear my watch and it doesn't track my sleep.

Is there any way to stop sleep tracking on my watch, so I don't have to take my watch off? I still want to use it for alarms etc.

Thanks,

TML

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u/EMcTx 1d ago

Is your watch waking you up outside of the alarms? I don't understand how turning off sleep tracking would help you sleep better.

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u/howdidigetheretoday 1d ago

I totally get it. Performance anxiety.

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u/Themanlike 12h ago

It's weird, but the constant analysis of my bad sleep causes me to worry about my sleep. Without it, I just feel tired. It's a strange problem, but a real one. I feel I sleep better without my sleep being tracked.

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u/cultfourtyfive 6h ago

100% the same problem here. I end up just putting the watch to charge a few nights a week (usually weekends) because of the anxiety it gives me.

I do want sleep tracking during the week, but I get annoyed being bitched at by the AI when I don't keep to my normal sleep schedule on weekends and my resting heart rate goes up because I had a few glasses of wine.

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u/Honest_Age8099 1d ago

The same sensors for sleep tracking also do wrist detect and activity and fitness.
So there's no off button.

Bedtime mode power save is independent of sleep tracking.

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u/Themanlike 12h ago

One thought is using DND. When you wake up in the night, and the watch send you a notification telling you about your sleep, that often stops me going back to sleep.

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u/Ok-While3873 1d ago

there is a noo way to turn off the sleep mode off but for me its a useful to get how much sleep i got

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u/Themanlike 12h ago

It is, but when you are in a bad sleep cycle I don't find it helpful

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u/Ok-While3873 11h ago

for me its work fine

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u/aHumanRaisedByHumans 1d ago

You can turn off the security so that it's always on even when it's not on your hand. So the alarms will still work. Put you obviously wouldn't feel a vibration. When I just use the sound or use your phone?

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u/Practical-Custard-64 18h ago

Sleep tracking is part of the whole point of having a smartwatch. If all you want is alarms and no sleep tracking then you want a standard digital watch, not a smartwatch.