If I have sleep tracking ending at my alarm, will it sill include time awake in bed for my efficiency score? Sometimes I struggle getting out of bed but I’m awake and I want that included in my sleep tracking to help improve.
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Hey everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here, so I hope I’m sharing this in the right place!
I’m having a problem that’s similar to what smithmark mentioned. I wake up early to take my medications, which are meant to help me wake up, but then I go back to sleep. The issue is that my alarm only goes off once, which causes the sleep tracking to stop.
I tried adjusting the settings to have the alarm continue ringing on snooze after I turn it off, but that didn’t work like I thought it would. Now, I can’t figure out how to get it back to the regular snooze setting before the alarm goes off.
Also, I’m wondering if there’s a way to set up a second alarm and have the Android Sleep app recognize both alarms without affecting my sleep tracking.
Anyone else experience something similar or have any suggestions on how I can fix this?
Hi, if you wish the alarm not to end the tracking, disable “Terminate tracking” in per-alarm settings for your alarm meant for medications.
Thanks for answering. I tried that, but unfortunately I don’t remember to turn it off, so sleep tracking continues all day.
If the alarm for medication will not turn the tracking, but the second alarm for waking up will end it, it could prevent the tracking from running the whole day.
Or is the medication alarm coming after your wake-up alarm? What is the order?
I set the alarm to take meds 1st, at 11am, then set to get up 2nd, at 1pm.
Hi, so the first alarm for 11am can go off, but keep the tracking running, and the second alarm for 1pm can end the tracking. So you will be able to get up to take your meds and go back to sleep, and the tracking will running until you dismiss the second alarm.
Would this work?
In the per-alarm settings of the first 11am alarm, uncheck Terminate tracking, but keep it on for the wakeup alarm.
I’ll try this. It sounds doable, even for me - digitally learning disabled. Thank you, Lenka!
Hi,
Yes , time spent awake in bed before getting up is still counted toward your sleep data and will affect your sleep efficiency even if tracking ends at the alarm. The app detects wakefulness based on movement and signals so staying awake in bed will lower the efficiency score and help highlight that habit.
Hi @reniqw, only sleep phases are counted towards sleep duration. Awakes are not counted, so the sleep duration is usually shorter than tracking duration.
Could you share a screenshot of a graph, where the app counted awakes towards the sleep duration, please?
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