Average time in bed less than average asleep time?

I am using the new sleep feature on Watch OS 7 and finding an annoyance with how the app is tracking time in bed.

I have a sleep schedule set for 12am - 8am.

I go to bed around 1am and sleep till 10am.

The watch and phone are accurately detecting when I go to bed at 1am but when do not disturb turns off at 8am the phone is tracking this as an "out of bed" event.

4 day Averages

Time in Bed: 6 hours 57 minutes

Time Asleep: 8 hours 55 minutes

Doesn't it make sense for time in bed to exceed time asleep? How do we fix the phone thinking its out of bed when do not disturb turns off via the sleep schedule?

Does sleep schedule even need to be turned on for sleep tracking?

iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 30, 2020 5:21 AM

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Haleyrianneo

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Posted on Jan 3, 2021 6:36 AM

Go to the health app —> sleep—> scroll all the way down Click on Options —> Shut off track time in bed with iPhone if u sleep with your watch on so you get just Time Asleep tracked.

from my understanding their two separate tracking options .....

time in bed: iPhone

time Asleep: Apple Watch

you can see this for yourself by clicking Show All Data which is a few spots up from the “option button”

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Jan 29, 2021 11:58 PM in response to Murfieslaw

I don’t understand why Apple wouldn’t answer this query!

Feb 1, 2021 12:47 PM in response to Basti1900

I’m annoyed by this too. App doesn’t do the time math for you

Feb 2, 2021 5:37 AM in response to kehinde273

bruh You weird man🤣

Katt184

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Dec 15, 2020 5:22 PM in response to Yello5

Also having this issue! App consistently saying I've been asleep 9 hours but in bed only 2 minutes... Average time asleep is 8 hours, average time in bed is an hour. Hope apple acknowledges this and fixes it?

Dec 17, 2020 5:14 AM in response to Yello5

I’ve had the same issue. After a week with Apple Watch I’m happy with sleep graph but Apple thinks I’m not in bed half the time. 😂

But I think I’ve found a clue. Click More Sleep Data in the Sleep section of the Health App on iPhone. Scroll down to Average Time in Bed and click. You’ll see a graph of your “time in bed” what ever that means.

I say that because my chart shows I wasn’t in bed ever on two nights and for about 45 minutes another. Only four nights does it seem accurate. I’ve attached my screenshot as an example.

Despite this I AM impressed with the “sleep” graph. It clearly shows the trouble I had getting back to sleep a couple nights ago. Pretty accurate!

Nov 29, 2020 12:02 AM in response to Ericlaughs

Also it does not display hours sleep of the night. You need to do the math yourself. Good training every morning.

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Average time in bed less than average asleep time?