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Why my watch does not measure sleep? All options are turned on.

It was showing only 1 time, on 27th of december

Apple Watch SE, watchOS 9

Posted on Feb 12, 2023 10:32 PM

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Posted on Feb 14, 2023 2:29 PM

Hello 1337sui,


We would like to see how we can help you with the Sleep app not working as expected. If you go through the steps in this link, do your setting match? Track your sleep on Apple Watch and use Sleep on iPhone - Apple Support


"Set up Sleep

Getting enough sleep is important to your overall health. The Health app on iPhone can help you set a sleep goal, and track your progress over time in meeting that goal.

An iPhone screen showing the Set up Sleep option  

  1. Open the Health app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Get Started under Set Up Sleep1, then tap Next.
  3. Follow the onscreen prompts to establish:
    • Sleep Goals: Set the number of hours you'd like to spend asleep.
    • Bedtime and Wake Up times: Set when you'd like to go to bed and wake up.
    • Sleep Focus: To reduce distractions, iPhone can simplify your Lock Screen and turn on Sleep Focus at your scheduled bedtime. You can also give certain people or apps permission to notify you. Learn how to customize a Focus.
    • Track Sleep with Apple Watch: Wear your watch to bed to track your sleep. This option is available during setup if you've paired your Apple Watch with your iPhone beforehand. If you pair your Apple Watch after setup, you can still turn on Track Sleep with Apple Watch later.


Adjust your wind down and sleep goal

You can adjust your wind down and sleep goal as needed on your iPhone or Apple Watch. If you previously created Wind Down Shortcuts, they now appear under Sleep Focus.

An iPhone screen showing the options to adjust a sleep goal 

On your iPhone

  1. Open the Health app, tap Browse at bottom of the screen, then tap Sleep. If you have Sleep saved to your Favorites list, you can access it from the Summary page in the Health app.
  2. Tap Full Schedule & Options.
  3. Tap Wind Down or Sleep Goal under Additional Details.
  4. Adjust your time then tap Wind Down or Sleep Goal to save your changes.

On your Apple Watch

  1. Open the Sleep app and tap Full Schedule.
  2. Tap Wind Down or Sleep Goal under Options.
  3. Tap the Plus and Minus buttons to adjust your time.
  4. Tap the left arrow in the upper-left to go back and save your changes.


Edit your sleep schedule on your iPhone

If you need to update your sleep schedule, you can make changes to your full schedule or for Next Wake Up Only. With Next Wake Up Only, the changes you make apply only to the following day. Changes made to your full schedule apply to all future days.

An iPhone screen showing the options to edit Next Wake Up Only 

Update Next Wake Up Only

  1. Open the Health app, tap Browse at bottom of the screen, then tap Sleep. If you have Sleep saved to your Favorites list, you can access it from the Summary page in the Health app.
  2. Tap Edit under the sleep schedule in Next.
  3. Drag the curved slider to set Bedtime and Wake Up times. The slider turns orange if the schedule does not meet your sleep goal.
  4. Tap Alarm to turn on the alarm and adjust your alarm sound, volume, and haptics.
  5. Tap Done to save your changes.

You can also change your next Wake Up alarm from the Clock app.

An iPhone screen showing the options to edit a full sleep schedule 

Update your full schedule

  1. Open the Health app and tap Sleep.
  2. Tap a schedule in Full Schedule & Options.
  3. Tap Edit under the schedule you would like to update.
  4. Tap the Days Active and drag the curved slider to set Bedtime and Wake Up times. The slider turns orange if the schedule does not meet your sleep goal.
  5. Tap Alarm to turn on an alarm and adjust your alarm sound, volume, and haptics.
  6. Tap Done to save your changes.

You can also turn off your sleep schedule as needed. In the Health app, tap Browse > Sleep > Full Schedule & Options. Then tap Sleep Schedule at the top of the screen to turn your schedule off or on.


Edit your sleep schedule on your Apple Watch

If you need to update your sleep schedule, you can make changes to your full schedule or for Next Wake Up Only. With Next Wake Up Only, the changes you make apply only to the following day. Changes made to your full schedule apply to all future days.

If you're up before your scheduled Wake Up time, you can exit Sleep Focus. Turn the Digital Crown to unlock your Apple Watch. Then swipe up to open Control Center and tap the Sleep app icon.

Update Next Wake Up Only

  1. Open the Sleep app.
  2. Tap the schedule under Next.
  3. Tap Wake Up or Bedtime.
  4. An Apple Watch screen showing the options to edit Next Wake Up Only

  5. Tap the hour or minute and turn the Digital Crown to adjust the time. Then tap the checkmark to save.
  6. Tap Alarm to turn on an alarm and adjust the sound and haptics.
  7. Tap Edit Schedule in the upper left to save your changes for the following day.

Update your full schedule

  1. Open the Sleep app and tap Full Schedule.
  2. Tap the schedule you ant to edit.
  3. An Apple Watch screen showing options for editing a full sleep schedule

  4. Tap the days under Active On, then tap the days you want to set the sleep schedule for.
  5. Tap Done to save your changes. 
  6. Tap Wake Up or Bedtime.
  7. Tap the hour or minute and turn the Digital Crown to adjust the time. Then tap the checkmark to save.
  8. Tap Alarm to turn on an alarm and adjust the sound and haptics of your alarm.
  9. Tap Edit Schedule in the upper left to save your changes for the full schedule.

You can also turn off your full schedule as needed. In the Sleep app, tap Full Schedule, then tap Sleep Schedule to turn your sleep schedule off or on.

An iPhone screen showing the Sleep data graph 

View your sleep history

Based on your iPhone usage at night, Sleep on iPhone tracks and charts your Time In Bed. To receive sleep data from Apple Watch, sleep tracking must be enabled for at least 4 hours each night. 

To view your sleep history, open the Health app on your iPhone, tap Browse at bottom of the screen, then tap Sleep. If you have Sleep saved as a favorite, you can access it from the Summary page in the Health app.

The bar graph by default is set to D for daily. Tap W at the top of the chart to view your sleep history for the past week, M for the past month, or 6M for the past 6 months. Tap Show More Sleep Data and select a category to review additional sleep details.

  • Stages: View the time and percentage you spent Awake or in REM, Core, or Deep sleep.
  • Amounts: View your Sleep Duration details such as Average Time in Bed and Average Time Asleep.
  • Comparisons: View your Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate in relation to your time spent asleep. If you have Apple Watch Series 8 or Apple Watch Ultra, you can also compare changes in your nightly wrist temperature data."


Cheers!

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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Feb 14, 2023 2:29 PM in response to 1337sui

Hello 1337sui,


We would like to see how we can help you with the Sleep app not working as expected. If you go through the steps in this link, do your setting match? Track your sleep on Apple Watch and use Sleep on iPhone - Apple Support


"Set up Sleep

Getting enough sleep is important to your overall health. The Health app on iPhone can help you set a sleep goal, and track your progress over time in meeting that goal.

An iPhone screen showing the Set up Sleep option  

  1. Open the Health app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Get Started under Set Up Sleep1, then tap Next.
  3. Follow the onscreen prompts to establish:
    • Sleep Goals: Set the number of hours you'd like to spend asleep.
    • Bedtime and Wake Up times: Set when you'd like to go to bed and wake up.
    • Sleep Focus: To reduce distractions, iPhone can simplify your Lock Screen and turn on Sleep Focus at your scheduled bedtime. You can also give certain people or apps permission to notify you. Learn how to customize a Focus.
    • Track Sleep with Apple Watch: Wear your watch to bed to track your sleep. This option is available during setup if you've paired your Apple Watch with your iPhone beforehand. If you pair your Apple Watch after setup, you can still turn on Track Sleep with Apple Watch later.


Adjust your wind down and sleep goal

You can adjust your wind down and sleep goal as needed on your iPhone or Apple Watch. If you previously created Wind Down Shortcuts, they now appear under Sleep Focus.

An iPhone screen showing the options to adjust a sleep goal 

On your iPhone

  1. Open the Health app, tap Browse at bottom of the screen, then tap Sleep. If you have Sleep saved to your Favorites list, you can access it from the Summary page in the Health app.
  2. Tap Full Schedule & Options.
  3. Tap Wind Down or Sleep Goal under Additional Details.
  4. Adjust your time then tap Wind Down or Sleep Goal to save your changes.

On your Apple Watch

  1. Open the Sleep app and tap Full Schedule.
  2. Tap Wind Down or Sleep Goal under Options.
  3. Tap the Plus and Minus buttons to adjust your time.
  4. Tap the left arrow in the upper-left to go back and save your changes.


Edit your sleep schedule on your iPhone

If you need to update your sleep schedule, you can make changes to your full schedule or for Next Wake Up Only. With Next Wake Up Only, the changes you make apply only to the following day. Changes made to your full schedule apply to all future days.

An iPhone screen showing the options to edit Next Wake Up Only 

Update Next Wake Up Only

  1. Open the Health app, tap Browse at bottom of the screen, then tap Sleep. If you have Sleep saved to your Favorites list, you can access it from the Summary page in the Health app.
  2. Tap Edit under the sleep schedule in Next.
  3. Drag the curved slider to set Bedtime and Wake Up times. The slider turns orange if the schedule does not meet your sleep goal.
  4. Tap Alarm to turn on the alarm and adjust your alarm sound, volume, and haptics.
  5. Tap Done to save your changes.

You can also change your next Wake Up alarm from the Clock app.

An iPhone screen showing the options to edit a full sleep schedule 

Update your full schedule

  1. Open the Health app and tap Sleep.
  2. Tap a schedule in Full Schedule & Options.
  3. Tap Edit under the schedule you would like to update.
  4. Tap the Days Active and drag the curved slider to set Bedtime and Wake Up times. The slider turns orange if the schedule does not meet your sleep goal.
  5. Tap Alarm to turn on an alarm and adjust your alarm sound, volume, and haptics.
  6. Tap Done to save your changes.

You can also turn off your sleep schedule as needed. In the Health app, tap Browse > Sleep > Full Schedule & Options. Then tap Sleep Schedule at the top of the screen to turn your schedule off or on.


Edit your sleep schedule on your Apple Watch

If you need to update your sleep schedule, you can make changes to your full schedule or for Next Wake Up Only. With Next Wake Up Only, the changes you make apply only to the following day. Changes made to your full schedule apply to all future days.

If you're up before your scheduled Wake Up time, you can exit Sleep Focus. Turn the Digital Crown to unlock your Apple Watch. Then swipe up to open Control Center and tap the Sleep app icon.

Update Next Wake Up Only

  1. Open the Sleep app.
  2. Tap the schedule under Next.
  3. Tap Wake Up or Bedtime.
  4. An Apple Watch screen showing the options to edit Next Wake Up Only

  5. Tap the hour or minute and turn the Digital Crown to adjust the time. Then tap the checkmark to save.
  6. Tap Alarm to turn on an alarm and adjust the sound and haptics.
  7. Tap Edit Schedule in the upper left to save your changes for the following day.

Update your full schedule

  1. Open the Sleep app and tap Full Schedule.
  2. Tap the schedule you ant to edit.
  3. An Apple Watch screen showing options for editing a full sleep schedule

  4. Tap the days under Active On, then tap the days you want to set the sleep schedule for.
  5. Tap Done to save your changes. 
  6. Tap Wake Up or Bedtime.
  7. Tap the hour or minute and turn the Digital Crown to adjust the time. Then tap the checkmark to save.
  8. Tap Alarm to turn on an alarm and adjust the sound and haptics of your alarm.
  9. Tap Edit Schedule in the upper left to save your changes for the full schedule.

You can also turn off your full schedule as needed. In the Sleep app, tap Full Schedule, then tap Sleep Schedule to turn your sleep schedule off or on.

An iPhone screen showing the Sleep data graph 

View your sleep history

Based on your iPhone usage at night, Sleep on iPhone tracks and charts your Time In Bed. To receive sleep data from Apple Watch, sleep tracking must be enabled for at least 4 hours each night. 

To view your sleep history, open the Health app on your iPhone, tap Browse at bottom of the screen, then tap Sleep. If you have Sleep saved as a favorite, you can access it from the Summary page in the Health app.

The bar graph by default is set to D for daily. Tap W at the top of the chart to view your sleep history for the past week, M for the past month, or 6M for the past 6 months. Tap Show More Sleep Data and select a category to review additional sleep details.

  • Stages: View the time and percentage you spent Awake or in REM, Core, or Deep sleep.
  • Amounts: View your Sleep Duration details such as Average Time in Bed and Average Time Asleep.
  • Comparisons: View your Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate in relation to your time spent asleep. If you have Apple Watch Series 8 or Apple Watch Ultra, you can also compare changes in your nightly wrist temperature data."


Cheers!

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