Apple Watch doesn’t record my nap.

Wrong, sorry. sleep app has been standard, already installed since os7

Check out the drop down menu here Track your sleep with Apple Watch – Apple Support

also for example

Apple Watch Series 8 - Technical Specifications

was available for anyone buying a new watch, and early adopters for series 9 would know that it would be better than series 8

Lamaree wrote:

After buying it, I found out the watch did not come with a factory sleep app.

One had to be purchased from the app store.

Utterly ridiculous. So, they lied.

When did you buy your Watch? Unless you have a very old watch, that's not true. Apple released a Sleep app for the watch in 2020. And it was very clear prior to that, had you read any of Apple documentation, it didn't exist.

They have since upgraded their software to include a sleep app.

But the watch still falls short in that it cannot detect naps.

That is not a feature that Apple has chose to add. You can certainly let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

And, if that's an important feature to you, you still have the option of exploring third-party apps.

Lamaree wrote:

It's an Apple Watch 7. Bought it brand new from Apple.

That has been capable of tracking sleep since the day you bought.

I called Apple after getting the watch and they confirmed the watch was "capable", but that I would have to purchase an app.

You misunderstood.

I don't know what you're referring to as a sleep app, but I'm talking about where it shows time spent in the different sleep cycles.

Yes, the Apple provided app does that:

Track your sleep on Apple Watch and use Sleep on iPhone - Apple Support

You can say it had one all day long, but Apple confirmed that it did not and would have to be purchased.

Again, you misunderstood.

It's my pleasure!

Happy napping dood,

DX-7

If its a deal breaker, get a Samsung.

There is no “sleep detection” as the Apple Recommended AI bot output explains, you need to schedule it or turn it on manually

it worked before… what did change?

and why? 🤨

The whole response from DX-7 is a nonsense reply generated by an AI chatbot, copied and pasted without checking it for accuracy.

I say again, Why do you think recording naps is of any use whatsoever as a health indication?

I don't have a sleep schedule turned on. I turn it on myself. It logs my nighttime sleep but no naps. Now what?

For the same reasons sleeping at night is.

For the same reasons all of our bodily functions are health indicators.

They all matter whenever they occur.

nareshkumarhk wrote:

But why i need to enable sleep mode manually - my nap times are usually drifty in nature and i cant really pre plan it.

There is no sleep detection without setting a schedule, otherwise it would record many periods of apparent inactivity as sleep. People my age would appear to be asleep half the day (possibly true but embarrassing)

They do provide detailed tech specs before purchase. Sleep Detection would be a new feature not currently offered..

What is advertised is Sleep Tracking.

You had 14 days to return it if it hadn’t lived up to expectations

nareshkumarhk wrote:

Its not the matter of if it was advt or listed in the product spec... its just a simple thing to do for a smart watch. Since most of us relay on these 'smart' features to track health it will be of a great help to extent the feature which it already has - ex - in the Sleep app one can find during the sleep time - how many hrs a person is awake/sleeping/rem/core. The change would be such trivial to extent the same feature set during non sleep hours.

The whole point about sleep tracking is to see which of the 3 sleep patterns you had and for how long, wrist temperature and resps also. Temperature for example requires a nice dark indoor environment to work. Napping gives none of this and is a pointless analysis. Other smart watch makers do offer pointless trivia like naps and steps just to attract the the ex Fitbit crowd.

Ask for pointless analysis if you want, you have the link.