The setup process is similar to the Bedtime feature available in iOS 13’s Clock app, but with more flexibility. Setup of your sleep schedule can be done either in the Sleep section of the iPhone’s Health app or in the new Sleep app on Apple Watch. Toggling sleep mode in Control Center (left) and setting up a sleep schedule. The primary way you’ll want to track the majority of your sleep, however, is via a pre-configured sleep schedule. This can be useful for when you want to track an irregular time of sleep, like an impromptu nap or going to bed early one night.
On both iPhone and Apple Watch you can manually enter sleep mode via a new Control Center button featuring a bed icon. Let’s start with the sleep tracking functionality itself before getting into the details of everything adjacent to it. I’ve been using the new sleep-related features of Apple’s forthcoming OS versions for two full months now, and in true Apple fashion, they’re in some ways more comprehensive and elegant than third-party solutions, and in other ways they’re underpowered compared to what third parties provide, ensuring that they won’t be the best fit for all users, but their simplicity will make them a solid solution for most people. This fall that’s changing, as watchOS 7 and iOS 14 will together introduce a true sleep tracking system. Yet until this year, Apple’s sleep-related software enhancements have been limited to…improved alarm options on iPhone. So the technology for sleep tracking had been acquired, customer demand was clearly there, and it fit within the broader health ambitions of the company. Apple has also progressively exhibited strong interest in areas of health, making sleep a no-brainer. Perhaps one motivation for that move was the fact that paid sleep-tracking apps regularly occupied the App Store’s top charts. In 2017 the company acquired Beddit, which specialized in sleep-tracking hardware and software. Sleep tracking has always seemed like a natural addition to the Apple Watch, and for years all signs have indicated Apple had it in its plans.
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