HOW TO Use your Apple Watch’s Sleep features

Track sleep

Visit the Watch app on your paired iPhone. Tap Sleep, and you should see the screen shown here. Make sure the option “Track Sleep With Apple Watch” is selected if you want to use sleep tracking.

Set Sleep Focus

Tap Manage Sleep Focus in Settings to edit the Focus Mode for when you go to bed. By default no apps or people can contact or notify you, but you can change this if you prefer — if you’re on call, for example.

Pick a face

You can set specific Lock Screens for your iPhone and Watch while Sleep Focus is active, useful if you’re likely to take a bleary–eyed look at the Watch in the middle of the night. This option only shows installed faces.

The Sleep Screen

If you prefer you can click on Sleep Focus > Options and select the default Sleep Screen, which removes almost everything but the time from your Apple Watch display when Sleep Focus is active.

Set your schedule

You can create a sleep schedule in your iPhone’s Health app. This will automatically activate Sleep Focus at the time(s) you specify, and you can also use it to set regular alarms to get you out of bed for school or work.

See your sleep

Wear your Apple Watch to bed. In the morning, you’ll be able to see your sleep data in the Health app as well as on your Apple Watch. The tracking records four different sleep states: awake, REM, core and deep.

Get more info

The Health app records more than just your sleep cycles. It also tracks your heart rate and your respiratory rate throughout your sleep, enabling you to get a better picture of your body’s activity in different stages.

Add your own

Don’t worry if you forget to wear your watch to bed: your iPhone can still record the overall time you spent in bed, albeit without information about your different sleep stages. You can add your own data manually in Health.

Try other options

Apple’s own Sleep app isn’t the only option for your Apple Watch, and if you scroll down in the Health app you’ll see a selection of Health–compatible apps with links to the appropriate page in the App Store.