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Sleep Phaser

Posted Friday October 6th, 2017Tuesday February 27th, 2018 Jiri Richter11 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized

A smart bedside lamp that tracks your sleep phases. Get your own Sleep Phaser now! Urbandroid Team introduces a different kind of sleep tracking device. With bedroom-friendly design and uniquely used infrared contactless sensor, sleep tracking can finally get invisible. The story behind Sleep Phaser We knew that for the best future compatibility with Sleep as Android, we have to develop our own device. Yes, Sleep as Android offers a lot of integrations with third-party hardware, but at any moment those integrations can break for reasons out of our control. Sleep tracking […]

Automatic fall asleep detection

Posted Monday August 14th, 2017Monday November 26th, 2018 Jiri Richter30 CommentsPosted in News

POST UPDATED on 2018/11/26 with a new feature: Sleep time estimate. There is a large and growing interest from you, users of Sleep as Android, in automatic fall asleep detection. Sleep as Android can estimate your sleep time. But there is no reliable way yet to do fall asleep detection on smartphones. What? Others have […]

The best of the best: Sleep as Android among 16 Android Excellence Apps of 2017

Posted Saturday June 17th, 2017Tuesday February 27th, 2018 Jiri Richter2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized

We are honored to see that Sleep as Android was selected by Google Play Store editors as one of the Android Excellence Apps of 2017. Only fifteen other apps were chosen for this award – for example Skyscanner, Runtastic, Evernote. Android Excellence Apps is a new category in Play Store, awarding the best apps of […]

Now Sleep as Android talks Mi Band 1+2 (-1S)

Posted Monday June 5th, 2017Tuesday February 27th, 2018 Petr Nálevka6 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized

The genius Zdenek Horak (Tools & Mi Band) did it again. After introducing the Mi Band 2 earlier Zdenek used his BT hacking superpowers again to make even Mi Band 1.0 (Color) and Mi Band 1A (White) talk with Sleep as Android. Any firmware should be supported on those devices. So now the only stubborn Mi Band […]

On Social Jetlag

Posted Wednesday May 17th, 2017Tuesday October 16th, 2018 Jan Marek4 CommentsPosted in SleepCloud study

We need regular sleep Numerous studies have shown the importance of regular sleep. Not only we need sufficient quantity of sleep, we should also go to bed at and wake up at a regular hour. Various metabolic processes in our body follow cyclic daily patterns (circadian rhythm), and sleep has its own place in it. […]

Sleep as Android talks to Xiaomi Mi Band 1&2

Posted Thursday May 4th, 2017Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 Jiri Richter151 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized

It was a long quest. Starting with the introduction of the first version of the budget band from Xiaomi, we have been flooded with requests from you, the users of Sleep as Android, to make good use of the band. Unfortunately, there was no documented protocol which we could use and the task seemed repeatedly […]

Want to stop snoring? Have a beer!

Posted Monday February 27th, 2017Tuesday October 16th, 2018 Jan Marek2 CommentsPosted in SleepCloud study

Naturally, the headline is wrong … for the most part. You can easily google countless studies showing that alcohol before sleep worsens your snoring. And they are right … for the most part. We have verified the relationship between alcohol and snoring on the live data collected from our users (where did we get the […]

How do the data look?

Posted Friday February 24th, 2017Monday October 22nd, 2018 Jiri Richter2 CommentsPosted in SleepCloud study

Between Jan 2010 and May 2016, we have gathered about 8 million individual sleep records. Most of the data come from the western world, mainly the U.S., as SleepCloud has the most users there. Check the Evidence tab below. Sleep records hold a lot of information about the individual sleeps – we can look at: how long […]

A case for the smart alarm

Posted Friday February 24th, 2017Tuesday October 16th, 2018 Jiri Richter4 CommentsPosted in SleepCloud study

On average, people sleep around 7 hours a night. But according to our research, it differs a lot with the location. For example, people around the equator tend to sleep less – up to 30 minutes less than the average American! Summary Using smart alarm has a positive effect on the morning mood About 30% […]

Snoring: an apology for the pathology

Posted Thursday February 23rd, 2017Tuesday October 16th, 2018 Jiri Richter3 CommentsPosted in SleepCloud study

Everyone will snore a little now and then. But how much can be considered normal? We ran an analysis over 2.5 million nights of snorers and found 3 basic types of snoring behaviour. We’ve also statistically confirmed the common knowledge that alcohol worsens your snoring – and that physical activity will help. Summary 3 types […]