Pixel watch sleep tracker records awake time as deep sleep

[Ybbor]

It takes me typical an hour to fall asleep. I active bedtime mode and lay down. When I check my sleep the next morning, it shows almost no awake time at the beginning of the night, instead it shows a bit of light and then deep sleep.

Is this a known issue?

Example.  I was awake for the first few hours till probably right before the first REM cycle

[Specky]

Yes, it's the same with all sleep trackers. They say you're awake when you're asleep and vice versa. It's less common for them to report you as in deep sleep whilst awake. Usually you would see light sleep. That's because deep sleep involves no movement and lower heart rate, which is harder to fake when awake. However, if it were going to happen, it would be at the start of the night. That's because trackers know that's when most deep sleep happens, so that's when the algorithms bias the decision-making in favour of deep sleep.

Moderator Edit: Word choice.

[YojanaFitbit · Accepted solution]

Hi there, @Ybbor. Welcome to the Community Forums. Thanks for the details provided in your post about the inconvenience with your sleep data. @Specky Thanks for jumping in.

As a first approached, I'd recommend to sync your Pixel Watch to the app after waking up. This will help to make sure that all your data is sync properly. As you know, your Pixel Watch should automatically track your sleep as long as you've been inactive for at least 1 hour (3 hours to get sleep stages). Because this isn't your case, I'd suggest restarting your watch to refresh its performance and wearing it about 2-3 finger widths above your wrist bone to sleep.

Also, note that your time asleep is calculated by subtracting your time spent awake and restless from your overall tracked sleep time. For example, if you slept 8 hours but woke up 2 times for 15 minutes each, your time asleep would be 7 hr 30 min.

To learn more about your time asleep in sleep stages, see What should I know about Fitbit sleep stages?

Edit or delete sleep logs in the Fitbit app. For instructions, see How do I add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities?

Hope this helps.