The truth about sleep times!

[LawnPaul]

Take a look at how extremely close fitbit sleep data is with MyAir (cpap machine) data. 

Everyone complains that the data is bad now, but this seems to argue it's never been better.

I am on a pixel watch, so that may be a key difference.

 

 

[MarioSFitbit]

Hi @LawnPaul and welcome back to the forums. 

Thank you for your message and feedback regarding the sleep times. It's highly appreciated, and I'm sure it will be helpful for other users. 

Let me invite you to visit our Health & Wellness board where you can make new friends, create topics and share your experience while reaching your goals.

[Goosse1962]

I am also using a Google watch. I needed to replace my Sense 2. Although I liked the Sense 2, it didn't have the newer sensors. The closest replacement with the new sensors was the Google Watch 3. Tracking accuracy appeared to increase in multiple functions with the newer sensors. The sleep data improved again with the new algorithm.

Seeing some of these posts, I have wondered if the new algorithm might use one of the new sensors. Your post appears to indicate that my guess might be correct.

Thank you for the post and have a Terrific Day!

[RiekoC]

Hi @LawnPaul 

Thanks for sharing your sleep graphs.

It does look like there's pretty good alignment between the 2 graphs for your sleep stages. 

[poleran]

That’s really interesting — seeing how closely Fitbit (or in your case, Pixel Watch) sleep data aligned with your MyAir CPAP data does suggest these trackers might be more accurate than many assume. It gives hope that, especially with newer devices, sleep‑tracking technology may finally be catching up.I recently read an article about wellness programs and health tracking tools — while it’s more general, some of the ideas about balancing data with lifestyle habits felt relevant when I think about sleep + health monitoring. If you’re curious, you can check it out here: https://betterme.world/articles/corporate-wellness-vendors/

[LawnPaul]

@poleran I also posted this on Reddit. The consensus there seems to be using the pixel watch is the big differentiator. I think it just falls down to better sensors 

With them making new fitbits coming out next year that should help calm the community a bit. I personally just prefer using the pixel. Watch. It does everything the Fitbit does in more. And the new one lasts 2 days and charges in like 15 minutes

[alexthecat]

@LawnPaul I've worn a Pixel Watch 4 on one arm and a Fitbit Sense on the other, connected to different Fitbit accounts. My data supports what you are saying. The Pixel Watch seems to generate much more realistic tracking info. It's great to see that your data agreed with that, but I wish there was a better answer for people who already have a Fitbit device.