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Is there a way to start sleep tracking manually?

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‎03-12-2024 14:43

‎03-12-2024 14:43

I love my Inspire 3 and I love the detailed sleep data. However, I go to bed every night and read for as long as I can keep my eyes open. Since I am still, the fitbit starts counting that reading time as sleep time -- but logs it as awake. I really want to disaggregate my waking times during the night from my reading times. Is there a way to initiate "sleep is starting now" on the fitbit or in the app?

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‎03-13-2024 04:05 - edited ‎03-13-2024 04:10

‎03-13-2024 04:05 - edited ‎03-13-2024 04:10

Welcome to the Fitbit community, @Rag74!

No, you can't start sleep tracking manually. But in order to get more realistic sleep tracking, I'd suggest setting up a sleep schedule and a sleep goal. To see how that's done, please have a look at 'How do I set a sleep schedule in the Fitbit app?' and 'How do I set or change my sleep goal in the Fitbit app?' following this link:

How do I track my sleep with my Fitbit device? 

You might also change the Sleep Sensitivity setting on your device to better match your sleep habits as mentioned in the help article linked above.
I'd also like to point out that you can manually edit your sleep logs. Please have a look at 'How do I edit or delete sleep logs in the Fitbit app?' as described here:

How do I add, edit, or delete Fitbit data and activities? 

Stefan
Charge, Charge HR, Blaze, Versa, Versa 2, Charge 5, Charge 6, Versa 4, Aria, Aria 2, Pixel 4a, Pixel 7
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