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Make sleep algorithm accurate again

Status: New Submitted by on ‎04-24-2026 10:54
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The v4.68 Public Preview algorithm is aggressively over-smoothing data, masking wake events as "light sleep." Comparing one night: New Fitbit (9h, 84 score), Legacy Fitbit (8.5h, 77 score), and Garmin (8h, 48 score). The update ignores conscious wakefulness and physiological stress, resulting in artificially high scores that deviate from objective
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donnadean8
Jogger
‎04-26-2026 01:01
‎04-26-2026 01:01

It’s doing the opposite for me - making average sleeping HR 70, although it was only that for a brief moment and below 65 for the rest of the night. As a result sleep score has dropped about 10 for a similar nights sleep. Makes no sense and I no longer trust it. 

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