Incorrect ‘Time Asleep’

[ameliajoy]

I’ve had my Fitbit for a week and it’s telling me that 6/7 nights I’ve had at least an hour of ‘time awake.’ The times I go to sleep and wake up and accurate, but I know I don’t wake up throughout the night. Last night it said I was awake for an hour and 20 minutes, but I definitely never woke up and slept really soundly throughout the night. It’s set to normal and not sensitive, could I just be moving a lot in my sleep?

[cathm]

Hi @ameliajoy 

This might help explain the awake minutes:

Why do I see awake minutes?

It’s normal to see awake minutes in your sleep stages; studies have shown a typical adult could wake up briefly between 10-30 times per night. You may not remember waking up since you likely fell right back to sleep, especially if you were awake for less than 2-3 minutes at a time. If you wake up in the morning feeling like you had a restless night, you may notice more awake minutes in your sleep stages as compared to other nights.

If you previously tracked sleep with Fitbit, your log included the time spent awake, restless, and asleep. We’ve fine-tuned the mechanism we use to track sleep in order to estimate your sleep stages by including heart rate and other data. As a result, we’ve combined the time you spend awake and restless into total awake minutes to give you a better sense of your sleep cycles.  You may notice more awake minutes in sleep stages than in your previous sleep data due to this change. 

Note that sleep stages aren't affected by the sleep sensitivity setting on your device

For further information about Fitbit Sleep Stages, please refer to this link https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2163.htm?Highlight=time%20awake

I hope this helps 😊