The sleep function worked ok before the update. Not perfect, but the problems were that I sleep in 2, sometimes 3, segments a night, often go to the bathroom once or twice during the night, and sleep with 4 large dogs that move around such that the Fitbit reads the movement as my being awake. All on me! After the update, the sleep data was useless. Segments over 3 hrs were missed that previously were picked up. I couldn't even tell on which day an over 3 hr segment that ended before midnight occured.
I now wear the Fitbit only when cycling, where it remains useful, though Google removed a feature where I could get my heart rate at a particular point on the GPS-produced map of my ride. Oddly, my sleep improved the first night after sleeping without the Fitbit and has remained good for the week or so that I've quit wearing my Charge 5 at night. It's not that the Charge 5 was uncomfortable; I don't even know when I have it on. I guess that unconsciously I was stressing over trying to hit at least 3 hrs per segment, so as to get an HRV reading. Again, on me! But maybe segmented sleepers should take off the Fitbit at night and see how they sleep. So, it's weird, but maybe the new sleep update has been a good thing for me!!
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