Suggestion for a feature to automatically suspend notifications while sleeping

[Docwints]

I am writing with a suggestion for the Fitbit developers.  Currently there is an option to block notifications during a select time frame, which is a convenient feature. However, in addition to that option I suggest that since Fitbit knows when I fall asleep it should automatically block notifications when it senses I am sleeping and automatically resume notifications when I am awake. That way you do not have to remember to turn it on and off each day.

Moderator edit: subject for clarity

[LZeeW]

Hello @Docwints and welcome to the help forums.  I can see that you are a new Fitbit user.  You don't say what model Fitbit you use.  You also say that you are putting your Fitbit into sleep mode manually.  There's a good chance that your Fitbit can set a sleep schedule -- in the device settings on the Fitbit itself.  This sets a regular schedule for your Fitbit to go in and out of sleep mode.  Even if your schedule isn't perfectly regular, you can still set hours that cover most of your sleep time.  Here is a link to all the user manuals.   You can find your manual and see how to make this setting on your Fitbit.  I have family and friends in 19 time zones.  Yes, 19.  I don't know what I would do without this setting. 

Fitbit sleep tracking uses a combination of your wrist not moving,  a change in your heart rate and your breathing pattern to sense that you are asleep and to generate your sleep stages.  So it's more complicated than you think it is.

[Docwints]

Thank you for your reply.  I guess I mispoke in saying "That way you do not have to remember to turn it on and off each day."  I have the Sense but my previous smartwatch would automatically block notifications when I was sleeping.  What I'm suggesting is that if I took a nap midafternoon it would sense I was sleeping and text messages and calls would not ring through and the same feature with bedtime whenever that may be.   Not everyone has a regular sleep schedule to be able to set specific hours each day or week.  I'm not saying eliminate the sleep schedule option but to have a second option where it automatically senses you are sleeping to stop notifications from coming through.  

[Rvicente]

At Fitbit Developers that would be wonderful instead of my husband waking me up to tell me to turn off the app!!! 

Please Fitbit!! 

Thank you @Docwints for the wonderful suggestion !!!!

[emili]

I am confused. My sense, knows when I go to sleep and doesn't push notifications. I do not set a sleep schedule or put myself in sleep mode- it just knows. If I am having a particularly restless night, it may slip one through, but for the most part it doesn't. you can also put your watch on DND by swiping left. If you have an alarm set up it obviously won't work, but it won't let any notifications go through until you take it off DND. 

[Docwints]

I will turn off  sleep schedule and see if it works, thanks

[Stickbit]

I totally agree.  If the intent is to help us track and improve our sleep, it seems reasonable to expect the Fitbit to respect our sleep schedule.  I don't necessarily want to block all notifications and I'm not as concerned about my Versa 2 vibrating, but I find it incredibly upsetting to have my phone vibrate with notifications from Fitbit while I'm trying to sleep.  Last night I got a notification around midnight that I was close to my step goal.  More frequently, I'll get a buzz about the battery level while I'm asleep...  Just wait and tell me to charge AFTER I wake up, don't tell me I'm at 25% in the middle of the night...  It seems that the app should know my target bedtime and wakeup time and hold any Fitbit notifications until after I'm up.