Sleep as Android

Summary

Popular Android app with 10 million+ downloads, that professes to monitor and assess multiple sleep parameters, and uses crowd sourced data to look for trends

Claimed Capabilities/Measurements

Track sleep, Sleep Stages, Noise recording, White Noise, Smart Wakeup, Variable alarms, Wakeup Verfication, Jet Lag Prevention, Oximetric Sleep Apnea Screening (with add-on), Lucid Dreaming

Sleep time, Sleep quality, Light sleep, Deep sleep, REM sleep, Sleep deficit, Snoring, OSA risk (with addon), Optimal awakening time

Mechanism

movement, sonar, noise

Sensors

acceleromter, “sonar”, microphone

Technical Considerations

Cloud based population, raw data not visible

Sleep Tracking: Garmin, Pebble, Android Wear, Samsung Gear smart watches, Microsoft Band, Xiaomi Mi Band. IFTTT integration (example Smart light: Phillips Hue). HR detection: BT Smart devices, Android Wear, Samsung S Health, Google Fit, Google Calendar, Alert stresslocator oximter, Happy Electronics

Publications

““Sleeping with an Android” Chaudhry BM1.Mhealth. 2017 Feb 23;3:7. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2017.02.04. eCollection 2017
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (note did not have access to full article, only titles and abstracts): #Sleep_as_Android: Feasibility of Using Sleep Logs on Twitter for Sleep Studies”.

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