fast Summary
- Apple’s new sleep score,available on Apple Watch and in the Apple Health app,grades sleep quality on a scale of 0 to 100.
- It measures sleep based on duration, bedtime consistency, and interruptions.
- Comparisons with other wearables like Oura Ring, Garmin, and Whoop reveal that Apple’s scores tend to be higher but show similar trends overall (e.g., when others’ scores rise or fall).
- Subjective impressions by users may not align perfectly with high scores given by Apple; the World Sleep Society advises focusing more on long-term trends rather than specific numbers.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Wearable technology influences health monitoring globally, including in India-a market increasingly receptive to smart wearables like the Apple Watch. With upward pricing pressures due to device sophistication and software features such as Apple’s overly optimistic grading system for sleep quality as reported here-Indian users benefit/buy cautiously ,