Beddit says the Sleep Monitor is unnoticeable during sleep, and while it is indeed made from a thin, flexible fabric, I can feel it under my sheet. I installed it on my side of a full-sized bed, right at the level where my heart is. In my testing, the Sleep Monitor never picked up movement or measurements that weren't mine, and it never failed to monitor me. While it can be used in a shared bed, Beddit is meant for one person, and because the sensor is directly underneath the body, it accurately picks up the movement of a single person even when two people are in the bed. It can be placed on one side of the bed in a shared bed, or in the middle for a person who sleeps alone. The Sleep Monitor is meant to be placed underneath the bottom sheet of a bed, on top of the mattress near where the heart is located when you lie down. It's small enough that it's easy to pack up when traveling. One side is a soft, pliable material, while the other side, which sits on the mattress, is backed with rubber so it stays in place. Design wise, it consists of a long strip of fabric that's about 2.5 feet in length and three inches wide. It's meant to be placed directly on the bed under the sheets rather than on the body. The Beddit Sleep Monitor belongs to a class of sleep tracking devices that aren't wearable.
I bought a Beddit Sleep Monitor shortly after Apple announced its acquisition, and I've been testing it for the past 10 days. Will that sleep tracking data contribute to an upcoming Apple Watch with sleep tracking functionality? Does Apple have plans for some other kind of sleep tracking device? Will Beddit be one of several health-related companies Apple purchases so it can sell a range of hardware products?Īpple's plans for the Beddit technology may be a mystery right now, but we can take a closer look at the Sleep Monitor to see just what it can do, what kind of data Apple is gathering, and whether it's worth buying. That raises some interesting questions about Apple's future plans. Apple is still selling the Beddit Sleep Monitor in its stores, and the Beddit privacy policy has been updated to note that Apple is collecting Beddit sleep data. When Apple acquires a company, the company in question typically shuts down and stops selling whatever product it makes as Apple assimilates the technology into its own offerings, but that's not the case with Beddit. Beddit makes an iPhone-connected Sleep Monitor that tracks a wide range of sleep-related metrics, from heart rate and sleep time to room temperature and respiration. Earlier this month, Apple purchased its first company that develops health-related hardware, Beddit.
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