Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in watchOS 27
- Apple Watch For Your Kids
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- Unauthorized modification of watchOS
- Band care information
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Apple and the environment
- Copyright and trademarks
Track your sleep on Apple Watch
Wear your watch to bed, and Apple Watch can estimate the time you spent in each sleep stage—REM, Core, and Deep—as well as when you might have woken up. When you wake up, open the Sleep app to learn how much sleep you got and see your sleep trends over the past 14 days.
View your recent sleep history
Go to the Sleep app on your Apple Watch to see your sleep score, the time you spent in each sleep stage, the amount of sleep you got the night before, and your sleep average over the last 14 days.
To see your sleep history and sleep score on iPhone, go to the Health app on iPhone, tap Browse, then tap Sleep. For more details, tap Sleep or Sleep Score.
Change sleep settings
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.
Tap Sleep, then adjust these settings:
Turn On at Wind Down: By default, the Sleep Focus begins at the wind down time you set in the Sleep app. If you’d prefer to control the Sleep Focus manually in Control Center, turn this option off.
Sleep Screen: Your Apple Watch display and iPhone Lock Screen are simplified to reduce distractions.
Show Time: Show the date and time on your iPhone and Apple Watch while the Sleep Focus is active.
Turn Sleep Tracking and Charging Reminders on or off.
When Sleep Tracking is on, your Apple Watch tracks your sleep and adds sleep data to the Health app on your iPhone.
Turn on Charging Reminders to have your Apple Watch remind you to charge your watch before your wind down time and notify you when your watch is fully charged.
You can also change these sleep options on your iPhone. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, then tap Sleep.
Review your sleeping respiratory rate
Your Apple Watch can help track your breathing rate as you sleep, which can give you greater insight into your overall health. After wearing your watch to bed, do the following:
Go to the Health app
on your iPhone.
Tap Browse, then tap Respiratory.
Tap Respiratory Rate, then tap Show More Respiratory Rate Data.
The Sleep entry shows the range of your respiratory rate as you’ve slept.
Note: Apple Watch is not a medical device, and Respiratory Rate measurements are not intended for use in medical diagnosis, treatment, or for any other medical purpose.
Turn off respiratory rate measurements
Go to the Settings app
Tap Privacy & Security, then tap Health.
Tap Respiratory Rate, then turn off Respiratory Rate.
You can also open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Privacy, then turn off Respiratory Rate.