With the launch of Apple's newest Apple Watch software, watchOS 7, the iPhone maker's smartwatch will finally get the ability to natively track your sleep.
However, the sleep tracking features in watchOS 7 are fairly limited compared to that offered by rivals such as Fitbit, Samsung, and others. The main sleep metric that the Apple Watch tracks with its new software update is the duration of your sleep. Rather than providing deeper insights on how you slept, Apple takes a broader approach to sleep by also offering features that also help you prepare for bed.
But Fitbit, Samsung, and Garmin can tell you a lot more about the quality of your sleep. All three companies offer products that can tell you how much time you spent in light, deep, and REM sleep. Fitbit and Samsung also issue a sleep score to give wearers a sense of how restful their sleep was.
If Apple does launch a new Watch model in the coming weeks, hopefully it'll come with more advanced features for tracking sleep to offer a similar experience as its top competitors.