Fitbit Starts Testing Personalized Sleep Schedule Lab

After retiring the last two tests, Fitbit is back with the Personalized Sleep Schedule Lab.

As we previously spotted, this Fitbit Lab “surveys your energy levels multiple times daily to analyze your responses and provide an evening sleep schedule.” You’ll get “suggested bedtimes and wake times to help you get the optimal amount of sleep to meet your needs for the next day.”

It starts with a morning check-in (available until 10 AM) that comes in after last night’s sleep is logged. This is a “2-minute survey with multiple-choice and free-form questions about what might impact your upcoming night’s sleep.” 

This is followed by three daytime surveys that “ask you to rate your energy levels”: “We use these surveys to help calculate your sleep needs for the following day.”

Finally, there’s an evening bedtime check-in before 11:00 PM with “multiple-choice and free-form questions about what might impact your upcoming night’s sleep.” 

After you complete the evening bedtime check-in, we’ll provide you with a Personalized Sleep Schedule.

The bedtime and wake time schedule you get takes into account “your current sleep debt and sleep needs.”

This calculation is derived from your last night of sleep data and your survey responses throughout the day. For best results, please complete as many of the daily surveys as you can.

Users can manually adjust it as needed and provide feedback. 

To check whether this is available for you, open Fitbit on Android to the You tab and look for a “Fitbit Labs” section near the top. Given that the previous tests were wound down at the end of February, you might not see the section just yet. 

The full requirements are:

• Use the Fitbit app on an Android phone.
• Be located in the US and use the Fitbit app in English.
• Be at least 18 years old.
• Sign in to the Fitbit app using a Google Account.
• Review and accept the lab-specific consent.
• Make sure you have a sleep log for the day. If you didn’t sleep with one of the devices listed above, you can manually log your sleep in the Fitbit app.
• Have an offer to join the Personalized Sleep Schedule lab on the You tab in the Fitbit App.

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