If someone nearby coughs or snores while Sleep Sensing is on, this feature might process and attribute those sounds to you. Device placement, motion, and other devices nearby might lead to inaccurate readings. The Calm app boasts a library of sleep stories, meditation exercises, music, and more, according to Google. Note: Since Sleep Sensing monitors the spot you usually sleep, children, pets, and other family members sleeping in that spot will affect your data. Following the update, the Nest Hub will lump sleeping sounds from a partner into an “other sounds” category, along with any loud sounds it might detect.įinally, the Nest Cam will add Calm, an app designed to boost sleep meditation and relaxation. Google says it’s also improved the Nest Hub’s sound detection functionality, which means it can now differentiate your snores and coughs from those of a sleeping partner. The voice assistant is loaded with 15 different ambient sounds, ranging from running water and rainfall, to distant thunderstorms and white noise. Powered by a Soli chip (a tiny, built-in radar), the Nest Hub can sense your breathing as you slumber, and it’ll give you detailed reports about your sleep history and quality.īesides revealing that Sleep Sensing will eventually become a paid feature, Google also served up some details on new sleep tracking abilities that are slated to arrive beginning today.įirst up, “sleep staging” will allow the Nest Hub to give you more details about the various stages of your sleep, including how long you were in light, deep, and REM sleep, as well as how long you were awake. Thankfully, part of this routing can be as simple as asking the Google Assistant to play soothing sounds to help you get to sleep.
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īut Google also said that Sleep Sensing will remain free through the end of 2022, which means that if you want to keep using the feature, you won’t have to pony up for Fitbit Premium (which offers benefits such as “premium” Fitbit challenges, detailed health and fitness stats, wellness reports, and hundreds of workouts and “mindfulness” sessions) until the end of next year, at the earliest.Ĭurrently exclusive to the second-generation Nest Hub, Sleep Sensing is an opt-in feature that lets the display monitor your sleep without a wristband.
So if you’re planning on having your Nest Hub track your sleep indefinitely, you might as well get a Fitbit (which is, of course, now owned by Google) while you’re at it.
When you calibrate your device, make sure that you’re the only person in the room, and your pets aren’t around. During sleep tracking, Nest Hub pays attention to anything within the range it set during calibration. Here’s the deal: Eventually, Google will roll Sleep Sensing into Fitbit Premium, the subscription plan for Fitbit users that costs $10 a month, or $80 a year. The Sleep Calibration step on your Nest Hub (2nd gen) helps detect how far away you are when you’re sleeping. Google just revealed that yes, the Nest Hub’s Sleep Sensing functionality will eventually cost you, but the good news is that you won’t have to pay up for more than a year.