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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Garmin's new sleep tracker offers a week of battery life
Sleep tracking is nothing new in Garmin's fitness watches, but the company's latest wearable is a dedicated smart sleep band. The Index Sleep Monitor offers week-long battery life with continuous pulse ox tracking for monitoring your blood oxygen saturation while you sleep. Garmin's tracker is worn on the upper arm — which should hopefully make it more comfortable — where it tracks a variety of metrics: skin temperature; light, deep and REM sleep stages; and variations in your heart rate and breathing. The data is then combined to provide an overall personalized daily sleep score that can be viewed in the Garmin Connect app. If you already use a Garmin smartwatch but don't sleep with it on your wrist, the Index Sleep Monitor is designed to add the missing metrics to the insights you're already getting from the watch. Skin temperature tracking gives you a better idea of how your sleep environment affects the quality of your sleep, while flagging potential illnesses indicated by temperature changes. This metric also extends to menstrual health tracking, with skin temperature changes useful for tracking cycles, past ovulation estimates and offering what Garmin describes as 'improved period predictions.' Garmin's Index Sleep Monitor will also monitor your energy levels, providing you with its 'Body Battery' measurements that advise you to take more rest when the reading is coming in low. Again, these insights should be more accurate and reliable when combined with a compatible smartwatch worn during the day. The sleep band will also track your stress throughout the night, and features a smart alarm that attempts to wake you gently during lighter sleep stages so you'll feel less tired. The Index Sleep Monitor is available in S-M and L-XL sizes and costs $170.
Stuff.tv
5 hours ago
- Health
- Stuff.tv
Here's how you can track sleep on your Garmin – without having to wear your Garmin
Ever yanked off your smartwatch in the middle of the night because it's uncomfortable on your wrist? I have, and typically prefer using a Whoop or smart ring instead. It's even more of a problem on larger pro watches like those from Garmin. But the fitness giant has decided to do something about it. Garmin just released the Index Sleep Monitor. It's a smart band you wear on your upper arm instead of your smartwatch. It does all the same sleep tracking, so you're not missing out on anything. Read more: Best Garmin watch in 2025 reviewed and rated This thing isn't trying to replace your Garmin smartwatch during the day – it's more like its sleep sidekick. The Index Sleep Monitor quietly gathers all the data your wristwatch misses when you chuck it on the bedside table. You wear this band to bed, wake up, and have all your REM cycles, breathing patterns, skin temperature fluctuations, and other metrics neatly synced up in the Garmin Connect app. It can even nudge you awake during lighter sleep with a 'smart wake alarm.' As someone who doesn't like wearing their smartwatch while sleeping, this is the first Garmin wearable in ages that I'd actually consider – if I had a Garmin watch, that is. It looks surprisingly unintrusive, sits on your upper arm, and looks a lot easier to wear. Garmin's even thought ahead and made the band machine washable, which is the kind of hygiene feature that should be standard. Naturally, it also tracks the usual suspects: heart rate, blood oxygen, skin temperature, respiration, HRV, and stress levels. The sleep scores roll into Garmin's Body Battery system, which basically tells you how ready you are for the day. Temperature tracking can also play a role in estimating past ovulation and offering period predictions. If you fancy slapping this new device on your arm, the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor is available now. You can get it in small-medium and large-extra large sizes for $170/£150.
Engadget
8 hours ago
- Health
- Engadget
Garmin's new sleep tracker offers a week of battery life
Sleep tracking is nothing new in Garmin's fitness watches, but the company's latest wearable is a dedicated smart sleep band. The Index Sleep Monitor offers week-long battery life with continuous pulse ox tracking for monitoring your blood oxygen saturation while you sleep. Garmin's tracker is worn on the upper arm — which should hopefully make it more comfortable — where it tracks a variety of metrics: skin temperature; light, deep and REM sleep stages; and variations in your heart rate and breathing. The data is then combined to provide an overall personalized daily sleep score that can be viewed in the Garmin Connect app. If you already use a Garmin smartwatch but don't sleep with it on your wrist, the Index Sleep Monitor is designed to add the missing metrics to the insights you're already getting from the watch. Skin temperature tracking gives you a better idea of how your sleep environment affects the quality of your sleep, while flagging potential illnesses indicated by temperature changes. This metric also extends to menstrual health tracking, with skin temperature changes useful for tracking cycles, past ovulation estimates and offering what Garmin describes as 'improved period predictions.' Garmin's Index Sleep Monitor will also monitor your energy levels, providing you with its 'Body Battery' measurements that advise you to take more rest when the reading is coming in low. Again, these insights should be more accurate and reliable when combined with a compatible smartwatch worn during the day. The sleep band will also track your stress throughout the night, and features a smart alarm that attempts to wake you gently during lighter sleep stages so you'll feel less tired. The Index Sleep Monitor is available in S-M and L-XL sizes and costs $170.
Forbes
10 hours ago
- Health
- Forbes
Garmin Ditches Screens For Dedicated Sleep Tracking Wearable
Garmin Index Sleep Monitor Sleep tracking is hugely popular these days, and Garmin is out to cater for just that audience with the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor. Quite a departure from Garmin's Forerunner and Fenix watches, the Index Sleep Monitor is a screen-free device worn around the upper arm, and is only meant to be attached when you go to sleep. While the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor initially appears to have little in common with a Garmin watch, plenty of the stats on offer here are shared with the brand's watch series. Each night you'll get a sleep score, out of 100, and see a graph that outlines the stages of sleep you were in as the hours rolled by. That's deep, light, REM and awake. Garmin's algorithms are pretty good at noticing when you're under the weather, or drank enough alcohol to affect your sleep quality. The Garmin Index Sleep Monitor will report your breathing rate, skin temperature and blood oxygenation. Skin temperature readings are also used to power menstrual cycle tracking, including estimates as to when you will begin ovulation. Similarly, from heart rate data, the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor can extrapolate stress scores. And the entire breadth of stats will feed into Body Battery, one of Garmin's most engaging stats. A conventional optical heart rate reader harvests metrics Body Battery looks into how worn out your Garmin thinks you are. One of the interesting elements to see in the Index Sleep Monitor is how useful the Body Battery and stress scores will be, in the context of a band you only wear overnight. Stress? Most of us reach the peak of our stress levels while awake, and the Body Battery feature usually is only useful when your Garmin is worn all the time. It sounds like Garmin is primarily pitching Body Battery for those who also own a Garmin watch, and just don't want to wear it overnight. 'Users who wear a compatible smartwatch while awake can get a more complete picture of their energy levels—day and night,' says Garmin. Garmin Index Sleep Monitor comes in two sizes The Garmin Index Sleep Monitor also features its own version of one of Garmin's latest features, smart wake. This uses a vibrate motor to wake you up when you're in a sleep stage that won't leave you feeling groggy. But it works within a window, so you won't be late for work because of it either. 'Wearing this smart sleep band every night can provide in-depth sleep insights and a more complete picture of fitness and recovery so users can wake up ready to seize the day,' says Susan Lyman, Garmin's Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing. As with heart rate chest straps like the Garmin HRM 600, the brain module of the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor can be removed, letting you safely wash the strap. It's made of a stretchy fabric that is 70% nylon and 30% spandex. Garmin says you'll be able to use the tracker for a week before needing to recharge the battery, based on eight hours of sleep a night. The Garmin Index Sleep Monitor comes in two sizes, costs $169.99. It's currently listed as available in '3-5 weeks' on the U.S. Garmin store.
Tom's Guide
10 hours ago
- Health
- Tom's Guide
Garmin launches first sleep-only tracker — a screenless lightweight armband for maximum nighttime comfort
The rumours are true. Garmin has unveiled a new sleep and health tracking armband, designed to help you get on top of your rest and recovery for peak physical performance. Instead of a watch, the new screenless sleep tracking device sits in a machine-washable band that fits comfortably around your upper arm. The tracker keeps tabs on your sleep stages, heart rate variability (HRV) status, blood oxygen saturation, breathing rate, skin temperature and overall sleep quality while you snooze and even vibrates come morning to wake you up peacefully, helping you feel refreshed rather than groggy. The Garmin Index Sleep Monitor will be a sleep-focussed add-on providing insight to your rest, recovery and body battery rather than a replacement for your everyday health tracker. Instead, it leaves the fitness tracking and mile-logging to the best Garmin watches. Release date: June 2025 Sizes: Two sizes (S-M and L-XL)Warranty: 2 years Price: $169.99 at Garmin The Garmin Sleep Monitor is a screenless device, much like the wrist-worn Whoop band. In terms of sleep tracking, the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor will offer similar insights to the best smart beds and mattresses you can buy online (namely, the Eight Sleep Pod and Sleep Number mattresses), but for a fraction of the price. These beds are built with world-class sleep tech that measures every aspect of your sleep and generally costs upwards of $1000. Meanwhile, the Garmin tracker packs these sensors into a compact arm band that cost $169.99/£149.99. 'We are thrilled to add the Index Sleep Monitor to our suite of innovative health and wellness products. Wearing this smart sleep band every night can provide in-depth sleep insights and a more complete picture of fitness and recovery so users can wake up ready to seize the day," says Susan Lyman, Garmin Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing. Garmin Index Sleep Monitor: $169.99/£149.99 at GarminLevel up your rest and recovery tracking with this new Garmin device focussed on sleep insights. It is available at $169.99/£149.99 MSRP and pairs with the Garmin Connect app for a holistic view of your health. The Garmin Index Sleep Monitor is available in two sizes (S-M and L-XL), which will both retail at $169.99/£149.99. This price includes the sleep monitor and light-weight band. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. The cheapest Garmin watch (the Forerunner 55) retails at $149.99 /£179.99. For this extra $10 you can get a daytime health tracker alongside basic sleep tracking. But if you're looking for a device solely focussed on getting into the nitty gritty details of your sleep rather than daytime activities and steps etc, the Index Sleep Monitor is the one for you. This sleep tracker is the first of its kind from Garmin. The Index Sleep Monitor is its first product focussed purely on sleep quality and recovery. Therefore, we can only compare its price to sleep trackers from outside the brand. The most notable comparison is the Whoop 5.0 band released in May this year. Whoop operates a unique pricing system where, instead of paying for the sleep tracking device upfront, you pay an annual subscription starting at $199/£169 per year. Immediately, you can see the Garmin's one-off payment is less than a one year subscription, suggesting you're getting better value with the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor rather than the rival Whoop band. Though, a word of warning, Garmin has recently introduced a subscription fee putting AI-powered insights and an enhanced performance dashboard behind a paywall. However, existing features in the Garmin Connect app remain free and there's no indication that the new sleep monitor will require additional fees. Honing in on your sleep health, the new Garmin device gives you a personalized sleep score every morning based on sleep duration, sleep stages, stress levels and breathing rate. It features Garmin's well-loved Body Battery energy monitoring that helps you understand how well rested your body is, so you can decide whether to hit the gym hard or take it easy. Sensors in the band track your overnight respiration rate, breathing variations and HRV to help you understand how well your cardiovascular system functions while you rest. These metrics give an indication of stress levels and how restorative your sleep has been. It also measures changes in your skin temperature which can potentially indicate illness. This measurement can also help women stay on top of their menstrual cycle, providing period predictions and ovulation estimates and helping them track energy levels in line with menstrual stages. Another impressive feature of the Index Sleep Monitor is the smart wake alarm. The device identifies when you are in a lighter phase of sleep around your desired wake up time and gently vibrates to wake you up, making for a more gradual, smooth transition from sleep to wakefulness, helping you get over sleep inertia. If you don't own a separate Garmin smartwatch, the Index Sleep Monitor directly syncs your sleep data to the Garmin Connect app. If you're a Garmin watch-wearer, the smart band sends your sleep metrics to your watch and Garmin app, giving you a more comprehensive view of your fatigue levels and health, straight to your wrist. Garmin is the brand behind five out of 10 of the best running watches we've tested this year. So, they clearly know what they're doing when it comes to helping runners make and track, progress. But can they succeed in the sleep industry too? We'll report back with a full Index Sleep Monitor review.
