Does Fitbit Keep Tracks Of Naps? If So How?

Fitbit & Sleeping Goes Hand To Hand

Almost every Fitbit tracker with exception of few old gen models could keep record of your sleep. In early 2010s while it was not possible that your tracker could record by itself the user was given choice to enter the data manually. In smartwatch era (began after the release of Fitbit Blaze in 2017) you don’t even need to do that, your Fitbit tracker regardless of what it is can track, record, analyze, and provide detail insights to you about your sleep routine.

Yes, with time there has been many changes in the operation. For instance the sleep sensitivity settings are said to be moot now. Even though many argue that it still plays a pivotal role for trackers to know the magnitude of the data they are taking in, what is important to understand is that Fitbit has evolved far beyond it’s rustic upbringing and today sits at the top as the leading tracker of its generation.

Nap Time Is All About Brevity

Unfortunately, we are not concerned about the sleeping phases or how accurate are the results Fitbit provide us. What we need to know is can our Fitbit tracks the nap we take during the day and if so how does it reflect on the overall calculations which are being made every second. Because there is no lie in the fact that Fitbit requires large set of sample data.

Whereas when it comes to Napping you don’t doze off for 8 hours and calls it a nap. That would be problematic from both technical and grammatical standpoint. Not to mention you would come across as lazy unemployed person with nothing better to do then sleep and complain.

So Does Fitbit Trackers Know When You Are Napping?

The answer might sound controversial but it is the one that makes most sense and it is that it depends on the time period for which you slept and the way you slept. Please don’t get confused we will explain everything within a minute time. For now you need to know that your Fitbit will both track and not track your napping depending on your behavior.

“But how can I know what is right behavior?”

– Anyone can ask this question

Well, that is true that there is no telling given the unpredictability of the system and Fitbit innate lack of transparency to its user regarding the way it begins tracking the sleep. Yet we believe we have solid ground to work our way to the conclusion.

Potential Reasons Why Fitbit Might Misjudge

First thing that you should know about Fitbit is that it takes movement of its wearer very seriously. So, if you would be wearing your Fitbit smartwatch and you happen to doze off on the couch while watching the game with your sofa set to vibrate, it is very likely that no sleep will be recorded for this session.

Fitbit demands that the person who wants to track their sleep must be in idle position. While there is very little known about the procedure but from what we know you should be in stale position and your RHR(Resting Heart Rate) must fall below certain threshold before Fitbit will declare you unconscious.

Since these two conditions are little to hard to meet when you are napping given the short time period for which they last, quite often Fitbit trackers fails to track them. Another thing that should be in your knowledge is that Fitbit suggests that you should at least take the nap for one hour for Fitbit tracker to put it on the record. Although, the practical evidence suggest that this number is merely a vague guess and you can be both extremally luck and unlucky despite achieving it.

What To Do To Ensure Fitbit Knows Right

The best you can do is make sure that you don’t give your Fitbit tracker any reason to not track your nap. So, what you can do to make it happen is that your napping time should exceed one hour mark. If you want to know about sleeping phases that your body went through then you might have to take the nap for 3 hours. Also whenever you choose to take a nap ensure that you are in an environment with little stimulus so that it won’t distract you too much or make you move in the sleep.

We will suggest to go to your bedroom lock the door shut down the lights and then have a quiet few hours to yourself. If you have kids ask them to not disturb you. Put your Fitbit tracker on DND or Sleep Mode. Although, sleep mode sounds much better option. This will make sure that you are as far away from not needed distractions as possible.

However, if it still fails to record the napping time for you, there is manual option too. Fitbit allows its users to manually enter the sleep data within the app using the phone which will then be synced to your watch and your Fitbit account. Of course, that will not be suggestable, but for what it’s worth you will stay on the top of your recordings.