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Eve Davies

Experts explain why your Apple Watch tracks your wrist temperature during sleep — 5 key things it can tell you

A collage of images showing the Apple Watch settings being used to track sleep accurately. .

If there’s one thing that’s been brought to the forefront of our attention as heat waves have hit, it’s how difficult it is to sleep in the heat. That’s because, as humans, our biology dictates we need to cool down to be able to nod off.

With temperature having such an influence over our ability to fall asleep, the Apple Watch, along with other top-rated sleep trackers, includes wrist temperature monitoring as part of their sleep tracking offering.

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