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Josh Render

Your Apple Watch just got a surprise new sleep feature in watchOS 11 — here’s what we know

Apple Watch Series 9 on wrist .

It appears that watchOS 11 will include automatic nap detection, though there is some confusion about what this means.

Recently, an Apple Watch user trying the watchOS 11 beta posted on Reddit that their Apple Watch recorded their sleep data in the Health app when they took a nap, even though the watch hadn’t been put into sleep mode. This would mean that Apple Watches running watchOS 11 could support sleep tracking even when its dedicated Sleep Mode is turned off. However, the nap feature does not appear to track the different sleep stages like Sleep Mode can.

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