Fossil Smartwatch Sleep Tracking: How Does It Work?

Fossil smartwatches have a range of health and fitness tracking features, including sleep tracking. The Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition, for example, can monitor sleep, track workouts, and more. The watch uses the Wellness app, which is preloaded onto the device, to track your various stages of sleep, including light sleep, deep sleep, and times when you're awake. This also includes naps. To enable sleep tracking, you need to turn the feature on in the settings of the Wellness app. You can also use third-party apps, such as Sleep as Android, Smart Alarm and Sleep Tracker for Wear OS, and Sleep Cycle.

Fossil's Wellness app

Fossil smartwatches come with the Wellness app, which allows users to monitor their sleep, track workouts, and keep an eye on their health throughout the day. The Wellness app is preloaded on your Fossil smartwatch, so you don't need to download it from the Play Store. Simply open the app menu and tap "Wellness" to access the app.

To enable sleep tracking, open the Wellness app and navigate to Settings > Account > Tracking Preferences. From there, make sure Sleep is toggled on. You can also toggle Auto Blood Oxygen so the app can monitor SpO2 while you're asleep. The app will track your various stages of sleep, including light sleep, deep sleep, and times when you're awake. This also includes naps. You can view your stats in the Wellness app and in the Fossil Smartwatches app.

If you want to see these details on your phone, you can connect the Wellness app to Google Fit. However, Google Fit does not natively track sleep, so you will need to use a third-party sleep-tracking app and connect it to Google Fit to get your sleep metrics. To connect the Wellness app to Google Fit, open the Wear OS app on your phone and check that your watch is Connected via Bluetooth. You should also ensure that you are signed in to Google Fit on your phone and watch, and that you are using the same Google account for both the Wellness app and Google Fit.

If your watch’s sleep data is not showing up in the Google Fit app, confirm that it is still recording in your Fossil’s Wellness app. If you see your sleep metrics in the Wellness app but not Google Fit, try signing in and out of your Google account in the Wellness app settings to refresh its connection. Open the Wellness app on your Fossil watch, scroll down and tap Settings, choose Account, scroll down and tap Sign Out, then sign back in and follow the steps to reconnect your account.

Third-party apps

Fossil smartwatches come with the Wellness app pre-loaded, which allows users to monitor sleep, track workouts, and keep an eye on their health throughout the day. The app will track your various stages of sleep, including light sleep, deep sleep, and times when you're awake. This also includes naps. To enable sleep tracking, open the Wellness app and navigate to Settings > Account > Tracking preferences. From there, make sure Sleep is toggled on.

However, if you would prefer to use a third-party app, there are several options available. For Android users, the Sleep as Android app can be installed on your phone and watch. For iPhone users, the "Smart Alarm and Sleep Tracker for Wear OS" app is available. Additionally, you can use a third-party automatic sleep tracker like a beddit or beautyrest. It's important to note that if you use a third-party app, you will need to connect it to Google Fit to get your sleep metrics.

Google Fit

Fossil smartwatches come with a preloaded Wellness app that allows users to monitor their sleep, track workouts, and keep an eye on their overall health. The app tracks various stages of sleep, including light sleep, deep sleep, and periods when the user is awake. To enable sleep tracking, users must ensure that their watch is set up to do so. This can be done by opening the Wellness app and navigating to Settings > Account > Tracking Preferences and toggling Sleep on.

While Google Fit does not natively support sleep tracking, it can be used in conjunction with the Wellness app to track sleep. To do this, users must first ensure that their Fossil watch is connected to their phone via Bluetooth and that they are signed in to Google Fit on both devices using the same Google account. Once connected, they can open the Google Fit app on their phone and tap on the Journal tab to review their sleep duration, schedule, sleep stages, and quality, as well as their heart rate while sleeping. This data is stored in Google Fit when users choose to share their Wellness app data with the application.

If the sleep data is not showing up in Google Fit, users can try signing in and out of their Google account in the Wellness app settings to refresh the connection. This can be done by opening the Wellness app, navigating to Settings > Account > Sign Out, and then signing in again. It may take a few minutes to a few hours for all the data to appear in Google Fit.

Wear OS

Fossil smartwatches can track your sleep using third-party sleep tracking apps. These apps can be accessed and downloaded by visiting Google Play. After pairing the watch with Wear OS by Google App, you can take advantage of a wide range of features from the watch.

To track your sleep, you need to wear your Fossil watch when you go to bed and keep it on for as long as you want your sleep to be recorded. You can also turn on Do Not Disturb Mode or Theater Mode on your watch so that it doesn't interrupt your sleep.

The watch's Play Store has the Sleep As Android app (if you are using an Android phone) or the "Smart Alarm and Sleep Tracker for Wear OS" app (if you are using an iPhone). The Sleep As Android app has been around for a long time and is always improving and adding unique features like Smart Wake Up, Sleep Noise Recording, Jet Lag Prevention, and many more.

You can also use the Wellness app and Google Fit to track your sleep. To enable sleep tracking, press the side button on your watch to open your app list. Select the Wellness app, scroll down, and tap on the gear icon to open the settings. In the next set of options, choose Account, tap on tracking preferences, and enable sleep tracking for automatic monitoring. When you go to bed, your Fossil Wear OS watch will now monitor your sleep and give you details when you wake up. Your sleep data can be backed up to Google Fit for a comprehensive look at your health data.

Tracking sleep stages

Fossil smartwatches come with a pre-loaded Wellness app that allows users to monitor their sleep, track workouts, and keep an eye on their health throughout the day. The app will track the various stages of sleep, including light sleep, deep sleep, and the times when the user is awake. This also includes naps. The data can be viewed in the Wellness app and in the Fossil Smartwatches app.

To enable sleep tracking, users need to open the Wellness app and navigate to Settings > Account > Tracking preferences. From there, they need to toggle Sleep on. Users can also toggle Auto Blood Oxygen so that the app can monitor SpO2 while they sleep.

To view sleep tracking data on a smartphone, users need to connect the Wellness app to Google Fit. However, Google Fit does not natively track sleep, so users need to use a sleep-tracking app and connect it to Google Fit to get their sleep metrics. Fossil recommends using the Wellness app over third-party apps.

If users are unable to see their sleep data in Google Fit, they should first confirm that it is still recording in the Wellness app. If the data is present in the Wellness app but not in Google Fit, they should try signing in and out of their Google account in the Wellness app settings to refresh the connection.

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