The new Garmin index sleep tracker lasts a full week between the loads

Garmin announced a new sleep tracking band that can be attached to the upper arm, which could make it more comfortable to wear overnight. The Sleep sleep index follows the sleep stages, the heart rate and even your breathing to create a “complete view of the physical shape and overall recovery”, with a personalized sleep score delivered every morning so that you know how well you slept, According to Garmin.

The SLEEP index monitor is now available via the Garmin’s online store in SM and L-XL sizes for $ 169.99. The follow -up is managed by a small removable electronic module which includes motion sensors and an optical cardiac frequency sensor which, according to Garmin, will take place up to seven days between the loads.

In addition to following your slight, deep and Rem sleep stages throughout the night, the index can also measure your breathing rates and, when associated with blood oxygen saturation measures (a characteristic not available in all countries), it can help you “better understand changes in respiratory models during sleep”.

A thermometer monitors the skin temperature, which can give an overview of how your environment affects your sleep while signaling possible diseases. These temperature measures also provide more knowledge of monitoring women’s health, including menstrual cycles, “improved periods forecasts” and ovulation estimates. However, Garmin says that the index is “not a medical device and is not intended to be used in the diagnosis or monitoring of a medical condition”. The company also claims that it should not be used as a design or contraception tool.

The other health -related measures that are monitored and made available via the Garmin Connect mobile application include estimates on stress levels according to sleep habits, a body battery measurement allowing you to know if you are low in energy and need more rest. The variability of the heart rate (VRC), which is a measurement of variable times between heartbeat, can also be used to assess whether your body treats stress or increased fatigue that helps you know if you should solve problems with your sleep.

These are all measures that can be measured using Garmin’s other intelligent portable devices And many smart watches, but only if you wear them every night. For those who prefer to load their watches at night so that their battery is full every morning, the Sleep instructor provides another way to follow sleep measures which are also free from distracting notifications. The index Sleep monitor has vibration capacities, but they are rather used in the context of an intelligent alarm function which only tries to wake you during the lighter sleep steps.