Fitbit fitness tracking is one of the Google Pixel Watch’s biggest assets. However, compared to Fitbit-branded smartwatches and activity trackers, the Pixel Watch loses out on some features. But the list of these features is getting a little shorter.
The Google Pixel Watch now supports sleep profiles (Opens in a new tab), a personal analysis that joined Fitbit Premium’s sleep-tracking features earlier this year. Sleep profiles are intended to help users understand their sleep metrics from month to month with animals representing their sleep habits.
I recently tested sleep profiles on the Fitbit Sense 2 which, like the Pixel Watch, is one of the best smartwatches of the year. Breaking down the differences between the Google Pixel Watch vs. the Fitbit Sense 2, I found the Pixel Watch’s overall health tracking to be a little lackluster compared to the tools on Fitbit’s premium smartwatch.
The Pixel Watch’s lack of sleep profiles contributed to this takeaway, but now it looks like Google’s first smartwatch could be better positioned as one of the best sleep-tracking fitness trackers. Sleep tracking data can be difficult to understand or act upon — I think sleep profiles make it a little easier to really benefit from sleep tracking.
As you mentioned, sleep profiles use animals to illustrate common sleep behaviors. For example, the animal that matches my sleep profile is a bear, which means I have a consistent schedule with long, restful sleep. Sounds like a bear’s behavior, right? Other animals include giraffe, parrot, dolphin, hedgehog and turtle.
These tasks are based on 10 different aspects of your sleep data, such as total sleep duration and sleep time consistency. Created after a month of wearing a Fitbit Premium-linked smartwatch to sleep.
Pixel Watch users get 6 months of Fitbit Premium for free. (After that it costs $9.99 per month or $80 per year.) So if you activate the beta and sleep with your Pixel Watch for at least 14 nights in October, you’ll get your first sleep profile and animal in Fitbit Premium on November 22nd. Otherwise, if you start wearing your Pixel Watch to sleep tonight, you’ll get your first sleep profile report on December 1.
If you’ve been waiting for more reasons to buy a Google Pixel Watch, adding sleep profiles seems like a step in the right direction. Pair a new feature with a possible discount soon with Black Friday deals, and the Pixel Watch officially seems to me to be a much more compelling buy.
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