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Is there such a thing? I almost always get up before my alarm and then I'm in another room or on another level of my home when it starts going off. I could turn the alarm off as soon as I get up but then I have to remember to set it when I go to bed. I guess the app would have to be able to figure out if you've gotten up for good or just gone to the bathroom though.
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The difference is you wear a fitbit on your wrist and a phone typically is in your pocket or on a piece of furniture when you aren't carrying it around. The fitbit measures you pulse while on your wrist and the phone does not on it's own, although some phones can measure your pulse. Not the same thing and not really a good comparison.
Well, a fitbit can track how many minutes you sleep
The Fitbit (at least on the Charge HR that I have) has an alarm, and it generally doesn't go off if you already are up and moving when the alarm is scheduled to go off (and even if it does, it's attached to your wrist and silent, so it won't bother anyone else).
How about a really weird suggestion: get an actual ALARM CLOCK and put it on your nightstand. If you wake up before the alarm goes off, push the button in. At night, last thing before you turn out the light, pull the button out.
Side benefit: while your "smart" phone will go obsolete every couple years, your ALARM CLOCK never will.
Secondary side benefit: although you have to pay high monthly subscription fees to keep your "smart" phone working, your ALARM CLOCK only takes a few cents per week of electricity.
My 40-ish year old ALARM CLOCK is still working great!
Is there such a thing? I almost always get up before my alarm and then I'm in another room or on another level of my home when it starts going off. I could turn the alarm off as soon as I get up but then I have to remember to set it when I go to bed. I guess the app would have to be able to figure out if you've gotten up for good or just gone to the bathroom though.
It's your inner clock... body's internal or biological clock, housed deep within the brain. It works pretty well till it gets... disrupted with a time change. It takes some time to adjust, but then it's back to normal.
Not a phenomenon, not your phone app but your own brain, because your body’s internal clock is just as good, if not better, than the contraption shrieking atop your nightstand. Lots of people experience the same.
Google "the circadian rhythm" if you want to know more.
Your brain is the best alarm "app" imagined.
There's an app called Sleep Cycle that analyzes your sleep and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase. It uses info based on your movement and sound. I think you place the phone on the mattress. People who use the app love it & swear it's voodoo. https://www.sleepcycle.com/how-it-works/
The iPhone has a built in "sleep analysis" to track how many hours & minutes you sleep. I look at it occasionally & it's very accurate by the minute. For example, if I get up during the night to use the bathroom, it'll have it down to the minute. I'm not sure if Apple uses the accelerometer, microphone, or machine learning to track sleep.
Anyways, the tech is out there to shut off an alarm based on the user being awake.
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