In the hustle and bustle of modern life, achieving a good night's sleep can sometimes feel like a distant dream. But what if the listening to the right sounds can help? We're happy to introduce a new addition to our ever-expanding sleep aid section: Harmonic Waves.

Unraveling the Science Behind Sound Sleep

Emerging research indicates that listening to harmonic wave compositions, such as binaural beats, can have a profound impact on sleep quality. One study demonstrated that binaural beats at a delta frequency of 3 Hz could stimulate delta activity in the brain, thereby extending the duration of stage three sleep. This deep sleep stage is vital for waking up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

Additional studies have underscored the potential benefits of binaural beats for sleep enhancement. For instance, a study involving soccer players who listened to binaural beats between 2 Hz and 8 Hz found that the participants experienced improved sleep quality, reduced sleepiness, and found it easier to wake up. Furthermore, binaural beats have been shown to alleviate anxiety, which can subsequently lead to better sleep.

However, it's worth noting that some researchers have expressed skepticism about the link between binaural beats and reduced anxiety or improved sleep and more comprehensive research is needed to conclusively establish the effects of binaural beats on sleep.

Pillow's Sleep Aid: Your Gateway to Restful Nights

Pillow's Sleep Aid section offers a selection of harmonic wave compositions designed to help users relax, calm down, and fall asleep. As a sleep sounds app, Pillow stands out with its scientifically-backed approach to improving sleep.

Whether you're struggling with insomnia or simply looking to improve your sleep quality, Pillow's Sleep Aid feature can help. With the option to choose from a variety of harmonic wave compositions, you can personalize your sleep experience and find the sounds that work best for you.

We live in a world that is incessantly noisy. While we might have grown accustomed to the constant hum of our environment, these noises can affect the quality of our sleep in ways we might not even realize. Enter Pillow, our innovative sleep tracking app that offers you a unique feature - the Environmental Audio Levels tracking. This tool equips you with the information you need about the audio environment in which you sleep, helping you make necessary changes for a better night's rest.

The Impact of Noisy Environments on Sleep

Several studies have shed light on the harmful effects of noise pollution on sleep. A study published in Sleep Science found that exposure to noise during sleep can lead to a range of sleep disturbances - from changes in sleep stages to more severe disorders such as insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea.

Environmental noise can also lead to micro-arousals, subtle disturbances in sleep that can affect sleep quality without the individual even realizing it. These disturbances, although not leading to full awakenings, can still result in sleep fragmentation and daytime sleepiness, as discussed in this study published in the Frontiers in Neurology.

Given the serious impact of environmental noise on sleep, it's not surprising that the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines for nighttime noise levels. The WHO recommends that noise levels during sleep should not exceed 40 decibels, equivalent to the sound of a quiet street in a residential area.

Track the environmental levels during sleep with Pillow.

Pillow’s Environmental Audio Levels Feature: Your Personal Sleep Environment Analyst

Designed to work seamlessly with an Apple Watch Series 4 or newer, the Environmental Audio Levels feature by Pillow tracks and charts the environmental audio levels throughout your sleep. The chart displays these values in decibels, providing you with a visual representation of the noise in your environment as you sleep.

Along with the noise chart, the feature also gives you the minimum, maximum, and average values of the environmental audio levels. It doesn't stop there; you also get a rating of the average noise levels. All these data points provide you with a comprehensive understanding of your sleep environment's auditory landscape.

This feature works in tandem with Pillow's other key feature - the sleep sound recording and analysis. With the best sleep talk recorder app at your fingertips, you can record yourself sleeping, allowing Pillow to analyze sleep sounds such as snoring and sleep talking. And this isn't just a simple iPhone sleep recorder; it uses sophisticated machine learning algorithms to classify these sounds, giving you insights into any potential sleep issues.

Importantly, the Environmental Audio Levels feature doesn't record or store any audio data. It merely processes levels of loudness registered by the Apple Watch, ensuring your privacy remains uncompromised.

Transform Your Sleep Environment Today

With the power to monitor your sleep environment's audio levels, you can make better-informed decisions to improve your sleep quality. Whether it's identifying a sleep noise recorder or finding an app that picks up noise when you sleep, Pillow offers you this and much more.

Pillow doesn't just listen while you sleep, it gives you a roadmap to better sleep. So why wait? Record your sleep, track your sleep environment's audio levels, and embark on a journey towards healthier sleep patterns. After all, when it comes to restful sleep, every decibel counts.

Download Pillow today, the app that listens to your sleep and start the journey towards a noise-free, peaceful night's sleep.

Sleep is a critical aspect of our overall health, and tracking its quality can provide valuable insights into our well-being. Among the many factors that contribute to good sleep, blood oxygen levels play a significant role. Monitoring these levels can help identify potential health issues, such as sleep apnea, which can be detrimental to our daily functioning and long-term health.

Research highlights the importance of maintaining optimal blood oxygen levels while you sleep for overall health. For instance, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Peppard, P. E., Young, T., Palta, M., & Skatrud, J. (2000)) found that sleep-disordered breathing, characterized by periods of low blood oxygen levels, is independently associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension. Another study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Gottlieb et al., 2005) revealed that reduced levels during sleep are associated with an increased risk of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. These findings emphasize the significance of proper blood oxygen levels during sleep for both cardiovascular and metabolic health.

Fortunately, with the help of Pillow, the best sleep tracking app for iPhone and Apple Watch, monitoring your blood oxygen saturation during sleep is now easier than ever before.

Track your oxygen saturation in blood during sleep

Track Your Blood Oxygen Levels with Pillow

Pillow has earned an Editors’ Choice distinction on the App Store for its innovative features, one of which is its ability to track Blood oxygen concentration during sleep. For every sleep session recorded, you can find the results in Pillow’s “Heart tab.” This feature requires an Apple Watch 6 or newer device to function.

Detailed Blood Oxygen Charts and Assessments

With Pillow, you'll receive a detailed chart of your blood oxygen levels throughout the night, including minimum and maximum values. Moreover, the app provides an assessment of these values to help you understand whether they fall within normal ranges. By keeping track of your blood oxygen saturation, you can make better-informed decisions about your sleep habits and overall health.

Take Charge of Your Sleep Health with Pillow

Monitoring blood oxygen levels during sleep is essential for maintaining optimal health and well-being. With Pillow's blood oxygen tracking feature, you can now easily keep track of this critical sleep metric and work towards improving your sleep quality.

Don't let poor sleep hold you back any longer. Download Pillow today, and start tracking your blood oxygen levels to unlock the restful sleep you deserve. Empower yourself with the knowledge to make better decisions about your sleep habits and take control of your health.

Sleep is a crucial aspect of our overall health and well-being, and understanding the factors that can influence its quality is essential. One such factor is temperature, which can play a significant role in the sleep process. Research has shown that our body's temperature fluctuates during sleep, and these fluctuations can impact the quality of our rest. With the latest update to our sleep tracking app, Pillow, you can now effortlessly track your temperature during sleep, empowering you to optimize your sleep environment and improve your overall sleep quality.

The Science Behind Sleep and Temperature

Numerous scientific findings have established the connection between sleep and temperature. Our body's core temperature follows a circadian rhythm, naturally decreasing during the night to reach its lowest point in the early hours of the morning (Kräuchi, 2002). These temperature fluctuations have been linked to sleep stages and the overall quality of sleep.

Ambient temperature, or the temperature of our sleep environment, plays a significant role in determining the quality of our sleep. Studies have shown that ambient temperature affects sleep stages, particularly slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (Okamoto-Mizuno & Mizuno, 2012). An overly warm sleep environment can lead to reduced SWS, while excessively cold temperatures can cause disruptions in REM sleep (Kräuchi, 2007).

Optimizing your sleep environment's temperature can significantly impact your sleep quality, as it facilitates the natural fluctuations in core body temperature that promote restful sleep. By monitoring and understanding these fluctuations with Pillow, you can make informed decisions on adjusting your sleep environment to enhance your sleep quality.

Effortless Temperature Tracking with Pillow

Easily access your sleep temperature reading from your sleep session report.

Pillow has made tracking your sleep temperature easier than ever before. By wearing an Apple Watch Series 8 or newer during sleep, our app can seamlessly monitor your temperature throughout the night. Once you wake up, you'll receive a sleep analysis report that includes information about your sleep temperature. This data can help you better understand how your temperature fluctuates during the night and the impact it may have on your sleep quality.

New Temperature Trends Section

Access insightful trends about your sleep temperature in the Trends section.

In addition to the sleep analysis report, Pillow now offers a new section in the Trends tab, providing you with access to your temperature trends on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis. This feature allows you to monitor long-term patterns and identify any changes that may be affecting your sleep. By leveraging this data, you can make informed decisions about adjusting your sleep environment or habits to enhance your sleep quality.

What sets Pillow apart as a sleep monitor and sleep tracking app is its unique ability to compare your sleep temperature with other health and sleep metrics, such as Steps, Weight, Sleep Duration, Heart Rate, Sleep Quality, and more. This comprehensive view of your health data enables you to uncover correlations and patterns between temperature and various aspects of your well-being, providing valuable insights for optimizing your sleep and overall health.

Start Tracking Your Sleep Temperature Tonight

Pillow's temperature tracking feature, available exclusively for Apple Watch Series 8 or newer, makes it simple to monitor your sleep temperature and understand its impact on your rest. By receiving detailed sleep analysis reports and accessing temperature trends, you can make the necessary adjustments to create the ideal sleep environment, ultimately leading to better sleep and improved overall health.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to take control of your sleep quality. Download Pillow from the App Store now and begin tracking your sleep temperature with ease. By understanding the critical role temperature plays in your sleep, you'll be well on your way to a better night's rest and a healthier life.

Introducing ASMR sounds to Pillow, our sleep tracking app, was no easy task. We wanted to make sure we offered a variety of compositions that catered to different personal preferences. After much research and testing, we're excited to announce that ASMR sounds are now part of our Sleep Aid library. So, if you're struggling to fall asleep, this might be the solution you've been looking for.

ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, is a tingling sensation that starts at the scalp and moves down the spine. It's triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli, like gentle, soothing sounds, which can help relax the mind and induce a sense of calm. Research has found that ASMR can reduce stress, anxiety, and insomnia, leading to improved sleep quality. One study published in the journal PLOS ONE showed that participants who experienced ASMR reported increased feelings of relaxation, decreased heart rate, and better sleep quality. Another study in the journal PeerJ found that ASMR could have potential therapeutic applications in reducing stress and anxiety.

We've carefully curated a collection of ASMR themes for you to explore, such as Scissors, Keyboards, Water Splashes, Plastic Wrap, and Paper. Whether you find the rhythmic snipping of scissors or the gentle rustling of paper relaxing, there's something for everyone.

Pillow's ASMR sounds section is now live, and we can't wait for you to try it out. We're confident that these soothing sounds can help improve your sleep experience. Download the app, dive into the new ASMR section, and let us know what you think. We'll continue to work hard to enhance your sleep tracking experience and bring you the tools you need for better rest.

We're excited to announce a fantastic new feature that will enhance your sleep tracking experience with our latest update, Pillow v.4.17, now available on the App Store. Imagine controlling your sleep session without even having to launch Pillow - sounds dreamy, right? Well, that dream has now become a reality with Live Activities!

With this much requested feature, you can now track your sleep session right from the Lock Screen of your device. Live Activities are available if you manually start your sleep sessions by pressing "Start" before you drift off into dreamland.

And if you own an iPhone 14 Pro, we've got some great news for you: Pillow's Live Activity will also appear on the Dynamic Island of your iPhone, making it even more convenient and accessible.

The best way to track your sleep without launching Pillow.

Gone are the days of fumbling to check how much time remains until your alarm goes off. With Live Activities, you can easily track the countdown to your wake-up call. Plus, you can effortlessly stop or resume your sleep session if you've paused it for any reason.

For those of you who have set up your sleep tracking preset to include a sleep aid track, Pillow's Live Activities go the extra mile by allowing you to control the playback seamlessly. Say goodbye to interrupted sleep and hello to a smoother, more relaxed bedtime experience.

Control your sleep session right from the Dynamic Island of you iPhone. Play and pause your favourite sleep sounds from the Lock Screen.

To take advantage of this cutting-edge feature, make sure you have iOS version 16.2 installed on your device.

Sleep tracking has never been easier, and we're thrilled to make your nights more restful with Pillow's support for Live Activities feature. So why wait? Head over to the App Store and download Pillow v.4.17 today to experience the future of sleep tracking. Sweet dreams!

Note: Due to limitations on iOS 16, Live Activity sessions longer than 8 hours may not update as expected.