5 smart gadgets to ensure good and healthy sleep

Headspace

One of the most effective ways to improve your sleep is to remove your phone from your bedroom. However, the Headspace app for iOS and Android does the opposite: instead of distracting you, it helps you relax and fall asleep faster.

The app offers short meditations for a few minutes to relax before bed, as well as long "sleep stories" lasting about 45 minutes. The stories are told in calm voices, which helps to calm you down.

There are also musical compositions and soundscapes that can play for up to 500 minutes, creating a relaxing atmosphere.

Especially useful is the Night SOS function, a series of exercises for those who wake up in the middle of the night due to disturbing dreams or stress. These exercises help you quickly return to a state of calm and fall back to sleep.

Subscription price: $70 per year or $13 per month. In addition to sleep content, the app offers meditations for the day to help manage stress, focus, and improve breathing.

Important: If you use Headspace before bed, turn on your phone's sleep or focus mode to prevent nighttime notifications from disturbing your peace and negating the effect of your meditation.

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Hatch Restore 2

The Hatch Restore 2 is an app-controlled alarm clock with a sunrise function and a speaker for sleep sounds. It helps you set yourself up for a relaxed sleep and gentle wake-up by offering a variety of audio tracks and meditations.

The new generation of the device has a fabric cover and softer colors, as well as an updated shape with convenient buttons. The convex button turns on morning rituals, and the concave button turns on nighttime sleep sounds.

Most of the functions are controlled through the Hatch app, which offers an extensive library of meditations, nature sounds, bedtime stories, and white noise for restful sleep. Motivational tracks and stretching exercises are available for waking up in the morning. However, the full library is available only in the paid version for $5 per month.

Hatch Restore 2 (photo: Engadget)

Oura Ring Gen 3

Oura Ring is a smart ring that tracks physical activity during the day and sleep quality at night. Every morning, the app gives a sleep score from 1 to 100 and offers recommendations for improving it.

The ring collects data on body temperature, movement, blood oxygen levels, and heart rate to understand how much time you spend in different phases of sleep.

It's called "the perfect device for those who don't like wearable gadgets" because it's invisible in everyday life and doesn't interfere with sleep. After a few days of use, you simply stop noticing the ring on your finger - unlike bulky fitness bracelets.

All data is displayed in the mobile app, as the ring does not have a screen. This also allows the device to run for up to seven days without recharging - an important advantage for a sleep tracker that needs to stay on you all night.

Oura Ring Gen 3 (photo: Engadget)

Xiaomi Mi Band 8 fitness tracker

Xiaomi Mi Band 8 stands out among budget fitness trackers thanks to its user-friendly interface and comfortable wear while sleeping. Unlike smartwatches that need to be charged every night, Mi Band 8 works for up to two weeks without recharging, and a full charge takes only 30 minutes.

It is worth noting that access to sleep data does not require a subscription - it is included in the basic functionality.

With a price of less than $50, Mi Band 8 is an attractive option for those looking for a sleep monitoring device, especially if you already wear another smartwatch during the day.

Xiaomi Mi Band 8 fitness tracker (photo: Engadget)

Wiim Wake-up Light

The WiiM Wake-up Light is a subscription-free smart alarm clock and sound machine. It offers more than 50 sounds, including natural sounds, music, and noises from the white, pink, and brown spectrums.

This alarm clock is also a smart speaker, with the ability to connect to music services such as Spotify, Deezer, and Tidal. Built-in Alexa allows you to ask for songs or get the weather forecast right from your bed.

Wiim Wake-up Light (photo: Engadget)

Read also, how "white noise" affects sleep and what other "colors" exist.

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