The Pixel Watch offers a Sleep Profile feature that provides a monthly analysis of the wearer's sleep pattern and habits, but it's locked behind a Fitbit Premium subscription. Google started the process of acquiring Fitbit back in 2019. In the years since, Google has continued to develop standalone Fitbit trackers and used the existing technology to create its own products. That leads users to the Pixel Watch — a neat combination of Google's hardware and Fitbit's fitness and health software.
Unfortunately, some of this Fitbit software may require a subscription to Fitbit Premium that costs $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year. With a starting price of $349, the Pixel Watch is on the more expensive end of consumer smartwatches, and a Fitbit Premium subscription considerably raises the total cost of the device long-term. As opposed to an Apple Watch — where users only need to pay an upfront cost — Pixel Watch users wanting all the fitness features will incur a continuous subscription fee. For users considering a subscription to Fitbit Premium, it's important to know about the exclusive Sleep Profile feature and how it works.
Sleep Profile was first introduced in June 2022 to select existing Fitbit devices as a way to explain and simplify a user's sleep habits on a monthly basis. The feature became available on the Pixel Watch in November 2022, and for users who have already been consistently tracking their sleep with the smartwatch, it might be able to provide insights immediately. In order to use Sleep Profile, users need to wear their Pixel Watch while sleeping for at least 14 nights each month. Users who meet this threshold for any given month will receive their results in the Fitbit Android app on the first day of the following month.
How To Find Your Sleep Profile Animal
While Sleep Profile requires 14 nights to provide data, the more a user wears their watch, the more accurate results will be. Google says that the monthly analysis considers 10 different aspects of sleep quality, including duration, consistency, and disruptions. The different data points are combined to assign a user's "sleep animal," which represents the type of sleeper they were during that month. The Sleep Profile animals are giraffe, bear, dolphin, hedgehog, parrot, and tortoise, and they all come with an explainer telling users how they often sleep. For example, the giraffe sleeps less on average, but has a good ratio of deep and rapid eye-movement sleep, and is the most common animal.
The Fitbit app will also use Sleep Profile data to make comparisons to a person of a similar age and gender. After viewing these comparisons, users can see which aspects of their sleep can be improved to mirror the averages of someone similar. A lot of sleep trends are unique to those of set age groups and gender, so making this distinction is important to understanding Sleep Profile data. As previously mentioned, the Sleep Profile feature is exclusive to Fitbit Premium subscribers and subject to a monthly or annual subscription fee. Sleep Profile is a fun and simple way for Pixel Watch users to understand their sleep habits, provided they have Fitbit Premium.