Aug 13th 2026
iOS Today 815
Snoozy Sleepy Time
How Your iPhone & Apple Watch Team Up for Smarter Sleep
Fed up with groggy wake-ups and noisy notifications? Discover how automating Focus modes and Shortcuts can totally transform your nights and mornings using clever iOS tricks.
- Built-in sleep tracking features on iOS and Apple Watch explained
- Setting sleep goals, schedules, and using Sleep Focus mode
- How to customize Focus modes for a better sleep environment
- Allowing exceptions and adjusting notifications during Sleep Focus
- Screen, home, and lock screen customizations for sleep time
- Insights into Appleās sleep score metrics and calculation
- Apple Watch features: sleep apnea and breathing disturbance notifications
- Third-party sleep tracking app recommendations and comparisons
- Shortcuts Corner: automating sleep and wake routines with iOS Shortcuts
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Links
- Track your sleep on Apple Watch and use Sleep on iPhone
- Set up a sleep schedule in Health on iPhone
- View your sleep score on Apple Watch
- View your sleep history in Health on iPhone
- Sleep apnea notifications on your Apple Watch
- Turn your Sleep Focus on or off on iPhone
- Use a Sleep Focus on iPad
- Use Background Sounds to help with sleep, focus, and more
- AutoSleep: Watch Sleep Tracker
- Sleep Cycle - Tracker & Sounds
- Pillow: Sleep Tracker
- Pelican Marine Waterproof Phone Pouch (Regular) affiliate link