'Your Sleep Tracking Just Got More Accurate,' that's Why Your Fitbit Now Says You're Awake More in the Night

Why Your Fitbit Sleep Score Just Got Worse

Your Fitbit isn't trying to shame you.

Why Your Fitbit Is Suddenly Saying You're Awake More at Night

Just in time for Fitbit's slow, agonizing death as a separate entity under Google, the budget fitness trackers got a big upgrade.

Your Fitbit sleep score just got worse — here's why that's good news

The new scores are supposed to be more accurate, but users aren't thrilled with their scores getting lower.

'Your sleep tracking just got more accurate,' that's why your Fitbit now says you're awake more in the night

“Your sleep tracking just got more accurate,” according to Fitbit, this is the first in a “series of upcoming improvements” to sleep tracking.

Fitbit update makes sleep tracking more accurate, might raise awake time

In addition to a bigger Charge 6 update last week, Fitbit announced some details about improvements to sleep tracking.

Fitbit promised better sleep tracking with new update, but users say it got worse

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Fitbit has updated its algorithm for more accurate sleep tracking. The new algorithm now accounts for awake times better, supposedly rendering more accurate data about different phases. However, users have complained of increased sensitivity, resulting in their devices capturing shorter sleep durations than the actual time. Fitbit isn’t nearly as popular as it once was, and that is partly because Googl…