The 11 Best Sleep Gadgets to Track and Improve Your Sleep in 2024

In general, we don’t use the Apple Watch much for sleep tracking. And it’s not because it’s bad at tracking sleep; in fact, it’s pretty good. The problem has always been the battery life. If you use your Apple Watch all day, you’re going to want to charge it at night. But now we have the Apple Watch Ultra 2, which has 36 hours of battery life.

For the app we use, Apple’s native app is fine, but if you need more advanced recording features, you can pay for AutoSleep.

The pad is less intrusive than other trackers: it slips under your mattress and collects a ton of information about your sleep, including your breathing patterns, how often you snore, your heart rate, and, of course, your sleep cycles. Every day, you’ll get a sleep score and an analysis of your night.

It’s also smart home ready, with Alexa connectivity allowing you to control smart lights and thermostats based on your movements, giving you more control over your sleep environment.

Clean air isn’t necessary for a good night’s sleep, but humidity is. Sleeping with the air conditioner on full blast and a fan on leaves your bedroom dry, which isn’t the main cause of poor sleep, but it doesn’t help. Ideally, you’ll want a humidifier that keeps the humidity in your room at 40 to 50 percent, which is the optimum humidity level for you without having to immediately grab a glass of water upon waking.

As for which brand, there are cheaper humidifiers out there, but we prefer to use ours with our Dyson air purifier, so you kill two birds with one stone – it’s better quality and looks better than any humidifiers sold on Amazon.

I’ve never needed earplugs to sleep before, but now that I live above a garage in Brooklyn, my girlfriend uses them regularly. Trucks come and go at night, waking her up. These earplugs are a lifesaver for her.

If you use them regularly, the $30 investment is a better value than paying $15 for a new set of foam earbuds every few months. They’re also a lot more comfortable than disposable foam earbuds, and they fit snugly over your ears so they won’t slip out of place and won’t affect side sleeping.

If you want some sound while you sleep, but don’t want your partner to hear it, this headband is a great compromise. There are a lot of poor choices in the sleep headphones category. This headband is not one of them. It fits snugly around your head without restricting blood flow, and the thin speakers mean no discomfort.

The only issue was the fleece fabric – it’s fine most of the time but can make you sweat a bit, especially if you run on a hot night – you might be better off using earplugs or a white noise machine.