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A close up of the Oura Ring 5 on a woman's hand. To the left, screenshots of sleep scores from the same night are shown. One is from Apple Watch Ultra's Health App and the other is from the Oura app.
My Oura Ring 5 said my sleep score was much worse than what my Apple Watch was showing me — until I made this simple change

By Frances Daniels Published

I noticed big discrepancies between my Apple Watch Ultra and Oura Ring 5 sleep scores. Turns out I'd made a common mistake with the Oura. Here's how I fixed it fast...

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The Apple Watch Series 12 is meant to be its best yet for sleep tracking but is there still a place for these bulky wearables?

By Ruth Jones Published

The Apple Watch Series 12 is expected to be announced at today's 'Surprise and Shine' event — but as a sleep tech writer, I'm not getting excited.

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A close up of a woman lying in bed sleeping while wearing an Oura Ring. In the right hand side is a screenshot of the Oura app showing sleep tracking data
Is my Oura Ring 100% accurate? No, and I wouldn't expect it to be — here's why I'll keep using it to track my sleep

By Ruth Jones Last updated

A lawsuit alleges the Oura Ring 5 lacks the capability to measure your sleep stages. But how much accuracy do we need from our sleep trackers?

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A split screen consisting of an image of the Auria Glow Lamp for dark showering and an image of a brunette woman sleeping with a silver eye mask.
I used the viral dark showering lamp that 'lowers cortisol' for better sleep — here's what happened

By Frances Daniels Published

I'm testing the Auria Glow, a lamp designed to reduce cortisol and support melatonin production. Here's what happened to my sleep when I used it for the dark showering trend...

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Images of the Oura Ring 5 and a woman sleeping with a smile on her face.
My sleep went from 6 hours to 7 using the Oura Ring — 3 key features that helped me gain an extra hour

By Frances Daniels Last updated

The Oura Ring doesn't just track my sleep stages, it optimized my bedtime routine and helped me go from 6 to 7 hours of sleep thanks to these 3 key features

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A collage featuring photos of my Sleep Cycle app, my Sleepwave app, an Oura Ring, and my Oura App.
I tried 3 free sleep trackers for iPhones and compared them to my gold standard sleep tracker — one seriously impressed me

By Frances Daniels Published

I pitted 3 sleep trackers against my $499 Oura Ring 5 and compared the data. But which one impressed me the most: Sleepwave, Sleep Cycle, or SleepScore?

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A woman lies sleeping in a dark room, wearing a sleep tracker. Superimposed on the right of the screen is a series of charts and graphs detailing sleep tracking metrics and responding interventions.
Wearables that just track your sleep are so 2025 — meet the new school of sleep tech that intervenes, in real-time, to help you skip 3 a.m. wake-ups and other major sleep issues

By Ruth Jones Published

Sleep trackers have exposed our bad sleep habits — what comes next? I asked the experts how the next generation of sleep tech aims to help us sleep better, without lifting a finger.

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A collage showing screenshots of the Oura Ring app's Chronotype and Body Clock features and an image of the Oura Ring 4 on a woman's hand.
Beyond the sleep score: What is a circadian score and which wearables offer it?

By Frances Daniels Published

Wearables are pushing sleep scores aside for circadian scores, but can monitoring your body clock help you fall asleep faster, deeper and for longer?

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The main image shows a woman sitting up in bed looking at her phone. In the top left corner is a closeup of monthly sleep tracking data on the Withings Sleep App
Why your daily sleep score could be giving you anxiety — and how to track your sleep instead

By Ruth Jones Last updated

A doctor explains why your monthly sleep score is a better sleep tracking metric than your daily score.

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A woman lies asleep in bed looking comfy, in the bottom right corner is a screenshot of a 92 sleep score from the Withings Health Sleep App
Waking up at 3 a.m. was ruining my sleep score — until I tried the 7:1 sleep rule and now I'm hitting 90

By Ruth Jones Published

From falling asleep faster to sleeping through the night, here's all the ways the 7:1 rule is boosting my sleep tracker data.

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