Apple
has released its new
Beddit 3.5 sleep monitor
for $150, the first since the tech giant bought the company in 2017. The new sleep monitor, with extremely thin, flat, and soft 2 mm thin sensor strip, can automatically track sleep, Apple
wrote
on its website. It works with the Beddit app on both iPhone and Apple Watch (requires
iOS 12
or later) to help measure, manage, and improve sleep. [caption id=“attachment_5699091” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Beddit Sleep Monitor. Image: Apple[/caption] Besides measuring sleep time, it can also accurately track heart rate, breathing, snoring, and bedroom temperature and humidity. Data from sleep analysis and heart rate gets stored in the Health app on the users’ iPhone. The sleep monitor also sends sleep report notifications, bedtime reminders and nudges on Apple Watch.