Smartwatches and fitness bands till now were restricted to sleep tracking features where they told users about their sleeping patterns and a few other details. Fitbit, however, is now set to offer more features, including snoring levels among others. According to a report by 9to5Google, the latest version of the Fitbit app comes with a host of sleep-related features.
For starters, there’s the Snore and Noise Detect feature, which when enabled turns on the microphone of the Fitbit device. It detects when a user has gone to sleep and then listens to ambient noise, like potential snoring. Fitbit device then analyses the noise levels to figure out a baseline noise level. The device will look for snore-specific noise and calculates if you are snoring or it is some other noise. The report by 9to5Google states that the room shouldn’t have louder noise for the feature to work accurately.