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iOS 26.2 and watchOS 26.2 Update Sleep Score Ranges

watchOS 26.2 and iOS 26.2 tweak the Sleep Score feature that's available for the Apple Watch, changing the labeling for point ranges to better match how people might be feeling after a restless night of sleep.

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The new scores are as follows:

  • Very Low - 0-40 (previously 0-29)
  • Low - 41-60 (previously 30-49)
  • OK - 61-80 (previously 50-69)
  • High - 81-95 (previously 70-89)
  • Very High - 96-100 (previously 90-100)

The "Very High" rank used to be "Excellent," but Apple changed the name to be more in line with the other labels.

At the current time, five or six hours of restless sleep can still earn a "High" score, even though most people probably aren't feeling their best with that amount of sleep.

Sleep Score is a watchOS 26 feature that takes into account sleep duration, bedtime, and interruptions to assign a nightly score that represents sleep quality. Duration is worth 50 points, bedtime is worth 30, and interruptions (times woken up in the night) are worth 20.

Apple intends for Sleep Score to provide an overall sense of sleep patterns, helping users to identify habits that might be impacting sleep. Sleep Score requires an Apple Watch, and it works on all Apple Watch models that support ‌watchOS 26‌.

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Top Rated Comments

jz0309 Avatar
11 months ago
Posted this last Saturday in the thread in the AW forum, not really sure what I get out of the scores

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/so-what-was-your-sleep-score-for-last-night.2465306/page-2?post=34263642#post-34263642


so 6 or so weeks in I still don't know what to do with this "score". I do see it every morning as I look at the Health app for vitals and sleep. I cannot find anywhere how this score is calculated and why the 3 categories have the numbers they do.
I suppose the duration of 50 you get when you sleep for 8 hrs (I've gotten that a few times), but why when my sleep goal is actually set to 7.5hrs???
And the bedtime, I am 99% regular in that I go to bed around the same time and my alarm goes off at the same time every day, so 98% of the time I get the 30
Interruptions, I typically have to use the restroom twice per night. somewhat of an age thing, sometimes I cannot go back to sleep for some time so I know that I will highly unlikely ever get that 20.

I've woken up and felt crappy, with a score of 89, I've woken up feeling good with a score of 73 ...

I'll keep wearing my U2 for sleep tracking for the vitals (wrist temp, SpO2), but the sleep info, it continues to be a mystery and I do not get any insights into the data ...
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
11 months ago
I wish there was some option for feedback on these scores. There are times when I've gotten to bed on time, not woken up at all, but also gotten like 6 hours sleep (which is definitely not enough for me) and it gives me like a 90 or something -- even though I'm dead tired. What I'd like is a little popup that asks me to rate how rested I feel and uses that to adjust the score and improve its accuracy on future scores.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
FlavorfulTreat Avatar
11 months ago
For me, personally, I stopped sleeping in my watch. It was too much data. I was constantly thinking about why I had woken up. Why was I awake for 30 minutes? And no matter what I did during the day, working out, yard work, etc, I would still wake up. At least according to the watch. On top of that I would have no memory of waking up.

I stopped sleeping in it and I'm getting sleep just fine without all that data.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Night Spring Avatar
11 months ago

Does anyone know if it looks to all your devices to see if you're being a good boy or not?

I've wondered if I have my Apple Watch on, in bed, quite possibly appearing be asleep according to my Apple Watch, but in fact doom scrolling on my iPhone, does it know that and NOT count it as sleep time?
If you are doom scrolling on your phone, your heart rate is likely to be higher than if you are asleep. So the Apple watch won't think you are asleep, until you are really asleep
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dannys1 Avatar
11 months ago
I'm yet to score even 1/20 for interruptions. My sleep is ruined.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
11 months ago
Damn so this means my excellent days may not have been so excellent?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)