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Pokemon Sleep can now be paired with smartwatches

As part of a new update, Pokemon Sleep can now be paired with Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch, Fitbit, and Google Pixel Watch.

Ozzie Mejia

September 23, 2024 3:30 PM

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Pokemon Sleep has been one of the more interesting endeavors from The Pokemon Company in recent years. However, on the surface, it's a little curious to look at a smartphone app and wonder how it measures a person's sleeping patterns. The Pokemon Company is now addressing this by expanding Pokemon Sleep to a person's smartwatch via a new update.

According to the Pokemon Sleep website, the following devices are compatible with the Pokemon sleep-measuring game:

• Apple Watch, except Apple Watch (1st generation), Apple Watch Series 1, Apple Watch Series 2 (all models)
• Samsung Galaxy Watch, Samsung Galaxy Fit, Samsung Galaxy Ring Series
• Google Pixel Watch Series
• Fitbit Series (but not Fitbit Classic, Fitbit Ultra, Fitbit One, Fitbit Zip, Fitbit Flex, Fitbit Force, Fitbit Charge, Fitbit Charge HR, Fitbit Surge, Fitbit Alta, Fitbit Ace, Fitbit Ace 2, Fitbit Ace 3, Fitbit Inspire, or Fitbit Ace LTE)

Pokemon Sleep will work in conjunction with Apple Health on iOS and Health Connect on Android to measure a user's sleep data. The Pokemon Sleep website has step-by-step instructions for pairing the app with a user's Apple Watch or Android-powered device. To successfully use the app, sleep sessions must be at least 90 minutes long and users can only track two sleep sessions per day. Simply wear the smartwatch to sleep and let the app do its thing. Users who own the Pokemon GO Plus peripheral can also take some bonus steps to ensure everything is synced up.

With more than $100 million USD in revenue recorded, Pokemon Sleep certainly isn't hurting for cash. Still, there's always more money to be made and opening itself up to the smartwatch market expands the app's reach significantly. We'll try not to sleep on any further stories, so keep it on Shacknews for the latest updates.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?