Latest Sleep Tech 2025
Whoop
Price: £169 / $199 per month
Whoop is a wearable health monitor that can track your sleep and give you real-time feedback. The wrist-bound tracker supplies a ‘sleep performance score’ which incorporates several factors from your night’s sleep. These include not only the amount of sleep you had, but also how it compares against previous sleeps and recommended sleeping levels. It also incorporates the level of ‘sleep stress’ you experience. Data about your sleep is collected from the built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and photoplethysmography sensors, which measure blood flow and volume in the capillaries.
Pod 5 core
Price: £2,749 / $3,049
Bedrooms are a battleground for duvet dominance. In this tug of war for warmth, there’s always a winner and a loser. However, smart mattresses such as the Pod 5 Core can customise the temperature for each side of the bed and wave the white handkerchief for duvet duelling. The intuitive design of the Pod 5’s autopilot feature tracks your sleep and makes temperature adjustments to improve your sleep over time. There’s also the option to have the smart mattress gently vibrate and warm your side of the bed to act as a ‘gentle alarm’ when it’s time to wake up.
Bodyclock Shine 300
Price: £149 / $169
Getting up in the morning can be a jarring experience for those of us who dread the sudden sound of a wake-up alarm. But Lumie has designed an alarm clock that mimics the natural qualities of the Sun to gently bring you from your dreams and into the waking world. Using increasing light levels, the Bodyclock Shine 300 mimics the hue of sunshine to ease you out of consciousness. There are also 15 wake-up sounds, should you prefer an audible wake-up call, including birdsong and waves, as well as the option to listen to FM radio.
QuietOn 4
Price: £259 / $290
If passive earplugs aren’t enough for you to catch some sleep, the QuietOn 4 earplugs might be able to help. Designed to block out low-frequency noises, such as snoring and traffic, these earplugs are equipped with active noise-cancelling (ANC) technology. On a single charge, the QuietOn4 and its charging case can provide 28 hours of ANC. There are four sizes to choose from to find the pair that best fits your ears.
Headspace
Price: From £4.17 per month (approx. $5.83)
Available on both the App Store and Google Play, Headspace is a mental wellbeing and sleep-assistance app. If you’re looking to get some handy tips, tricks and resources to help you drift off, then Headspace might be the hub of knowledge you need. With guided meditations, sleep health courses, bedtime sleepcasts and even a library of soundscapes to doze off to, there’s a wealth of tools available to improve your journey to dreamland.
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