SleepBot was an

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and

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application available for

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and

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. The mobile version worked with Android and iOS

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s and

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s, while the web version ran through a device's

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. Jane Zhu, a member of the development team, wrote that SleepBot development had ceased. The last update, SleepBot 1.3 for iOS, was released in April 2016 to improve iOS 9.3 compatibility.

Features

SleepBot included two main features: "

sleep debt Sleep debt or sleep deficit is the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. A large sleep debt may lead to mental or physical fatigue, and can adversely affect one's mood, energy and ability to think clearly. There are two kinds of sleep d ...

estimation" and "smart alarms." * SleepBot's "sleep debt estimation" claimed to estimate how much

the user has incurred.Based on: * SleepBot's "smart alarm" feature used the device's accelerometer to dectect whether the user was in

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and attempt to wake them up.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://mysleepbot.com/ Android (operating system) software IOS software 2010 establishments in the United States Health software Sleep

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