Pokémon Sleep is a new app for Android and iOS that is supposed to monitor your sleep habits and reward you for good sleep. The game can now be downloaded. Some players are sharing clips of their sounds, which partly come from all openings.
What kind of app is this? Before going to bed, you activate Pokémon Sleep and place your phone next to your pillow. After that, the app monitors how long you sleep, how much you move, and what noises you make. The better your sleep is, the higher your sleep score will be.
This score is then converted with the strength of a Snorlax that you can find in the game every week and improve over time. Together, this results in a sleep power with which you can attract and catch a certain number of Pokémon. Your sleeping style also influences which Pokémon appear.
The app can also wake you up with Pokémon sounds or lull you to sleep. There is also a friends option.
Thanks to Pokémon GO Plus, there should also be the possibility to receive rewards in other games. Our author Max Handwerk has already tested Pokémon Sleep: I had to sleep for 6 hours to collect Pokémon.
App records all sounds for 24 hours
What happened now? After the beta started, the first users began to share clips from their app. In many, you can hear typical sounds like snoring, yawning, and turning in bed.
But since the app always listens and records sounds that exceed a certain decibel threshold, this also means that every slightly louder fart will be recorded and saved for listening pleasure.
Here you can listen to an example from user TheDarkMesh:
Under the tweet, funny comments are gathering, such as: “How do you feel knowing that almost 50,000 people have listened to your fart?” Other users also shared their body sounds via Twitter, including Eevee_Queen.
Is this necessary to record? The recordings of sleep sounds last for a maximum of 24 hours or until the start of the next sleep phase.
However, you can disable this if you do not want a recording of the sound. But many users are currently celebrating the feature.
Can you use the app in Germany? Yes, Pokémon Sleep can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store (over 500,000 downloads and 3.4 stars) and from the App Store (5 stars with two ratings).
What do you think of the app? Do you monitor your sleep, and is it a conceivable alternative for you to collect Pokémon as a reward for it? Or do you consider Pokémon Sleep to be more of a useless gimmick? Feel free to write it in the comments.
If you prefer to be more active in Pokémon GO, you’ll find the next event on Saturday: Pokémon GO starts Saturday the Hatching Day with Riolu and these contents.
