Google Health Finally Recognizes the Value of Naps

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A 20-minute nap will count toward your daily sleep total. But is a quick power nap worth it?

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Google is ready to recognize iOS users' cat naps.

After the latest update to the Google Health app, naps greater than 20 minutes will now count toward your 24-hour total sleep duration in the app's Sleep tab. You'll still be able to see sleep trends over time for your main sleep session, like your longer nighttime stretch. Your main sleep session and naps will be available in separate tabs in your Sleep Score -- Google's single metric of how well you slept. You can use the metric to monitor your sleep trends over time.

The update, version 5.03, is now available for both Android and iOS users who use the Google Health app. For the 5.02 release, Google said Android users would be able to find and view...

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