Change Sleep Sensing settings

Sleep Sensing settings can be changed in the Google Home app through your Nest Hub’s settings.

Disable Sleep Sensing

To turn off Sleep Sensing on your Nest Hub:

1. Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
   .
2. Tap Home 👁 Image
    👁 and then
   All devices 👁 Image
   , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. At the top right, tap Settings 👁 settings icon
   👁 and then
   Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Deactivate Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Deactivate.

Tip: Deactivating Sleep Sensing doesn't delete your sleep data in Google Fit. Learn more about disabling Sleep Sensing and deleting your Sleep data. To reactivate, you need to set up and configure Sleep Sensing again.

Alternatively, you can temporarily pause and unpause Sleep Sensing. To do this, swipe up on your display and tap Sleep Sensing 👁 Sleeping sensing
.

Turn on or off sound events tracking

With Sleep Sensing, you can turn on or off tracking of sound events like coughing and snoring in the Google Home app.

Turn on sound events tracking

1. Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
   .
2. Tap Home 👁 Image
    👁 and then
   All devices 👁 Image
   , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. At the top right, tap Settings 👁 settings icon
   👁 and then
   Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Set up sound events tracking.
4. Go through the in-app notices and agree to turn sound events tracking on.

Turn off sound events tracking

1. Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
   .
2. Tap Home 👁 Image
    👁 and then
   All devices 👁 Image
   , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. At the top right, tap Settings 👁 settings icon
   👁 and then
   Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Deactivate sound events tracking 👁 and then
   Deactivate.

Tip: When you deactivate “sound events tracking,” it stops your sound events from being added to your display. Existing information, however, may still appear on your display for several days.

Alternatively, you can switch the mic off on the back of your display to temporarily disable sound events.

Turn on or off personalized suggestions from Google Fit

If you don't want to get suggestions for better rest:

1. Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
   .
2. Tap Home 👁 Image
    👁 and then
   All devices 👁 Image
   , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. At the top right, tap Settings 👁 settings icon
   👁 and then
   Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Personalized sleep suggestions.
4. Turn on or off Sleep suggestions.

Tip: When you turn off “Personalized sleep suggestions,” it stops new suggestions from being added to your display. However, existing suggestions may still appear on your display for several days.

Change bedtime schedule

You can adjust your bedtime schedule to what works for you. To change your bedtime schedule:

1. Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
   .
2. Tap Home 👁 Image
    👁 and then
   All devices 👁 Image
   , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. At the top right, tap Settings 👁 settings icon
   👁 and then
   Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Set a bedtime schedule.
4. Choose a bedtime schedule.
5. Tap Next.

Tip: Choose a time that you can be consistent with. Most people should get 7 to 9 hours of sleep.

Recalibrate

If you’ve moved where you sleep or Sleep Sensing isn't working as expected, you might need to recalibrate. Before you proceed, make sure you've turned on Sleep Sensing and Motion Sense.

Start or stop sharing your sleep data with Assistant

When you share your sleep data with your voice assistant, it shows your sleep and wellness information on your Nest Hub and allows you to ask sleep-related questions. Learn more about disabling Sleep Sensing and deleting your Sleep data.

1. Open the Google Home app 👁 Image
   .
2. Tap Home 👁 Image
    👁 and then
   All devices 👁 Image
   , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. Tap Settings 👁 Image
   👁 and then
   Sleep Sensing 👁 and then
   Assistant access to Fit.
4. Turn on or off all data types you want to start or stop sharing with voice assistant.

Tip: When you turn Assistant access to Fit off, it prevents your voice assistant from accessing your data. However, data still gets uploaded from your display to Google Fit unless you disable Sleep Sensing.