Pokémon Sleep is coming to Fitbit, Google Pixel, Samsung, and Apple Watch – with one of the cutest animations ever

Catch them all from your wrist

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The popular adorable sleep app and Pokémon Go companion Pokémon Sleep is getting a much-requested feature. Until now, Pokémon Sleep relied on a phone’s motion sensor and microphone to detect sleep duration and quality: the higher quality sleep you get, the more Pokémon are drawn to your restful vibes. However, a recent official announcement declared that you can finally sync the app to yourbest smartwatchorFitbit.

The news was announced by a video (embedded below) featuring a Dratini and a Chikorita curling around a wrist, among other adorable Pokémon animations that I don’t recognize (having only played the first few generations, obviously).

ThePokémon Sleep websitelists compatible devices, including allAppleWatches from theApple WatchSeries 3 onwards, allSamsungGalaxy Watches, the Samsung Galaxy Fit (but not the Fit E), and theSamsung Galaxy Ring.

AllGooglePixel Watches are compatible, and many Fitbits: the incompatible ones are listed as"Fitbit Classic, Fitbit Ultra, Fitbit One, Fitbit Zip, Fitbit Flex, Fitbit Force, Fitbit Charge, Fitbit Charge HR, Fitbit Surge, Fitbit Alta, Fitbit Ace, Fitbit Ace 2, Fitbit Ace 3, Fitbit Inspire, Fitbit Ace LTE."

Analysis: The Pokémon Company have been Slowpokes

This compatibility feature seemed obvious from the get-go, perhaps even from launch. However, while we imagine many adult Pokémon fans will use the app as an incentive to get a good night’s sleep, many children (Pokémon’s original target audience) will also do so.

Kids won’t always have access to a smartwatch, so it didn’t necessarily matter that Pokémon Sleep launched without smartwatch accessibility. However, given that most of thebest sleep trackersare wrist-based (or even now finger-based with the advent ofsmart rings), it made sense to add compatibility eventually.

Most of the big players have compatibility here: Apple, Google, Samsung, and so on, but one thing missing is theFitbitAce LTE. The only child-focused smartwatch, it only launched last month - but then again, so did the Galaxy Ring. So, I wonder why the Ace LTE didn’t make the cut.

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Matt is TechRadar’s expert on all things fitness, wellness and wearable tech. A former staffer at Men’s Health, he holds a Master’s Degree in journalism from Cardiff and has written for brands like Runner’s World, Women’s Health, Men’s Fitness, LiveScience and Fit&Well on everything fitness tech, exercise, nutrition and mental wellbeing.

Matt’s a keen runner, ex-kickboxer, not averse to the odd yoga flow, and insists everyone should stretch every morning. When he’s not training or writing about health and fitness, he can be found reading doorstop-thick fantasy books with lots of fictional maps in them.

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