How to Find (and Use) the New Sleep Score Feature on Apple Watch
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The latest Apple Watch models now boast a Sleep Score feature that rates your sleep quality on a scale of 1 to 100. But that’s not all—you can get this feature without a Series 11 watch, as I discovered this morning while waiting for my new watch to arrive. To get the new Sleep Score feature, make sure you’re running iOS 26 and Watch OS 26 .
Where to find a sleep score
You can view your Sleep Score on your iPhone or Apple Watch. On your watch (Series 6 or later), open the Sleep app. Your Sleep Score is the first thing you’ll see. On your iPhone, your Sleep Score is displayed in a separate card in the Apple Health app. If you don’t see it, tap the search icon and then select Sleep.
Apple’s Sleep Score is available on many devices, not just the latest Apple Watch.
Sleep Score is a data analysis feature that doesn’t require any special Apple Watch hardware, and Apple has stated that even the Apple Watch Series 6 supports it. Furthermore, I noticed that the Apple Health app shows me a sleep score when I slept on other devices, but not on the Apple Watch.
According to my settings, the Apple Health app receives sleep data from the Coros, Garmin, Zepp (Amazfit), Oura, Ultrahuman, Whoop, and Withings devices I’ve used. Lately, I rarely wear my Apple Watch before bed, but I always put on something , usually including my Oura ring. I have sleep scores for all of these nights, not just the ones I wore my Apple Watch.
Your past sleep scores are calculated retrospectively.
Sleep scores were introduced in iOS 26 and WatchOS 26, but the data needed to calculate them was always available when you put on a supported device before bed. Scrolling back, I see sleep scores dating back to April 2020.
How are sleep scores calculated?
Apple’s Sleep Score includes an analysis of where your 100 potential points come from. This includes:
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50 points for the duration of your sleep
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30 points for how consistent your bedtime was with previous nights
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20 points for minimizing interruptions
My own sleep scores include a variety of “high” and “excellent” ratings, though I don’t consider my sleep perfect. But sleep scores are never completely scientific—even if they’re based on reliable data, there’s no medical threshold for what’s considered “high” or “excellent” sleep. The World Sleep Society urges us to “focus on trends and patterns rather than individual ‘scores.'” If you see your sleep scores rising (or falling), that’s more important than your exact numbers today.