A simple Pixel Watch 3 setting has made my naps a lot more peaceful

No one wants to be jolted awake from a blissful afternoon doze-off by a random notification.

A simple Pixel Watch 3 setting has made my naps a lot more peaceful

When Google introduced the Pixel Watch 3, one of the features that first jumped at me was the new automatic bedtime mode setting. It seemed like such a trivial feature on paper, but I knew it would make a big difference for me and the way I use my smartwatch.

With the previous Pixel Watch 2, I had set up bedtime mode to synchronize with my Android phone. So when I plugged my phone to charge each night after a certain hour, it would trigger bedtime mode on the phone, and since that was synchronized with my watch, it would carry over. It was a bit of a workaround, but it worked. Except when I forgot to charge my phone, the cable wasn’t properly plugged in, or when I took a quick nap.