“SleepBot”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

SleepBot is a mobile app and Web application. SleepBot includes a "smart alarm" feature, debt estimation, sleep tracking, and other features. The mobile version works with Android and iOS smartphones and tablets; the Web version works on any modern computer.

SleepBot is still available at no charge. A member of the development team has written that SleepBot development has ceased.^[1] This means that, in all likelihood, no new features will ever be added, and most of SleepBot's software bugs will never be fixed.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} No new SleepBot releases were made in 2014 or 2015. A bug-fix release, SleepBot 1.3 for iOS, was released in April 2016, in order to improve SleepBot's compatibility with iOS 9.3.^[2]

SleepBot has problems on Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" and above, but a simple workaround exists; see below.

The Android version of SleepBot has been removed from the Google Play store, but it is still available from elsewhere; see the "Availability" section below.

Availability

SleepBot 3.2.8 for Android is no longer available from the Google Play store, but a variant of version 3.1.9 is still available at no charge from the SleepBot Dev website.^[3]

Features

SleepBot also includes a variety of minor features, including sound recording, motion graphing, gentle alarms, sleep trend graphs, bedtime reminders, and others.

Reception

The Google Play digital distribution platform allows consumers to submit app reviews and ratings. The reviewers there are mostly grateful for SleepBot's features, but a fair number do complain about significant unresolved software bugs.^[5]

In Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" and above

Some of the Google Play reviewers complain about problems with SleepBot's smart alarms ringing on time, or about problems with SleepBot's snooze function. It appears that these problems are related to the "Doze" feature included in Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" and later Android versions.

The workaround for SleepBot's alarm problems is to exempt SleepBot from "Doze" mode.^[6]

SleepBot LLC

In June 2011, SleepBot LLC was formed by Edison Wang and Jane Zhu. (Daniel Amitay was later added to the team to work on the iOS app.) SleepBot LLC was a limited liability company registered in Delaware. In October 2013, the company was granted "foreign" (out-of-state) company status in New York state, so that it could conduct business there as well.

Business model

Competitors

Sleep as Android costs a small amount of money, but is better-maintained than SleepBot, more featureful, and has a better rating in the Google Play store. For US$20-$30, it's possible to buy a low-end activity tracker which can also track sleep. However, an activity tracker with a "smart alarm" feature may cost much more.

One of the features missing from SleepBot is a "goals" feature. Sleep as Android, as well as some activity trackers, include a "goals" feature which allows users to set sleep goals. Claire Cain Miller writes that, among Jawbone activity-tracker owners who have used the feature, "72 percent have been going to bed early enough to achieve their goals, and they have been 26 percent more likely to get seven to eight hours of sleep than those who have not set goals".^[8] It is not known whether the "goals" feature caused the users to sleep more, or whether those who sleep more tend to be the kinds of people who tend to set goals.

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Zhu|first1=Jane|title=SleepBot|accessdate=11 August 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=SleepBot - Smart Cycle Alarm with Motion & Sound Tracker|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleepbot-smart-cycle-alarm/id578829107?mt=8|website=App Store website|publisher=Apple Inc|accessdate=13 July 2016|quote=What's new in version 1.3: Bug fixes for iOS 9.3}}.
3. ^{{cite web |title=Unreleased Downloads |url=http://developer.mysleepbot.com/downloads |website=SleepBot Dev website}}
4. ^Based on: {{cite news|last1=Tsukayama|first1=Hayley|title=Sleep-tracking apps: Do they work?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/22/sleep-tracking-apps-can-they-really-help-you-rest-easy/|accessdate=13 May 2015|work=The Washington Post|date=23 September 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=SleepBot » Reviews|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lslk.sleepbot&hl=en|website=Android Apps on Google Play|publisher=Google Inc|accessdate=13 May 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|last1=user2788108|title=SleepBot includes a "smart alarm" feature which has been failing on Android 6.x "Marshmallow" due to "Doze" mode. What's the workaround?|url=https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/150852/sleepbot-includes-a-smart-alarm-feature-which-has-been-failing-on-android-6-x |website=Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange|publisher=Stack Exchange, Inc|accessdate=9 August 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|author1=Christopher Winter (neurologist)|title=Personal Sleep Monitors: Do They Work?|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-christopher-winter/sleep-tips_b_4792760.html|website=The Huffington Post|accessdate=4 May 2015|date=February 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Claire Cain|title=Collecting Data on a Good Night’s Sleep|url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/collecting-data-on-a-good-nights-sleep/|publisher=The New York Times Company|accessdate=13 July 2016|date=10 March 2014}} Based on information provided by Monica Rogati, vice president of data for Jawbone.