Eight Sleep Pod Leads to Improved Sleep Quality

Every serious athlete knows their sport changes their body. What’s less understood is how different sports change the way they sleep, not just how long, but how deeply, how efficiently, and how well the body recovers between training sessions. Most research on elite athletes and sleep relies on small lab […]

Pregnancy changes your body every week, but until now, your sleep environment stayed the same. Today, Eight Sleep is launching Pregnancy mode, a new feature available with Autopilot. Pregnancy mode automatically adjusts your Pod’s temperature from the first weeks of pregnancy […]

The best time to exercise for sleep is whenever you’ll actually do it. Consistency matters more than timing. Eight Sleep’s mission is to fuel human performance through optimal sleep – but it goes beyond just sleep. Our Performance Windows feature is a good example: it recommends a daily workout window […]

Most people treat sleep as something to squeeze in around everything else. You stay up late, wake up early, and tell yourself you’ll catch up on the weekend. But sleep isn’t a flexible resource, it’s a biological necessity. The gap between how much sleep you need and how much you actually […]

This article is for educational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional with questions about sleep apnea or any other medical condition. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) medications have reshaped how we treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. But beyond […]

On March 8th at 2:00 a.m., most Americans will lose 1 hour of sleep overnight. While clocks in Hawai’i and most of Arizona stay put, the rest of the country springs forward. Unfortunately, the effects of daylight savings time (DST) go beyond a groggy Sunday morning.  Your pre-DST Plan (March […]

Two-thirds of adults share their bed with a partner, yet few studies have measured how this impacts sleep and recovery (Ref). We analyzed over 238,000 nights of real-world sleep data in more than 4,000 adults who slept with and without their partner. We found that sleeping with a partner increases heart rate variability (HRV) by […]

Sleep science has traditionally relied on short laboratory studies, small sample sizes, and populations that don’t reflect how people actually sleep at home. This is especially true for women in midlife, a group that has been historically underrepresented in sleep research, despite reporting some of the most significant sleep challenges. […]

New research from Eight Sleep Labs Eight Sleep Labs announced findings from a new scientific study (available now via preprint) showing that the Pod by Eight Sleep reduced nighttime hot flashes by 56%, on average, after one week of use. The research, involving 98 peri- and post-menopausal women across a 14-night protocol, is one of […]

New research from Eight Sleep Labs Eight Sleep Labs today announces findings from a new study now available as a preprint, inv