Muse is adding a Smart Wakeup feature that wakes users at optimal times based on brain activity.
Unlike most smart alarms, it uses EEG data instead of movement or heart rate.
The feature requires a Muse S Athena headband and a $13/month Premium subscription.
If you’ve ever been ripped out of deep sleep by a blaring alarm, you know how rough mornings can feel. Muse’s newest rollout aims to make that experience a little less painful. The company just announced Smart Wakeup, a new feature for its Muse S Athena headband. It attempts to key in on the lightest moment in your sleep cycle, and instead of going off at a set time, wakes you up when it actually makes sense.
To be clear, this isn’t an entirely new idea. Plenty of sleep apps and sleep tracking wearables already offer smart alarms. However, most of the existing alternatives rely on movement or heart rate. Muse’s approach, meanwhile, relies on electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors, tracking brain activity directly rather than estimating it. The feature is based on thousands of tracked nights, which the company used to pair brain activity data with how users reported feeling in the morning.
