How Do Smartphones Know When You're Tired?

Smartphones have tiny helpers inside them that track your activity and light levels. When it gets dark, or when you stop moving around a lot, the phone thinks you might be going to bed. It uses all this information to guess if you're tired.

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  1. Your phone senses it's getting dark in your room, that might mean you're going to bed.
  2. You stop moving a lot, so your phone thinks you're tired.
  3. Your phone hears your snoring, and it knows you've fallen asleep.

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