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How Oura detects a nap
Oura’s Nap Detection looks for a sleep period lasting at least 15 minutes and no more than three hours that includes at least one sleep stage, such as light, deep, or REM sleep. Simply lying down is not enough: the ring must register changes in heart rate, movement, and average body temperature that indicate you have fallen asleep. Extra movement or an elevated heart rate may delay detection. Oura may instead show a period of rest or restorative time on the 24-hour heart-rate graph. A sleep period longer than three hours is treated as the longest sleep period and added automatically. See Oura’s Nap Detection guidance.
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Oura lists Nap Detection for Gen2 and Gen3 or later rings, and supports it in the iOS and Android apps. Gen3 or later requires an active membership.
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Why a nap may not appear as a separate sleep record
It was too short, too long, or did not meet sleep criteria
A rest period outside the 15-minute-to-three-hour window, or one without a detected sleep stage, may not qualify as a nap. Time in bed by itself does not create a nap record.
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It was close to your main sleep
Oura says a sleep period within four hours of the end of your main sleep cycle may not be classified as a separate nap. If you wake and then sleep again within four hours of your first wake-up, sync the ring—or put it on the charger—only after the second wake-up. Oura says this can make it more likely that the extra sleep is included in the main sleep cycle.
It happened after 6 PM
When Oura records a nap after 6 PM, Sleep and Readiness scores update the following morning. The nap analysis itself remains viewable in the app.
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Where to find a detected nap and what it affects
A detected nap appears on the Today timeline and the Sleep screen. Open it to view sleep-stage information and graphs for movement, resting heart rate, and heart-rate variability (HRV). Nap Detection data is not available through Oura on the Web, according to Oura’s feature guidance.
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Naps can influence Sleep and Readiness scores, positively or negatively depending on their quality and timing. Oura notes that a significant temperature elevation during a nap may lower Readiness. Naps do not affect the Latency, Recovery Index, Activity, or Activity Balance contributors; see Oura’s Sleep Contributors guidance.
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How to add a manual nap tag
A tag is a timestamped note, not a substitute for an analyzed sleep record. Oura says tags help you review how behaviors and circumstances relate to Sleep, Readiness, and Activity scores, but tags do not directly change daily scores. Oura’s tag feature includes more than 100 searchable tags, including “nap.”
- Open the Today tab in the Oura app.
- Tap the option to add a tag beneath the timeline, or tap the plus button, then choose Add a tag.
- Select nap.
- Set the start date and time to when the nap began. You can optionally enter an end date and time and add a comment.
- Tap Done.
You can view tags on the timeline and in Trends. For the current workflow, see Oura’s Using Tags instructions.
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Can you manually add or edit an analyzed nap?
No. Oura’s current Nap Detection instructions say naps cannot be manually adjusted; they describe deletion as the remedy when a recorded nap is inaccurate. Open the nap’s details and delete the incorrect record. Oura says deletion removes that nap’s impact on Sleep and Readiness scores. Adding a tag instead will not create missing sleep stages, HRV readings, or other nap analysis.
Nap detection, tags, and deletion compared
| Action | What it records | Can affect scores? | Use it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Nap Detection | Sleep duration, stages, and associated biometric analysis | Yes. Oura says naps can influence Sleep and Readiness. | Oura detects an eligible sleep period. |
| Add a “nap” tag | A manually timestamped event and optional note | Tags do not directly change scores. | You want a manual log to review in Trends. |
| Delete a detected nap | Removes the inaccurate nap record | Oura says deletion removes that nap’s impact on Sleep and Readiness. | The detected record is inaccurate. |
Nap Detection is not the legacy Restful Periods feature
Restful Periods was a Generation 2 feature for sensed rest that could include activities such as reading or watching TV; it did not necessarily identify sleep. Oura says Restful Periods was replaced by Restorative Time on newer generations. The distinction is described in Oura’s Restful Periods information.
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Oura reports 79% agreement with polysomnography sleep-lab tests for its sleep-staging algorithm. That is a general sleep-staging figure, not a nap-specific validation result; the reviewed Sleep Stages page does not state the figure’s year.
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