Eight Sleep is launching the Pod 5, the fifth technology of its costly sensible sleeping system. It packs two important upgrades: a temperature-controlled blanket and audio system that may play “soothing soundscapes.”
The Pod 5 builds on high of Eight Sleep’s present tech, delivery with the identical temperature managed mattress cowl and height-adjustable base that Eight Sleep says helps to cut back loud night breathing. The brand new blanket enhances the quilt by syncing up with it, delivering the identical water-powered cooling and warming vary of 55 to 110 Fahrenheit, however now from throughout you. Similar to the prevailing cowl, you possibly can set totally different temperatures on either side of the mattress to keep away from midnight squabbles.
The opposite huge addition is a set of surround-sound audio system built-in into the up to date base. Eight Sleep has labored with neuroscientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman on a set of Non-Sleep Deep Relaxation (NSDR) guided meditations “for reaching deep rest and restorative states.” There’s additionally a collection of white noise and different calming sounds, which may be set to show off when you go to sleep, or hold taking part in all evening when you desire.
Eight Sleep can be enhancing the Pod’s well being monitoring with Well being Verify, a brand new report within the Eight Sleep app. It displays customers’ coronary heart price and respiration throughout sleep, and “AI-powered algorithms” will flag any points within the morning.
My colleague Victoria Track examined out Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Extremely final 12 months and apparently had one of the best sleep of her life. That will be nice, if it didn’t come at such a excessive value: the Pod 5 begins at $2,849 for a full measurement Core mannequin that solely contains the mattress cowl and a hub to energy it. The value jumps to $4,099 so as to add on the blanket, and $6,099 for the adjustable base and audio system.
