Late summer, I covered the Oura ring which has been called “a sleep lab on your finger,” and several other top picks including apps like Calm, Headspace, and intelligent alarm Hatch Restore ($130). Those are all still great choices, but let’s look at some of the newer sleep-tech players in the space.

Amazon Halo Rise ($140)

The Halo Rise is a bedside sleep tracker and smart alarm that works quietly from your nightstand. It uses radar technology to study your movement and breathing patterns to assess your sleep. A wake-up light simulates sunrise and a smart alarm senses the ideal sleep stage for making sure you wake up feeling well-rested.

I know what you’re thinking… an Amazon device… in my bedroom? Creepy. But the company told me it’s designed with privacy in mind, there’s no microphone or camera, and you can delete data it tracks on the app. So there’s that. What I like most about it is that it tracks sleep metrics without anything strapped to my body, and it seems almost as accurate as my Fitbit 3 or Oura ring. (I haven’t done a sleep tracker smackdown with my Watch 8 – yet. That might show more discrepancies.) I like that it accounts for temperature, humidity, and light distractions.