Eight Sleep adds a pricey blanket and speakers to its Pod 5 sleep system

Eight Sleep is launching the Pod 5, the fifth era of its costly sensible sleeping system. It packs two foremost 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 scale back loud night breathing. The brand new blanket enhances the duvet 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 present cowl, you possibly can set completely different temperatures on all sides of the mattress to keep away from midnight squabbles.

The opposite massive 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 attaining deep leisure 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 night time should you desire.

Eight Sleep can be enhancing the Pod’s well being monitoring with Well being Examine, a brand new report within the Eight Sleep app. It displays customers’ coronary heart fee and respiratory throughout sleep, and “AI-powered algorithms” will flag any points within the morning.

My colleague Victoria Tune tested out Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Ultra final yr and apparently had the most effective sleep of her life. That might be nice, if it didn’t come at such a excessive worth: the Pod 5 starts 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, and there’s a compulsory subscription too, which begins at $199 per yr.