The Dreamie alarm clock got me to stop using my phone in bed | TechCrunch

Dreamie is an alarm clock designed to help people sleep without keeping a phone by the bed. The device supports a sleep routine with multiple modes, including an ambience mode that functions like a normal clock. A wind-down mode signals that bedtime is approaching, using calming sounds such as fireplace crackle. Dreamie also plays podcasts, which can replace the phone-based entertainment people use to fall asleep. The result is more relaxed evenings and sounder sleep through the night, addressing how phone use in bed can interfere with sleep and affect mental and physical health.

"I have accomplished the unthinkable: I have learned to sleep soundly through the night without my phone at my bedside. Please, hold your applause. If it weren't for the Dreamie alarm clock, I'm not sure that this Herculean feat would have been possible. If it feels as though I am bragging that I brushed my teeth this morning, then you are not Dreamie's target audience. But I certainly am, and I'm not alone in feeling so attached to my phone that I'm basically a cyborg."

"I know that using my phone in bed interferes with my sleep, and poor sleep interferes with basically everything else about my mental and physical health. Yet before Dreamie, I went more than a decade with my phone at my bedside every single night - that's tens of thousands of nights spent so attached to my glowing rectangle that I couldn't imagine the horror of waking up in the middle of the night without it."

"Whoever designed the Dreamie seems to share my affliction, because what sets Dreamie apart from all of the other fancy alarm clocks is laughably simple: It can play podcasts. Before we get to the podcasts, though, we need to zoom out. Here's how Dreamie works. In "ambience" mode, it's just a normal clock - but it has another series of modes that make up your sleep routine."

"The "wind down" starts your routine, signaling that it's almost time for bed. I have mine set to sound like a fireplace crackle"

"Sometimes, when I can't drown out my noisy brain, the only thing that can get me to sleep is to close my eyes and listen to podcasts or audiobooks (as long as they're not about the Titanic)."

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