The new FDA-cleared Dream Sock® smart baby monitor including Health Notifications, is intended for healthy babies 1-18 months, 6-30 lbs. However, you may begin using Dream Sock when your baby is born. You can learn more about our 0-1 month experience, which does not include FDA-cleared features, below.
Once your baby hits their 1 month milestone, you can upgrade to the FDA-cleared Dream Sock software experience, which is intended for healthy babies between 1-18 months and 6-30 lbs, by navigating to the Guide Tab in the Owlet Dream App and following the upgrade instructions. A detailed walkthrough is available at the end of this article.
Learn more about each Owlet Dream App experience below.
0-1 Month Experience
- Track Baby’s Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation level, wakings, and sleep trends in real-time.
- Notifies you with a lavender prompt based on significant changes in your baby’s baseline, which includes Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation level, wakings, and movement.
- View historical trends for Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation level and sleep state.
- Eliminate guesswork with Predictive Sleep Technology.
FDA-Cleared 1+ Month Experience
- Intended for healthy babies between 1-18 months and 6-30 lbs.
- Track Baby’s Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation level, wakings, and sleep trends in real-time.
- Notifies you with a Red Notification when your baby’s Pulse Rate or Oxygen Saturation level leave preset ranges.
- View historical trends for Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation level and sleep state.
- Eliminate guesswork with Predictive Sleep Technology.
We are working closely with the FDA to provide the FDA-cleared Dream Sock experience for babies 0-1 month old. We will provide updates as we have them. Please reach out to Customer Support with any additional questions.
How to Upgrade to the FDA-cleared Dream Sock software experience
- Make sure your baby is between 1-18 months and 6-30 lbs.
- Ensure your Dream Sock is plugged in and connected to WiFi.
- Place your Dream Sock Sensor in the Base Station charging port, the upgrade can take up to 15-20 minutes. Once started, the conversion cannot be undone.
- Head to the Guide Tab in your Owlet Dream App and look for the prompt to “Learn More"
- Thoroughly review the changes, new features, and important information before selecting “Begin Update.”
- Please ensure the Base Station is on and the Sock is kept on Base Station during the updating process.
- Health Notifications will be toggled off by default after the update is complete. To access the Health Notifications feature, head to your Home tab, then select the “Settings” option next to Health Notifications.
- You can also access Health Notifications by pressing the settings cog
on the Home Screen or navigate to the Account tab then select the Owlet Device.
- You can also access Health Notifications by pressing the settings cog
- After selecting the Toggle to Enable Health Notifications, you will need to confirm your little one’s Birth date and Weight is correct, then continue through the required learning screens to finalize and enable Health Notifications!
- The required learning screens are available to re-review as needed under the Notifications section.