Recovery score on smartwatch: valuable or an unnecessary number fetish?

More and more Dutch people check their smartwatch for their recovery score in the morning after sleeping. According to Het Parool, this concerns 6 million people. But what does that score actually say?

The recovery score is a number that many smartwatches calculate based on factors such as heart rate, sleep quality and activity. Factory settings determine whether the number is 'good' or 'bad', but the meaning remains unclear to many.

Some users may be too guided by the score, while it is only part of the story. The question is whether the number actually says something about the real recovery of the body.

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