Eight Sleep employs data from more than 3 million hours of sleep in launching the menopause mode within its Pod smart system, achieving an average 56 percent reduction in nighttime hot flashes among women.
Menopause mode launched to enhance women’s sleep comfort
Smart response to hormonal changes and a 56 percent reduction in hot flashes
Three key features: proactive cooling, immediate relief, and comparative analytics
Research based on 3 million hours of sleep and women’s sleep initiative findings
Global availability and Autopilot service subscription requirements
Frequently asked questions
Menopause mode launched to enhance women’s sleep comfort
Eight Sleep, based in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi, announced on November 2, 2026, the launch of “Menopause Mode,” a new smart feature within the Pod system designed specifically to help women sleep more comfortably and without interruption during pre-menopause and beyond. The new feature provides advanced solutions for managing sleep disturbances associated with body temperature fluctuations, expanding the utility of the Pod system during key physiological stages of a woman’s life.
The Pod is an advanced sleep system developed by Eight Sleep that installs over an existing mattress, allowing each side of the bed to be heated or cooled completely independently, alongside tracking sleep metrics without the need for wearable devices. Menopause Mode comes as a new setting within the Eight Sleep app, enabling the system’s performance to be adapted overnight to provide personalized cooling that helps prevent hot flashes, alleviate symptoms as they occur, and provide insights into how these symptoms affect sleep quality.
Smart response to hormonal changes and a 56 percent reduction in hot flashes
Hormonal changes can impair the body’s ability to regulate its temperature, causing the bed to suddenly feel too hot, while night sweats can cause a woman to wake up feeling cold. Menopause Mode is designed to respond to these changing needs throughout the night by adjusting the Pod’s temperature to suit a woman’s preferences, ambient room conditions, and seasonal changes. Alexandra Zatarain said: “Almost all women go through menopause, and sleep disturbances are among the first problems most of them face during this stage; this is why we developed Menopause Mode after our research showed the Pod system’s ability to reduce nighttime hot flashes by an average of 56 percent, and we made sure to make this benefit automatically available to all women using the system.”
Three key features: proactive cooling, immediate relief, and comparative analytics
The Pod system provides three main features to support women: first, “proactive cooling before body temperature rises,” where the system lowers the temperature of the woman’s designated side during hours with a higher probability of nighttime hot flashes, based on data analysis of more than 57,000 nights of sleep involving 450 pre- and post-menopausal women. Second, “immediate hot flash relief,” allowing instant cooling to be activated simply by pressing a button on the side of the bed without needing a phone, with a specified cooling duration; 8 out of 10 women reported feeling relief within 10 minutes of using the feature. Third, “analytics to understand sleep pattern changes,” enabling subscribers to compare their sleep patterns and wake frequencies with other women in the same age and hormonal stage, and track the impact of hormone therapy or pre-bedtime beverages.
Research based on 3 million hours of sleep and women’s sleep initiative findings
The feature’s launch follows the rollout of “Pregnancy Mode” earlier this year, building on the “Eight Sleep Women’s Sleep Research Initiative,” which analyzed more than 3 million hours of women’s sleep data. A study of 1,884 women showed differences of up to nearly 5 degrees Fahrenheit in preferred bed temperatures across hormonal stages, with women receiving hormone replacement therapy preferring temperatures about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit higher, while post-menopausal women sleep more than an hour and a half less per week on average than pre-menopausal women. Additionally, 85 percent of participants reported a decrease in hot flashes, while mothers using the Pod system gained nearly 16 additional hours of sleep during the third trimester of pregnancy, averaging an additional 15 minutes of sleep each night post-partum alongside better cardiovascular recovery indicators.
Global availability and Autopilot service subscription requirements
Eight Sleep began rolling out Menopause Mode globally starting October 29, 2026, via its iOS and Android app. Using the feature requires an active Autopilot subscription and ownership of the Eight Sleep Pod system, which is available in 37 countries. Fast Company named the company among its most innovative in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2026, and its products have twice entered Time magazine’s list of best inventions.
Frequently asked questions
Question: What is the reduction percentage in nighttime hot flashes when using the Eight Sleep Pod system?
Answer: Company research showed an average 56 percent reduction in nighttime hot flashes within a week of turning on temperature control, with 85 percent of participants reporting a decrease in episodes.
Question: How do proactive cooling and immediate cooling work in Menopause Mode?
Answer: The system proactively cools the bed during hours most prone to hot flashes based on data from 57,000 nights of sleep, and also provides a bedside button for phone-free instant cooling that provides relief within 10 minutes for 8 out of 10 women.
Question: What are the most prominent findings of the Eight Sleep Women’s Sleep Research Initiative?
Answer: The initiative analyzed more than 3 million hours of sleep and showed temperature differences of up to 5 degrees Fahrenheit depending on hormonal stages, alongside a drop in post-menopausal women’s sleep by more than an hour and a half weekly.
Question: What are the requirements to run the new Menopause Mode feature?
Answer: The feature is available via the Eight Sleep app on iOS and Android and requires owning the Eight Sleep Pod system and having an active Autopilot subscription.
