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Wizpr At the moment, smart rings are all about tracking your sleep and activity — but the new Wizpr Ring does something very different. Rather than watching over how many steps you take or how much sleep you have, it puts the magic of AI on your finger, so you can do everything from controlling smart home devices and replying to messages to sending out emergency alerts — all by whispering into it. You probably guessed it wouldn’t be necessary to shout at the Wizpr Ring given its name (Wizpr, whisper, get it?), and…

Ringo The Samsung Galaxy Ring was revealed in February as a direct competitor to the Oura Ring. Now, another smart ring competitor, Ringo, could also be making waves later this year — assuming it lives up to its promise. Ringo is the focus of a Kickstarter campaign that has already raised over eight times its goal. The ring, which could begin to arrive to backers as early as June, promises several features that are somewhat hard to believe. Like other wearable devices, Ringo offers ECG monitoring and sleep and…

Jonas Daehnert / Inside-sim The wearable market is constantly evolving. It started with fitness trackers that were worn on your wrist, and then we got smartwatches such as the Apple Watch in 2015. These days, smartwatches are a dime a dozen, but we are quickly entering a new era of wearables: the smart ring. One of the first smart rings to hit the market was the Oura Ring, which launched in 2015 through a Kickstarter campaign. The second iteration came out in 2018, and the current third generation of the Oura Ring…

Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends The Vision Pro headset is Apple’s most significant new product in years, and it is widely seen as the company’s “next big thing.” But Apple isn’t resting on its laurels, as a new report has highlighted the products that the company hopes will shake up the market in similarly momentous ways. And no, we’re not talking about a second-generation Vision Pro. Among the devices Apple is secretly working on are a set of smartglasses, a health and fitness ring, and even a pair of…

Last year, there was much talk about Samsung launching a smart ring to compete with the likes of the Oura ring, and last month it became a reality when the Korean company teased the Galaxy Ring in a slick video at the end of its Unpacked event. It all went a bit quiet after that … until now, that is. In a message shared on Sunday, Samsung announced that the Galaxy Ring will be “publicly displayed for the first time” during this week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, Spain. Note the word “displayed,”…

Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to unveil its first wearable smart ring as part of its health lineup at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The South Korean company will publicly display the Galaxy Ring for the first time after teasing it last month at the Galaxy S24 smartphone series launch in California. The Galaxy Ring offers users more personalized and seamless experiences backed by advances in artificial intelligence, Samsung said in a statement Sunday.  Visitors at the Mobile World Congress will also be…

Jonas Daehnert / Inside-sim It’s no secret that Apple has been eyeing smart ring technology for a while. Now, it seems the market is ripe, and Apple is ready to go beyond the patent stage. According to a report from the Electronic Times, Apple’s development process is closer to giving us a market-ready product. “It seems likely that commercialization is imminent,” says the report, citing an insider with knowledge of the supply chain. Unfortunately, the report doesn’t say exactly when we can expect an “Apple Ring” to…

The Samsung Galaxy Ring is another piece of health tech that is supposed to connect with Samsung Health. Other than that, we’re looking at a big black hole of details.Gif: Samsung / YouTubeIt may be a spring of smart rings. A top Samsung executive revealed on social media that a new wearable health and wellness product would be coming in the “2nd half” of the year. The executive is referring to the Galaxy Ring, which Samsung teased at the last Galaxy Unpacked.Hands-On With Meta Quest 3Daniel Seung Lee, the global head of…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Do you find yourself getting stressed out often? If so, you may be interested in a new feature headed to the Oura Ring. The new tool is called “Resilience,” and it’s designed to help you manage stress. It will be available through a software update on Wednesday, January 31. Resilience is an assessment tool that uses data from your previous activity to evaluate your ability to cope with physiological stress. The Oura app will analyze various factors, such as your stress levels during the…

Jonas Daehnert / Inside-sim Forget the Apple Vision Pro. What many users really might want to see is an Apple smart ring. A new concept shows what one of these first-generation wearables could look like. Consider me sold, Apple; where can I lay down my credit card? There have been rumors in recent years about the possibility of Apple releasing a smart ring that would compete with the Oura Ring and the long-rumored Samsung Galaxy Ring. If Apple were to release such a device, it would likely track various health…