Smart rings that can track your sleep and fitness and save your life

While smartwatches have reigned supreme as wearable technology in recent years, smart rings are now all the rage. The Galaxy Ring from Samsung was the first of the major smartphone makers to add to the smart ring space, and while it’s the first major brand, it’s not the first smart ring to hit the market. A few smart rings, like the Oura ringhave been out for a few years now, which means they’re largely bug-free and will be tried and tested in 2024.

Smart rings track the same things as smartwatches, like steps, sleep, and a general overview of your overall health. They typically have significantly longer battery life than smartwatches, without a distracting screen. Just like smartwatches, the best smart rings on the market can even help save your life with the right vital signs tracking and notification systems to alert you when something is wrong.

Here are my three favorite smart rings to follow your condition and can even save your life.

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The smart ring landscape: key features, pricing and compatibility

As the smart wearables market continues to expand, several innovative options have emerged, each offering unique features tailored to different user needs. We’ll look at the standout features of four notable smart rings: the Oura Ring 4, Samsung Galaxy Ring, and RingConn Gen 1. advanced sleep tracking capabilities to budget-friendly options, each ring has a distinctive value proposition that caters to different lifestyles and preferences. Plus, we’ll research their pricing and compatibility so you can make an informed decision.

Oura ring 4

• Main features: Exceptional sleep tracking, heart rate monitoring and a subscription service for detailed analytics.
• Price point: $350
• Compatibility: Compatible with both iOS and Android.

Samsung Galaxy ring

• Main features: Advanced sleep tracking with AI algorithms and seamless integration with Android devices.
• Price point: $400 (most expensive)
• Compatibility: Exclusively for Android users.

RingConn Gen 1

• Main features: Budget-friendly option with essential health tracking features, but less advanced functionality.
• Price point: $280 (most affordable)
• Compatibility: Compatible with both iOS and Android.

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The best ring for most people

Oura ring 4

If you’re looking for one of the best smart rings on the market that does everything you want with an easy setup, consider the Oura Ring 4. It’s a brand new release that will ship starting October 15 and can be ordered for $ 350, which is $50 more expensive than the earlier Oura Ring 3. It comes in four different colors and four different sizes.

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The Oura Ring 4 offers a range of fitness-oriented features, such as a workout heart rate monitorwhich can be synced with Oura’s desktop and mobile app to show detailed analysis of your calories burned, active and inactive time, and heart rate. One of the most celebrated features of the Oura Ring 4 is its excellent sleep tracking, which can measure and record your nighttime temperature changes, blood oxygen levels, and the phases of the sleep cycle.

However, it comes at an expensive price, at $350. We’ve seen Oura Ring prices rise with each revision, and I think Oura has done a great job of justifying the new price with new features. It’s worth considering that it’s only a $50 price increase over the Oura Ring 3, and it’s the better ring. One downside to the Oura Ring 4, however, is that you have to pay an extra $6 for the Oura Ring subscription service, which stores your ring’s analytics.

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The best smart ring for Android phone users

Samsung Galaxy ring

If you have an Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy ring is the best option for a smart ring. Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, priced at $400, was released in the summer of 2024 and has many of the same features as the Oura Ring 4. However, unlike the Oura Ring 4, the Galaxy Ring goes one step further. Samsung has developed a proprietary AI algorithm to determine your sleep patterns, while simultaneously giving you a daily sleep score.

Your health data is stored in the Galaxy Health App, which you can use directly from your Android smartphone. It is important to note that the Galaxy Ring is only compatible with the Android operating system. Unfortunately, iOS owners do not have access to the Galaxy Health app. The Galaxy Ring is compatible with other devices in the Samsung gadget ecosystem. This means that if you have a Samsung smartwatch, it will share data with your Galaxy Ring. However, this compatibility comes at a cost, and at $400 this is the most expensive smart ring on this list.

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The best smart ring on a budget

RingConn Gen 1

The RingConn Gen 1 offers some of the high-end features of the Oura rings without the monthly subscription fees. It’s also the cheapest smart ring on this list, at $280, but it’s often on sale. It comes in three different colors and 10 different size options, allowing it to be worn on fingers of all sizes.

The RingConn Gen 1 offers stress and general well-being tracking. It also has a sleep tracker, activity counter and vital features such as a heart rate monitor, blood oxygen monitor and temperature sensors. Reviewers have noted that while tracking health information with the RingConn Gen 1 is great, the activity tracker could be more accurate. You also don’t get as many features as with rival smart ring brand Oura, but you also save a bit of money on the top end and subscription fees.

Overall, the RingConn Gen 1 is a great entry-level smart ring. It’s not as feature-packed as some of the competitors, but it’s well priced and is an excellent way to see if a smart ring is for you. You can always upgrade to another smart ring if you like the RingConn Gen 1, but I think this is a good starting point for most people in the smart ring world.

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Kurt’s most important insights

Smart rings are the latest in wearable technology. These rings monitor your health like a smartwatch, but also keep track of your vital functions in detail. A smart ring can save your life in a medical emergency and alert you to a problem with your heart rate before you even notice it. Since the release of the Samsung Galaxy ringMore and more major brands have been looking to enter the smart rings space, and it’s an exciting time to see what the future holds for smart rings. Perhaps we will see brands like Google or Apple release a smart ring in the near future.

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