Samsung took the wraps off its new wearable, the Galaxy Ring, at the Mobile World Congress, earlier this year. As we approach the second Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, Samsung is set to launch the Galaxy Ring globally. A lot of details have emerged about the health and fitness tracking ring since its showcase at MWC 2024. If you’re thinking of ditching your smartwatch for a much more compact and lighter wearable, you may want to check out what Samsung has in store for you. Here’s everything we know about the Samsung Galaxy Ring.
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Samsung Galaxy Ring: Features, Specs, Expected Price
The versatility in size is key to the form factor of a wearable that you’re supposed to put on your finger. Samsung will make the Galaxy Ring available in 8 sizes, ranging from size 5 to size 12. The company may adopt a different labelling pattern for these sizes.
What will be interesting to see is if the Galaxy Ring can functionally replace a smartwatch. From what we know so far, the Galaxy Ring will carry an ECG sensor, a SpO2 sensor, and a PPG sensor. If the performance of these sensors is close to Samsung’s 3-in-1 BioActive sensors on its Galaxy smartwatches, the company may have a winner in its hands.
Samsung also has an advantage in terms of app support. The Samsung Health app that caters to the Galaxy smartwatches will also incorporate the Galaxy Ring. A recent APK teardown of the app shed light on the range of features it will offer for the upcoming wearable. These include stress and heart rate measurement, period prediction, snore detection, skin temperature measurement, and more. The ring will offer comprehensive sleep analysis, keeping a record of the user’s movements, heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep latency.
The Samsung Health app will also assign a ‘Vitality’ score to users based on their workouts and sleep performance. It will be interesting to see whether the app will allow you to compare your score with your friends and maintain a leaderboard.
The battery capacity of the ring will depend on its size. The smaller variants will pack a 17mAh battery. The highest-size variants will have a 22mAh battery pack. A midsize 18.5mAh battery unit will cover the middle variants. Samsung claims that the ring can last up to 9 days on a full charge. Recent leaks suggest that the ring will come in a TWS-like charging case.
The Samsung Galaxy Ring will be available in three colour options – Silver, Black, and Gold. The company has kept a tight lid on the pricing of the ring so far. Its closest competitor, the Oura Ring, starts at $300 (~ Rs 25,000). Expect the Galaxy Ring to be priced slightly higher than that.
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Conclusion
Apart from the Galaxy Ring, Samsung plans on launching its latest line of foldables at the Galaxy Unpacked Event on July 10. Check out this article if you want to know what the newest Flip and Fold 6 have to offer. The company will also unveil its newest Watch and Buds series at the event.
