Samsung’s Galaxy Ring is Big Tech’s first swing at the smart ring market

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring is Big Tech’s first swing at the smart ring market

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/samsungs-galaxy-ring-is-big-techs-first-swing-at-the-smart-ring-market/

Samsung's big item at Mobile World Congress is the odd little "Galaxy Ring," a fitness and health-tracking device shrunk down into a tiny, finger-worn circle. There are fitness rings out there already, like the Oura Ring and a few others, but this is the first one from one of the world's largest tech companies. Samsung already teased this device last month at the Galaxy S24 launch, and what we're getting at MWC are renders, brief glimpses of prototypes, and a few scraps of information.

What can you say about the design of the Galaxy Ring? It's a circle. Samsung's primary color has a shiny metal outside (the colors are not finalized yet) and what looks like a black plastic interior for the ring, which is packed full of sensors. Fitting health-tracking sensors, a battery, CPU, and Bluetooth into a ring form factor is a huge challenge, so it's no surprise that the whole contraption is thicker and wider than a jewelry ring would normally be.