Wearable Tech | Ring market heating up !!

[honest1]

So, after fighting out in the smart watch (mostly were bands, labelled as smart watch), 3 major players are launcing their smart rings !

Boat Unveils New Fitness Tracking Device, Smart Ring, in India: See Features

The Smart Ring connects to a Boat Ring App, which offers data visualisations and progress tracking.

www.gadgets360.com

Noise launches its first-ever smart ring, Luna Ring; early access price is just Rs. 2,000

Noise launches its first-ever smart ring called Luna Ring.

tech.hindustantimes.com

Samsung Galaxy Ring could one up Galaxy Watch in health tracking accuracy

The Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Fit lineups of wearables from Samsung are great at fitness tracking. However, Samsung is also ...

www.sammobile.com

What are you thoughts? How you see this market going ?

 

[letmein]

I assume the Boat and Noise ones are Chinese rebrands?

 

[puns]

Wedding vows to now include getting fit.
Jokes aside, i'll take this over kiddish-looking watches being sold these days.
Hopefully pricing of better companies is less than diamond rings.

 

[cassanovalite]

I never even heard of smart rings before. (I guess I am living under a rock) Usually, I'm not really excited by new tech but I feel pretty excited for this.

 

[Ssreek]

What are all these capable of? Just counting steps?
I highly doubt if they would be accurate enough compared to a good smartwatch (not those noise/boat/firebolt things).

 

[Kaleen Bhaiya]

What are you thoughts? How you see this market going ?

 

[t3chg33k]

What are all these capable of? Just counting steps?
I highly doubt if they would be accurate enough compared to a good smartwatch (not those noise/boat/firebolt things).

Rings are supposed to be able to capture data better from the finger as compared to wrists. However, these are not true fitness trackers as you cannot monitor different exercises. The form factor is too small for GPS. Presently, they cannot incorporate a vibrator for things like alarms or include screens for notifications.

The boat and noise ones are Chinese rebrands that are not really good for this segment. There are Indian startups selling rings for 10-25k that are better hardware wise but lack in software and their algorithms are not that refined.

Some way to go, but right now it is best used for step and sleep tracking only.

 

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What are you thoughts? How you see this market going ?