It’s water-resistant up to 10 ATM and IP68-certified, so you’ll be able to wear it while you’re showering or washing dishes. It connects to any Android phone via the Samsung Health app, but it doesn’t work with iPhones. You don’t need a subscription to access the full feature set — all available features are included with purchase. It also works with Samsung Find, so you’ll be able to easily locate it if you lose it. It has a charging case that works exactly like the case on your wireless earbuds. Samsung claims the Galaxy Ring can last seven days on a single charge, which matches the battery life of the Oura Ring.
The Ring includes many of the health-tracking features you’d expect from a smartwatch, including sleep tracking, cycle tracking, high or low heart rate alerts, and automatic exercise detection. Samsung has talked about using AI in the Ring, using smart algorithms to monitor sleep patterns, snoring, and heart and breathing rates to help you gain more robust insights into your sleep.
More importantly, there’s a feature called Energy Score, also available on the new Galaxy Watches. Much like Fitbit’s Daily Readiness or Garmin’s Body Battery, it analyzes your data and then recommends how prepared you are to take on the day based on factors like sleep quality and your recent activity levels. You’ll also get “wellness tips” throughout the day to keep you on track with your health goals. If you wear the Galaxy Ring and the new Galaxy Watch series simultaneously, you may find that some sensors on the watch are turned off to conserve battery life — something I haven’t seen before.
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The Ring doesn’t offer haptic feedback, but you can perform some rudimentary gesture controls with your fingers for some tasks, such as dismissing an alarm or starting a video recording on your phone. These “double-pinch gestures” are also available on the Galaxy Watch7 series.
