It’s good to see the reviews starting to come in on Samsung’s Ring. I’ve long been an Oura Ring user, but in future I’ll be looking at all other options. I certainly don’t like Oura’s subscription model, so Samsung’s Ring will be a consideration, especially as I’m using a Galaxy phone (yes, sadly it seems some features work “better” with a Galaxy phone — sounds like Apple!).
What is still outstanding for me, is to see some scientific (i.e. evidence based) reports on the accuracy of the Galaxy Ring.
But what I’m liking so far, in comparison to my Oura Ring, are these features:
- Battery intensive tasks can be sent to the Galaxy phone
- First point can result in way better battery life (over a week)
- It’s lighter, thinner, with a slightly more concave shape
- Ring charges inside a see-through case
- LED on charger shows charge level around perimeter of the ring (vs Oura just having a single LED)
- Auto detect workouts
- Oura only detects steps and not actual exercise heart rates
- Double pinch gesture
This Ring will work with any Android phone, but clearly it’s advantage is if you have a Galaxy phone. If you don’t have a Galaxy phone then you may want to consider the Oura Ring, as it costs less, but its subscription needs to be taken into account for say a 3-year period.