At the end of its Unpacked event last month, Samsung introduced its Galaxy Ring wearable as the next gadget in its mobile lineup. With no release date or price, the debut was little more than a tease that hints at Samsung’s plans for a health and wellness product, leading us to wonder — who is the Galaxy Ring for?
To put it in the company’s words, the Galaxy Ring is another device in a network that feeds data into the Samsung Health app. “I think you should look at the ring as one of many steps toward multi-device engagement,” Samsung VP and head of the digital health team for the mobile business Hon Pak told CNET’s Lisa Eadicicco.
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So it’s another way to track the kinds of data that feeds into Samsung Health: sleep, nutrition, activity and stress. Specifically, it’s a product for someone who might not want a Galaxy Watch or other wrist-bound wearable but still want to monitor their personal health, and may find a ring less cumbersome to wear.
“A ring can be less intrusive than a watch, and the finger provides a better physiological location for some health metrics than the wrist,” Avi Greengart, president and lead analyst at Techsponential, who also got a preview with Samsung’s Pak, told CNET.
Samsung expects that some consumers may want both a ring and a watch, while others will pick one or the other, Greengart said. Some may even pick up a ring because they like the look, which Eadicicco described as a sleek minimalist band that resembled a groom’s solid-metal ring (the sensors line the inside).
“Personally, I am very excited about this device because I’ve been looking at rings myself and I find that many are quite bulky and the Galaxy Ring might actually be perfect for me, especially since I already use a Galaxy Watch 6 classic,”…
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