Oura Ring welcomes a package of experimental features which are part of the new project called Oura Labs, which allows users to join preliminary versions of functions being tested. Among the most interesting options is the one called Symptom Radar which is presented as a sort of early detector of changes in health status of the user, probing all the over 20 parameters that can be collected with the small wearable designed to fit the finger.
The Oura Ring Symptom Radar will not have a medical value comparable to that of certified devices, but it can provide an alarm bell to definitely take into consideration in the event that something is not going exactly right in the body. The ring will use all its sensors and algorithms which monitor in real time for example body temperature, heart and respiratory rate, resting heart rate and will take into consideration all significant variations in the individual’s classic biometric values. In case of data not in line with the detected average you will receive an alarm notification and you can also activate the rest mode to try to rest and bring everything back into the normal range. In short, a utility that has no diagnostic claims, but which can offer interesting information to understand when it is time to relax for a moment or go deeper with medical checks.
The new generation of Oura Ring will be the fourth and should debut shortly with substantial innovations in terms of design (with a smaller footprint), battery life, better detection of sleep quality and new features such as the support for contactless payments. The probable release is in the summer and will respond to the announced rivals, with Samsung Galaxy Ring expected to debut in the second half of the year, while Apple Ring will still need a little patiencebut wearables for the finger certainly seem to be part of the programs of all the big names in tech.
