smart rings They’re starting to appear on the market, and the latest to arrive is the Samsung Galaxy Ring, which my colleague Christian Collado was able to test. A device designed almost exclusively for health monitoring. We’ve heard rumors about a possible Apple Ring, the Cupertino company’s possible offering in this growing market, but that’s not something I’m done seeing yet.

Although the smart ring seems like a very technological device, it turns out that its actual capabilities are quite limited. Well-established devices like the Apple Watch do all these functions much betteras well as having many other uses.

Will we see the Apple Ring one day? I do not believe in that

Essentially, activity rings like the one Samsung recently introduced They are a health and activity monitor. That means they contain sensors to measure skin temperature, heart rate, steps and activity, track sleep, calculate blood oxygen levels or track menstrual cycles.

Don’t finish seeing the usefulness of devices like the Samsung Galaxy Ring / Photography by Christian Collado

And they don’t do anything else. They are not receiving notifications even if only through vibration of the smartphone, They don’t have GPS Being able to calculate distances accurately while running, They are not compatible with apps from third parties They don’t even have screens To see the results, we will have to view them on our smartphone.

It should also be taken into consideration that this issue miniaturization exercise Of all the sensors that will fit in a ring, there’s probably measurements are not the most precise on the market. They may be quite tight for most users, but they are not the best.

Despite all this, I think Apple will not enter this market. HE Apple Watch already does all this, and does it in a much superior way more and better sensors. In addition to all the options offered by a smartwatch like the Apple Watch: reply to messages, make calls, start sports activities, view maps and position yourself with GPS, control playback, turn on your car or home, pay at any store or with your cards and install certain applications.

The Apple Watch’s theoretical advantages over a device like the Apple Ring are numerous. and for those who don’t like wearing watches, I can’t think of many advantages beyond using a health meter. Even in terms of price, they move around the same numbers, the Samsung Galaxy Ring costs the same as the Apple Watch Series 10.

Having two devices used for almost the same thing, It doesn’t make sense for Apple to invest time and money into something like a smart ring. Apple Watch is a device that has been on the market for 10 years and has proven that Apple has managed to position it very well. It’s the world’s best-selling smartwatch, and the bet should be on trying to improve it, not releasing an equally expensive device as the competition is doing.

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