I’ve been testing Samsung’s new smart ring for a week and already understand what it’s designed for.

Samsung is one of the most important technology companies in the world and the largest in its home country, South Korea. This giant is a company best known for its consumer electronics division, which In countries such as Spain, it is a leader in many segments.such as TVs, mobile phones and more. Part of the company’s success is due to the fact that it does not leave aside any possible new sector in which it can gain market share.

This is exactly what happened with a new technology product that has been with us for several years now, but is still a niche device: smart rings. Brands like Oura have been making money from rings with a range of technologies aimed at our health for some time now, although other models even allow for mobile payments.

We’ve been hearing rumors for months that Samsung is working on a smart ring to complement its consumer and healthcare division, a device for the healthcare ecosystem in which watches and mobile phones will be the protagonists. It was officially presented a few months ago and has recently arrived in Spain. He Samsung Galaxy Ring It can be purchased now in our country at a price 449 euros.

Samsung Galaxy Ring Analysis

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As expected, This price makes it a niche product.for example, foldable mobile phones, rather than something potentially of interest to everyone, such as smartwatches, which have many price options. Smart rings are an expensive item, regardless of the model, even if they go on sale.

The positive side of the Samsung Galaxy Ring is that offers all its features without having to pay a monthly feeas is the case with the recently refurbished Oura Ring. This way, if you are interested in purchasing it, we will know that the initial outlay is the only one we will have to make to get the most out of it.

Comfortable and elegant

I’m a person who never wears rings, and this may have affected my week-long stay in this device. However, this did not happen. Samsung explained that before purchasing this product, it will send a sample box to the buyer’s home so they can try on different sizes and choose the one that suits them best. This happened in my case too. After a few minutes of trying on different options and deciding which finger I would wear it on, all that was left was to wait for the final design.

It comes in a small transparent box. reminiscent of Nothing headphones. It had a ring located in the armature that had an LED strip around it that gave us an indication of the remaining battery charge both in the box and in the ring itself when we placed it on top. This box there is a USB-C port which allows you to charge it, just like headphones do. It’s available in three colours: black, gold and silver, and while we chose black for our test as we thought it was the most elegant, silver is perhaps the best at resisting scratches, although its titanium finish should give us peace of mind in that regard.

Coming out of this, the only thing to keep in mind is that Samsung Galaxy Ring notch – a line perpendicular to the ring, directed towards the palm.. This is because it is in the area where the measuring sensors are located, and if we turn the ring, the accuracy of the data will be lower.

Wearing this type of ring is not uncomfortable, although it is a little strange if you are not used to wearing it. The only time I saw him move more than necessary was when I was washing my hands or taking a shower.

since the soap acted as a lubricant and the ring itself moved more, but I never had the feeling that it was about to come off and fall.

In this regard, it is important to emphasize that I didn’t take the ring off at all.no bathing, no showering, no sleeping, no exercise, no matter what I was doing. The latter has a small footnote, but we’ll explain it in the next section.

Health and health again

Samsung Galaxy Ring It gave me the feeling of being a product designed as a minimalistic smartwatch.. It can measure our health, but it doesn’t do other things that a watch can do, like show us notifications or be hands-free. The entire use of the ring revolves around exercise and analyzing whether we are leading a healthy lifestyle, monitoring our heart rate, the steps we take, stress and, above all, the quality of our sleep.

The latter is perhaps what the ring does best as its dimensions are very precise. I compared it to the measurements the Google Nest Hub 2 and Amazfit GTR 4 gave me, and the Samsung ring was more in line. Moreover, without even having to doubt whether to wear it at night or not, I could be sure that the measurements would be continuous, not even a single night without having to charge the device.

but the ring It is also worn during training.. In my case, I do three sports a day: 30 minutes on the treadmill, 40 minutes on the stationary bike, and about 20 minutes of strength training. In the first two, it is logical to think that it is not necessary to remove the ring, since these are not activities in which the hands are of great importance. However, in bodybuilding exercises we may think so.

In my case this was not the case because I’ve always trained with gloves on and since the ring is underneath, as you can see in the video, it’s quite comfortable to wear. when using exercise machines or lifting dumbbells. Of course, I did the test without gloves, in which case it was more uncomfortable for me, and I could very easily scratch the ring.

Limited Features

One of the disadvantages that can be attributed to this type of ring is that the functions for which it is intended are few. He makes them very well, but they are few. The most remarkable thing is undoubtedly the ability to measure sleep, even if we don’t want to wear a watch on our wrist, which many people hate. This is not the case in my case as I use it as an alarm clock due to the vibration it can cause without waking up my partner.

In the case of a ring we don’t have this function because no vibration system. Something similar happens with heart rate or stress measurement, which is more precise than a watch, but allows for maximum accuracy. Moreover, although they have automatic heart rate detection in two activities: running and walking, continuous detection needs to be triggered when we are going to do any other sport from the application itself.

It’s true that Samsung has developed additional functions for the ringfor example, the ability to take a photo using the ring as a trigger, or turn off an alarm, all using gestures. The problem is that it’s only compatible with new foldables for now, and our test was conducted on a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. Of course, Galaxy Ring can be used with any modern Android mobile phone.

Great battery

Perhaps the biggest advantage of a smart ring over a mobile phone or watch is its autonomy. Samsung Galaxy Ring lasted a week on one chargewhich allows you to always carry it with you. This way, it’s less likely that we’ll forget to load it and lose those metrics.

When compared to Samsung watches, the difference is noticeable. since the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 can last us one day, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra can last us twice as long. However, there are models like those from Huawei or Amazfit, whose autonomy is measured in weeks, and this is much more than any smartwatch can give us.

Should I buy this?

Whenever we come to this part of the analysis of a special product like this, the answer is simple. Depends. And a lot. For the average user, spending 449 euros on a ring doesn’t make much sense.Moreover, this figure will be high even for a watch. Even for mobile.

This type of device is aimed at those people who highly value their health.who know their parameters and take care of themselves much more than the average. Moreover, within this group there are people who do not want to wear watches, or only wear classic watches, or do not want to sleep with them. This Samsung Galaxy Ring is designed for this group of people.

This is an expensive product, like all rings in this category, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sense in some cases. The question is whether Samsung can do develop this type of devices so that they become interesting to the general public. This will be quite a challenge.