Oura adds colorful ceramic rings and charging case to lineup

The ceramic rings volition outgo $499 and travel successful each disposable sizes.

Oura isn’t launching a fifth-gen astute ringing this year. Instead, it’s zhuzhing up its lineup with colorful ceramic versions of its Oura Ring 4.

The ceramic rings commencement astatine $499, and volition travel successful 4 colors: midnight (teal), petal (pink), tide (mint green), and unreality (white). The rings utilize zirconia ceramic, which Oura says it chose for its durability. Supposedly, Oura says that the ceramic is truthful hard, that it tin origin immoderate metals to scuff. On the positive side, the colour is isn’t a coating dissimilar immoderate of the metallic finishes, meaning there’s nary fading implicit time. This was a occupation I had with the roseate golden Oura Ring Gen 3, which started to look notably little rosy implicit the people of a fewer months.

The ceramic rings are thicker astatine 3.51mm compared to the regular 2.88mm fourth-gen ring. They’re somewhat heavier, too, ranging from 5.1 to 8.1g compared to 3.3 to 5.2g. Otherwise, the width, the interior broadside of the ring, arsenic good arsenic the sensors are identical to the Oura Ring 4. They’ll beryllium disposable successful each sizes, ranging from size 4 to size 15.

Oura’s intelligibly appealing to radical with a much playful consciousness of manner — arsenic good arsenic planting the thought that immoderate folks whitethorn privation to ain aggregate rings to acceptable assorted occasions. To that end, Oura is introducing multi-ring instrumentality support, meaning you’ll beryllium capable to power betwixt 2 rings much easy wrong the app. This is akin to what Apple does with its Apple Watches, wherever you tin swap betwixt aggregate models if you hap to ain much than one. Oura is besides introducing a instrumentality recycling program, wherever you tin nonstop successful older rings erstwhile you upgrade.

Perhaps much breathtaking is the information that Oura is yet introducing a $99 charging lawsuit arsenic an add-on accessory. Each lawsuit is circumstantial to your ringing size, but volition clasp up to 5 afloat charges and tin foodstuff a ringing from zero to 100 percent successful astir 90 minutes. (The lawsuit itself besides takes astir 90 minutes to afloat charge.) The lawsuit is made from aluminum, has a charging indicator light, and charges via USB-C.

Lastly, Oura is adding a caller diagnostic called Health Panels. From the app, users volition beryllium capable to docket a humor trial with a section Quest Diagnostics location. Once the results are in, they tin presumption astir 50 biomarkers from the app relating to cardiovascular and metabolic health. Users tin consult with Oura Advisor, the company’s AI chatbot, astir their results wrong the app — though the bot isn’t allowed to springiness immoderate diagnostic oregon aesculapian advice. It’s much similar the bot tin archer you whether your results look to beryllium wrong mean ranges, and tips however to amended definite markers. Tests outgo $99, are FSA/HSA eligible, and are reviewed by a licensed healthcare provider. Health Panels is lone launching successful the US for now, though state-level and regulatory restrictions mean it’ll beryllium unavailable to users successful Arizona, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island.

Whoop announced a akin diagnostic earlier this summer, which besides aims to assistance users get humor tests that are past reviewed by a clinician. That diagnostic has yet to launch. However, it’s notable that some Whoop and Oura — some companies known for emphasizing betterment and utilizing subject successful their selling — are leaning into this facet of wellness tracking.