Samsung reportedly working on ‘Galaxy Ring’

Wearable devices can come in a variety of forms, not just smartwatches, though they are the most common. Smart rings, manufactured by most fitness companies and tech startups, are one form that is growing in popularity. Now it looks like Samsung is entering the market.

According to reports from Korean-based site ElectionSamsung is using circuit boards from Japanese electronics maker Meeko to develop the Galaxy Ring. But there is no information about when this product will be launched or what features it will have.

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Rumor has it that Samsung is working on XR glasses called “Galaxy Glasses”. filing for a trademark After the name in February, there was a buzz that the company could bring a new VR/AR headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro and. meta quest 2 within the year.

But a few days later, Samsung also filed for trademark US Patent and Trademark Office for “Samsung Galaxy Ring”, which is described as “intended to cover categories of wearable smart devices in the nature of a smart ring for tracking, measuring, monitoring and uploading information relating to health, fitness and sleep.”

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The reason smart rings haven’t been as popular as smartwatches is largely because of how challenging the device is to manufacture. Rings are smaller products, resulting in smaller sensors than smartwatches. They also move around a person’s finger, which doesn’t provide measurable blood flow to the sensor like a wrist does, which can result in errors.

Companies have struggled for years to create a device at a price affordable enough to entice consumers, and in a format small enough to fit around a person’s finger. It remains to be seen how Samsung approaches this challenge – and how soon we’ll see that is also unknown.