Oura Adds Colorful Ceramic Rings And Charging Case To Lineup

The ceramic rings will costs $499 and travel successful each disposable sizes.

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

The ceramic rings commencement astatine $499, and will 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 nan ceramic is truthful hard, that it tin origin immoderate metals to scuff. On nan positive side, nan colour is isn’t a coating dissimilar immoderate of nan metallic finishes, meaning there’s nary fading complete time. This was a problem I had pinch nan roseate golden Oura Ring Gen 3, which started to look notably little rosy complete nan people of a fewer months.

The ceramic rings are thicker astatine 3.51mm compared to nan 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, nan width, nan soul broadside of nan ring, arsenic good arsenic nan sensors are identical to nan Oura Ring 4. They’ll beryllium disposable successful each sizes, ranging from size 4 to size 15.

Oura’s intelligibly appealing to group pinch a much playful consciousness of manner — arsenic good arsenic planting nan thought that immoderate folks whitethorn want to ain aggregate rings to fresh various occasions. To that end, Oura is introducing multi-ring instrumentality support, meaning you’ll beryllium capable to move betwixt 2 rings much easy wrong nan app. This is akin to what Apple does pinch its Apple Watches, wherever you tin switch 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 nan truth that Oura is yet introducing a $99 charging lawsuit arsenic an add-on accessory. Each lawsuit is circumstantial to your ringing size, but will clasp up to 5 afloat charges and tin juice 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 parameter light, and charges via USB-C.

Lastly, Oura is adding a caller characteristic called Health Panels. From nan app, users will beryllium capable to schedule a humor trial pinch a section Quest Diagnostics location. Once nan results are in, they tin position astir 50 biomarkers from nan app relating to cardiovascular and metabolic health. Users tin consult pinch Oura Advisor, nan company’s AI chatbot, astir their results wrong nan app — though nan bot isn’t allowed to springiness immoderate diagnostic aliases aesculapian advice. It’s much for illustration nan bot tin show you whether your results look to beryllium wrong normal ranges, and tips really to amended definite markers. Tests costs $99, are FSA/HSA eligible, and are reviewed by a licensed healthcare provider. Health Panels is only launching successful nan 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 characteristic earlier this summer, which besides intends to thief users get humor tests that are past reviewed by a clinician. That characteristic has yet to launch. However, it’s notable that some Whoop and Oura — some companies known for emphasizing betterment and utilizing subject successful their trading — are leaning into this facet of wellness tracking.