At the end of its Unlocked event last month, Samsung launched its wearable Galaxy Ring as the next device in its mobile lineup. With no release date or price, the launch was just a teaser showing Samsung’s plans for health and wellness products, which made us wonder – who is the Galaxy Ring for? This article is part of Samsung Event, CNET’s collection of news, tips, and advice on Samsung’s famous products. To put it in the company’s terms, the Galaxy Ring is another device in the network that feeds data into the Samsung Health app. “I think you have to look at the ring as one of many products in a multi-device design,” Samsung vice president and head of the mobile industry’s health group Hon Pak told CNET’s Lisa Eadicicco. Read more: The Best Phone of 2024 It’s another way to see the types of data it consumes in Samsung Health: sleep, diet, activity, and stress. In particular, it’s something for someone who doesn’t want a Galaxy Watch or wristwatch but still wants to monitor their health, and can find a ring that’s easy to wear. “A ring can be smaller than a watch, and the finger provides a better place for health than the wrist,” Avi Greengart, president and analyst at Techsponential, which also reviewed Samsung’s Pak, told CNET. Samsung expects that some consumers will want both a ring and a watch, while others will choose one or the other, Greengart said. Some may even carry a ring because they like the look, which Eadicicco described as a small band that looks like a solid metal groom’s ring (the rings run inside). Samsung has revealed the Galaxy Ring at its Galaxy Unpacked event. Samsung”Personally, I’m very happy with this device because I’ve been looking at the ring myself and I’ve found that the details are very large and the Galaxy Ring could be perfect for me, especially since I already use the Galaxy Watch 6 model,” said Anshel Sag, analyst about Moor Insights and Strategy. With a smartwatch display and many sensors, Sag doesn’t see people replacing it with fitness rings. Instead, they fill in gaps to provide health information when the watches are not worn, such as washing overnight. It would be great if the Galaxy Ring just worked without much setup, and Sag thinks it might not need a new app on Samsung phones and would integrate well with other health apps. to improve communication, there is another group of technology users who are satisfied with devices that do everything silently in the background. The Galaxy series may appeal to those who want to track their health but don’t want another smartphone device that’s clamoring to help them. Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Ring: First Impressions 02:46 “The idea of such rings is not to be cheaper than smartwatches, but rather to be a small and stylish device for use like sleep tracking,” said Bryan Ma, VP . of research equipment at the International Data Corporation. The Galaxy Ring may also be for a small group of people who want to check their health using the company’s Samsung Health program but have an iPhone, so they cannot connect to Samsung’s latest wearables and watches. (The Galaxy Watch line has been Android-only since the company partnered with Google in 2021 to run Wear OS 3 software.) Samsung hasn’t released pricing or indicated how much the Galaxy Ring will cost, or what kinds of health features it will have. it will provide compared to other healthy clothes. Therefore, it is difficult to predict how the Galaxy Ring will distinguish itself and attract its users — but given the market, we can say about those who will want to sign up for the next Samsung device.
Oura ring on the right compared to the metal band on the left. Olli Keskinen What the market has kept Galaxy RingElephant in the room is that other health tracking rings exist, especially Oura and Monavo’s Evie, which have been adopted by celebrities and athletes – but so far they have not spread. and all people. It won’t be easy for Samsung to compete, but the company has a sizeable advantage and an ecosystem of other devices that should make it happen, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Julie Ask told CNET. “Oura started as hardware. Now they are integrating and signing up to pay for more information,” said Ask. “Samsung can just sell the devices … . The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 that starts at $300 is easy to compare with the $400 Apple Watch 9 or the $450 Garmin Venu 2, but it’s easy to stand up against the Oura Ring that starts at $300. So the price that Samsung puts on The Galaxy Ring is a story, Ask said. If it’s $100 to $200, tech fans might be willing to buy it—and try it on even if it sits in a sock drawer for months. If it’s above $300, they’ll need to know the price before they buy. Buyers will be more determined. after seeing it in action, and we expect to hear more about the Galaxy Ring as Samsung prepares to launch it. But beyond price and technology, Samsung needs to prove to consumers that the Galaxy Ring is easy to use. Many consumers rely on the communication method – think of the annoying but useful reminders to stop — which promotes various incentives such as games, competition, training, support and so on, Ask said. A feature called Booster Cards, which gives you information on your health stats. If your sleep is poor, the card can tell you that it is because you are tossing and turning, for example. There is an opportunity for Samsung to capture the segment of consumers who care about their health and want a wearable that is easy to use that will provide more accurate health information than the solutions we currently have.
Samsung/Screenshot by CNETFitting in AI is getting a profit in the market Since existing fitness wearables collected health data from phones, and Samsung has been using its Samsung Health app on phones as a way to link fitness and health, it’s reasonable to expect. Galaxy Ring to do the same. Another question with Samsung’s new device is how it can benefit from the advancement of dual-mode phones – which, in 2024, means AI phones. Generative Edit, all included in a package called Galaxy AI. With all the AI features announced in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 that supports the S24 series, it would make sense to have some of the action in the Samsung Health app and work with the data collected by the Galaxy Ring. Read more: How Samsung’s Galaxy AI is Against Google and AppleAgain, Samsung’s tease of the Galaxy Ring is so limited that there’s no way to get confirmation of AI-powered features, or to touch on the previously announced Galaxy AI features on the S24 series. But given Samsung’s investment in this area, it would make sense to expand this with the information collected by the Galaxy Ring. “[The Galaxy Ring] it should expand the market, and connect with the growth of the AI device, “Gartner analyst Ranjit Atwai told CNET. It will launch the feature Fitbit Labs later this year. AI may not be the differentiator of the Galaxy Ring, it may be the minimum that is needed to adapt to the upcoming trends in health wearables of this year. A smartwatch is a ring to make a strong statement in the fitness wear category, Forrester’s Ask said. They need to educate people and create that market. That starts with convincing them of the value of the Galaxy Ring.” a digital experience that makes implementation easy, provides amazing insights, and that drives the best interactions with consumers,” Ask said.[That’s] hard to do.” Samsung Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus Looks Sweet in Aluminum See all photos
