Your Oura ring is getting a bunch of new Women's Health features — here's what you need to know
The new features focus on two of the biggest changes in the female body — pregnancy and perimenopause. As a fitness editor, I've been wearing an Oura Ring for the past four years. It's my go-to tracker for keeping track of my sleep, menstrual cycle, and overall fitness. My Oura ring knew I was pregnant before I did a couple of years ago, but I was slightly disappointed to not be able to track my pregnancy symptoms on my ring, so I'm thrilled to see these long-awaited changes drop.
Below, I'll dive into the different features coming to your Oura ring this week.
Your Oura ring will now give you week-by-week pregnancy insights to help moms-to-be to better understand what's going on in their bodies. When you opt into the new Pregnancy Insights feature, your ring will highlight four key insights related to pregnancy — temperature trends, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate, plus give you context into why these key metrics might be changing.
Each day, you'll be able to see how far you are into your pregnancy by trimester, as well as a weekly message highlighting any symptoms to expect. You can also add pregnancy-related tags — these can be habits, feelings, or physical changes, but it can help you keep track of how you're feeling. There are 35 new tags to capture the highs and lows of pregnancy, and these include heartburn, Braxton Hicks, vomiting, and contractions.
Once you've told your Oura ring you're expecting, your insights will also take this into account. Readiness, Sleep, Rest Mode, and Recovery Mode will be reflective of your pregnancy and gestational age. Oura's AI Advisor will also remember you're pregnant and offer advice about symptoms.
Oura's Pregnancy Insights feature will be available on Oura Ring 3 and Oura Ring 4 from August 12 on iOS and Android.
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There are over one billion women worldwide either in perimenopause or post-menopause, and despite writing about the best fitness trackers for the past decade, this is the first dedicated feature for it I've ever seen on a device.
Oura's new perimenopause check-in feature will allow women to track symptoms and understand their impact.
Members will begin by completing a 12-question Menopause Rating Survey. Once they've completed the survey, they'll get a downloadable PDF which includes their symptoms, biometric trends, and cycle data, which can easily be shared with a healthcare professional.
Members can also seek support from Oura's women's health partners, including Midi Health, Evernow, Mavern Clinic, and Progyny.
Oura's perimenopause check-in feature will be available to Oura ring users in the US from August 13, with plans to expand internationally soon.
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