Latest news with #OuraRingGen3
NBC News
26-03-2025
- Health
- NBC News
Oura Ring Gen3 is at its lowest price ever right now
One of the best smart rings, the Oura Ring Gen3, is at its lowest price ever: $199 at the time of writing. If you are looking to track health and wellness metrics without having to wear a bulky fitness tracker, this could be the perfect solution. Oura Ring Gen3 Heritage deal Oura Ring Gen3 Heritage The Oura Ring is a smart ring that tracks metrics like heart rate, sleep stages, stress levels, body temperature, blood oxygen and more. It can automatically detect and log workouts like running and cycling. The app keeps a history of all your data, so you can see changes and trends over days, weeks and months. I tested this version for about four months, and loved the accurate sleep and health tracking features like bedtime trends and readiness levels. The ring essentially requires an Oura Ring subscription, if you want to get all of the rings health tracking benefits. The subscription costs $5.99 a month or $69.99 a year. You can learn more about the Gen3 in my Oura Ring review and the newest model in my Oura Ring 4 review. Want more from NBC Select? Sign up for our newsletter, The Selection, and shop smarter. Why trust NBC Select? I am a reporter at NBC Select who covers technology and fitness including recent stories on smartwatches, running shoes, cameras and more. For this piece, I checked Oura Ring Gen3 price history over time and current prices across multiple retailers to find the best deal. Catch up on NBC Select's in-depth coverage of tech and tools, wellness and more, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok to stay up to date.
NBC News
18-03-2025
- Health
- NBC News
I tested the latest Oura Ring 4 for months — is it worth the upgrade?
I know plenty of people who want some sort of wellness tracker or smartwatch, but don't want to be glued to a tiny screen on their wrist that constantly distracts you with notifications. I get it — most of us are already glued to our phones: why add another screen to the mix? That's where I think smart rings get their appeal. Imagine a small, subtle, stylish health tracker that doesn't grab or need your attention to function. No buzzing notifications, no bulky screen, but all the metrics you might associate with a traditional fitness tracker. Is that vision a reality with the Oura Ring 4? Sort of. I tested it daily for over two months: here's what you should know. What is the Oura Ring 4? Oura Ring 4 The Oura Ring 4 ($349) is a smart ring that tracks a plethora of health metrics: heart rate, sleep stages, stress levels, body temperature, blood oxygen and more. It automatically detects and logs some exercise like walking and running, and you can manually record the start and end of any workout using the Oura app. Since there is no screen, you spend a considerable amount of time viewing data and metrics on the Oura app. The app has been redesigned since the launch of the previous Oura Ring Gen 3 ($299), with a more intuitive home screen that shows your scores for readiness, sleep, activity and stress at a glance. Because the app keeps track of data over a stretch of time, you can also view trend reports to see things like your sleep score across weeks, months or years. Improvements over the Oura Ring Gen 3 include a longer eight day battery life (up from seven), a wider range of sizes and a fully titanium build (the Oura Ring Gen 3 was partially made of plastic). The Oura Ring 4 comes in six finishes and sizes ranging from four to 15. You can buy the ring without paying for a subscription, but you'll get an extremely limited amount of data: only your daily score for sleep, activity and readiness, according to the brand. An Oura Membership subscription costs $5.99 a month or $69.99 a year, and unlocks every tracking feature plus things like guided meditation and sleep stories in the Oura app. Display: N/A | Weight: 3.3-5.2 grams | Battery life: up to 8 days | Built-in GPS: no | Sleep tracking: yes (including naps) | Heart-rate monitor: yes, with EKG | Water resistance: yes, up to 100 meters (up to 12 hours) | Works best with: Oura app (iOS or Android) How I tried the Oura Ring 4 I tested the Oura Ring 4 for over two months after the brand sent me a sizing kit and ring sample for review. I wore the ring on my right ring finger and compared the fit and data collected to other smart rings like the Samsung Galaxy Ring ($399), which I wore on my left ring finger during a week of side-by-side testing. NBC Select updates editor Mili Godio coincidentally bought the Oura Ring 4 for herself, and has also been wearing hers for over two months. I spoke with her to get her perspective on the ring and her experience with features I could not test like cycle tracking. My experience with the Oura Ring 4 The Oura Ring Gen 3 was already my favorite smart ring on the market. The Oura Ring 4's hardware and software improvements help cement it as the best smart ring you can buy right now. Still, you should know that it cannot replace a fitness tracker or smartwatch for tracking exercise. And competitors like the Samsung Galaxy Ring and Ultrahuman Ring Air ($349) can track similar metrics, minus the subscription fee. What we like Improved design and comfort One of my least favorite parts of the Oura Ring Gen 3 is its sensor bumps — it has three round bumps on the inner side of the ring that house its infrared LED sensors. I am already not a ring person — a ring with bumps pushing against my skin? No thanks. The Oura Ring 4 has recessed sensors that are nearly flush with the ring — you don't notice them unless you are looking very carefully. This makes the ring much more comfortable than the previous version, in my experience. Robust health and sleep tracking The sleep and health tracking of the Oura Ring 4 is just as impressive (if not more so) as the previous version. During my testing, I compared a week of sleep data from the Oura Ring 4 to data from the Samsung Galaxy Ring (paired with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 ($299)) and the Apple Watch Series 10 ($399). The Oura Ring 4 had the most accurate sleep data. The competition wasn't wildly inaccurate, but couldn't match the accuracy of the Oura Ring. For example, I toss and turn a lot while I sleep, and the Samsung Galaxy Ring often logged those movements as tiny wake windows throughout the night. The Galaxy Ring would also log no data at all for the hour or so I was awake in the middle of the night to take care of my baby, throwing the whole evening's data out of whack. The Oura Ring 4 never had these issues. All of the wearables I tested were confused by the early morning hours I spent with my baby. We would sometimes wake up early and I would rock them in a gliding chair to buy an extra hour of sleep. All the wearables I tested thought this was a brief wake window followed by an hour of sleep. I was very much awake, just sedentary (listening to audiobooks on my Airpods) in a gliding chair. Improved app experience I hadn't used the Oura Ring app in about five months when I synced the Oura Ring 4 for the first time. The app has changed a lot since 2024. The layout is cleaner, with three primary tabs on the bottom (Today, Vitals and My Health) and all your most important scores in small circles on the top (Readiness, Sleep activity, Heart Rate and Stress). The app also loads data from the Ring 4 much faster than when I tested the Oura Ring 3 in 2024 — it only took five seconds or so to load a full day of activity, in my experience. Potential drawbacks to keep in mind You still need to record a lot of things yourself Ideally the Oura Ring could automatically track everything for me, without any input on my end. After all, if I wanted to micromanage my data and track my heart rate zones as I exercised, I would wear a smartwatch, not a smart ring. The Oura Ring accomplishes this for most health and sleep tracking, but falls short in other areas, namely exercise tracking. It automatically logs walks decently well, but other exercises like yoga and strength training it did not detect at all, in our experience. It automatically detected and logged outdoor runs, but GPS data was sometimes inaccurate. When we did pull out our phones and start and stop workouts manually, stats and GPS data were usually acceptable. But that's not really the point for Godio and I. Pulling out our phones and manually starting and stopping a workout feels like the opposite of why you would own an Oura Ring. Godio almost never logged her workout classes on her Oura Ring, either because she forgot to in the hustle and bustle of getting ready for class or because the classes themselves had a no phone policy. 'If I have to do anything manually on the Oura Ring, chances are I'm not doing it,' says Godio. Cycle tracking is a similar story — it is useful and accurate, but requires a lot of manual input. To get the most accurate info about the average number of days your period lasts, cycle variability and the range of days you can expect each month, you need to be diligent and consistent about manually inputting each day of your cycle, says Godio. We know the Oura Ring 4 can't magically track everything, we wouldn't expect it to, but making some of these manual inputs faster and easier to do would be a good start. Subscription price Oura Ring 4 may be one of the best smart rings on the market, but it is also one of the few that requires a subscription. I am actively trying to reduce the number of subscriptions in my life, and other smart rings that don't have a monthly subscription (Ultrahuman, Samsung, Ringconn) may be worth a look, depending on your priorities. Who is the Oura Ring 4 for? The Oura Ring 4 is the best smart ring you can get, in my experience. It automatically tracks most general health, wellness and sleep activity and presents it in insightful, easy to understand scores on the Oura Ring app. It's more comfortable than ever, has improved battery life and a more intuitive app experience. It's not for athletes like marathoners or long-distance cyclists — it cannot compete with the live stats and exercise accuracy of smartwatches from Apple and Garmin. It's also not for anyone looking to cull subscriptions (consider subscription-free alternatives like the Samsung Galaxy Ring and Ultrahuman Ring Air instead). But it is the best smart ring I've tested. And if you want the best of the best, it's the Oura Ring 4. For now, anyway. Why trust NBC Select? I am a reporter at NBC Select who covers technology and fitness including recent stories on smartwatches, running shoes, workout earbuds and more. For this piece, I wore the Oura Ring 4 daily for over two months after the brand sent me one to try. I tracked my daily stats, sleep and exercise and compared the fit and feel of the Oura Ring 4 to other smart rings on the market. I also discussed my experience with NBC Select updates editor Mili Godio, who owns and wears her Oura Ring 4 daily.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
8 sleep trackers to help you get a better night's rest
Fox News and its syndication partners may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom. A restful night's sleep is something many people wish they could achieve but never do. With the demands of work, family and everything in-between, many people find themselves tossing and turning in their beds all night. A poor night's sleep doesn't just leave you tired, it can also impact your general well-being. This is where sleep trackers come into play, offering a modern solution to an age-old problem. Sleep trackers provide valuable insights into your sleep patterns, helping you understand how well or how poorly you're sleeping. By monitoring various aspects of your sleep, these trackers empower you to change your bedtime habits. The right sleep tracker can be a game-changer in your quest for better sleep and health, so check out these eight options. Original price: $299 An Oura Ring Gen 3 provides you with the most accurate readings, since your finger has a strong pulse, making it easier to track your heart rate. Not only can you track your sleep, but you can track your activity and stress as well, if you have an Oura Membership. You get a free month when you initially purchase your ring, and then it's $5.00 per month. The Oura Ring is compatible with both iOS and Android devices, so you can sync it across all your apps. Most of these sleep trackers can be found on Amazon, and can be delivered to your door in 24 hours if you're an Amazon Prime member. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. A WHOOP monitor tracks everything from your heart and respiratory rates to your sleep, skin temperature and blood oxygen levels, among other metrics. All these metrics are tracked by the waterproof band and battery. When you first purchase a WHOOP 4.0, you'll get a 12-month membership included that helps you keep track of all your data. Read On The Fox News App Get The Rest You Need With These 7 Sleep Products A Go2sleep 3 is just a sleep tracker, so you only have to wear it at night. Every second of your night will be tracked through your heart rate and blood oxygen levels. The AI-driven algorithm also has non-invasive blood glucose monitoring, so you can be sure you're staying healthy. Fitbits are popular health trackers because they're comfortable to wear and easy to use. The Fitbit Inspire 3 provides 24/7 heart rate monitoring, over 20 exercise modes and automatic exercise tracking. Each night, you'll also get a detailed sleep analysis and sleep score added to your personalized sleep profile. Original price: $249 A second generation Apple Watch SE tracks a variety of health metrics, including sleep. You can get sleep apnea notifications and high/low heart rate alerts. When you're up and about, the Apple Watch SE can also provide fall detection. Sustainable Sleep Items That Will Help You Sleep Through The Night Original price: $279 A RingConn Gen 1 ring tracks your body's metrics and delivers personalized advice. You get a list of easy-to-understand metrics and wellness support so you can work towards sleeping better and improving your overall health. Original price: $129.95 Don't want to wear a sleep tracker to get insight into your health? The Withings sleep tracking pad can be placed under your sheets or mattress and tracks all the same metrics as a wearable device. You can work to improve your sleep quality with the sleep cycle analysis that examines your light and REM sleep stages. Withings also tracks your heart rate and detects snoring, so you can understand how you're sleeping and what you need to do to sleep better. For more Deals, visit Original price: $49.99 For a no-frills tracker that still gets the job done, the Amazfit Band 7 is a strong choice. It's an all-around health tracker that will track your sleep quality across all your sleep stages and your waking hours as well. It tracks your swimming data (yes, it's waterproof), your step, your blood oxygen levels and your heart article source: 8 sleep trackers to help you get a better night's rest
Fox News
11-03-2025
- Health
- Fox News
8 sleep trackers to help you get a better night's rest
A restful night's sleep is something many people wish they could achieve but never do. With the demands of work, family and everything in-between, many people find themselves tossing and turning in their beds all night. A poor night's sleep doesn't just leave you tired, it can also impact your general well-being. This is where sleep trackers come into play, offering a modern solution to an age-old problem. Sleep trackers provide valuable insights into your sleep patterns, helping you understand how well or how poorly you're sleeping. By monitoring various aspects of your sleep, these trackers empower you to change your bedtime habits. The right sleep tracker can be a game-changer in your quest for better sleep and health, so check out these eight options. Original price: $299 An Oura Ring Gen 3 provides you with the most accurate readings, since your finger has a strong pulse, making it easier to track your heart rate. Not only can you track your sleep, but you can track your activity and stress as well, if you have an Oura Membership. You get a free month when you initially purchase your ring, and then it's $5.00 per month. The Oura Ring is compatible with both iOS and Android devices, so you can sync it across all your apps. Most of these sleep trackers can be found on Amazon, and can be delivered to your door in 24 hours if you're an Amazon Prime member. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. A WHOOP monitor tracks everything from your heart and respiratory rates to your sleep, skin temperature and blood oxygen levels, among other metrics. All these metrics are tracked by the waterproof band and battery. When you first purchase a WHOOP 4.0, you'll get a 12-month membership included that helps you keep track of all your data. A Go2sleep 3 is just a sleep tracker, so you only have to wear it at night. Every second of your night will be tracked through your heart rate and blood oxygen levels. The AI-driven algorithm also has non-invasive blood glucose monitoring, so you can be sure you're staying healthy. Fitbits are popular health trackers because they're comfortable to wear and easy to use. The Fitbit Inspire 3 provides 24/7 heart rate monitoring, over 20 exercise modes and automatic exercise tracking. Each night, you'll also get a detailed sleep analysis and sleep score added to your personalized sleep profile. Original price: $249 A second generation Apple Watch SE tracks a variety of health metrics, including sleep. You can get sleep apnea notifications and high/low heart rate alerts. When you're up and about, the Apple Watch SE can also provide fall detection. Original price: $279 A RingConn Gen 1 ring tracks your body's metrics and delivers personalized advice. You get a list of easy-to-understand metrics and wellness support so you can work towards sleeping better and improving your overall health. Original price: $129.95 Don't want to wear a sleep tracker to get insight into your health? The Withings sleep tracking pad can be placed under your sheets or mattress and tracks all the same metrics as a wearable device. You can work to improve your sleep quality with the sleep cycle analysis that examines your light and REM sleep stages. Withings also tracks your heart rate and detects snoring, so you can understand how you're sleeping and what you need to do to sleep better. For more Deals, visit Original price: $49.99 For a no-frills tracker that still gets the job done, the Amazfit Band 7 is a strong choice. It's an all-around health tracker that will track your sleep quality across all your sleep stages and your waking hours as well. It tracks your swimming data (yes, it's waterproof), your step, your blood oxygen levels and your heart rate.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
I've worn my Oura Ring for over a year — but I would only recommend it to this specific group of people
Way back in January 2024, I started wearing the Oura Ring Gen3. Over the past year, the smart ring has had a front-row seat to my health. It knows my heart rate variability (HRV), blood oxygen rate, body temperature and sleep duration. As a fitness tracker, it follows my movement (or lack thereof) and provides me with a daily Readiness Score that, in all honesty, I have a habit of ignoring. The Oura Ring has also turned out to be quite the conversation starter. With whom do you ask? Namely, people wanting to know whether or not the ring is worth its steep $600 price tag. Below, I share my unfiltered review of the Oura Ring Gen3: what I like, what I love and where there's room for improvement. Shop the Oura Ring Gen3 in rose gold (pictured), silver, brushed titanium, gold and stealth (matte black). Don't feel like reading? I'll summarize it here: if you're interested in tracking your sleep, menstrual cycle and overall health, the Oura Ring Gen3 is fantastic. However, if you want a fitness tracker that provides real-time data and accurate workout logs, you might find it lacking. If you keep scrolling, I'll explain why. What is the Oura Ring? What the Oura Ring Gen3 does well Where there's room for improvement Is an Oura Ring worth it? The Oura Ring is a health and fitness-tracking ring, with many similar functions to the Apple Watch, Fitbit and Whoop band. Regardless of the finish, every Oura Ring is made of titanium. It's water resistant up to 100m/328 ft, non-allergenic and lighter than the average wedding band. The ring can withstand a variety of temperatures, ranging from saunas to cold Canadian winters. While it's far smaller than many fitness trackers, the Oura Ring packs a gigantic, biometric-laden punch. It measures resting heart rate and heart rate variability with near-perfect accuracy and tracks temperature changes as slight as 0.13°C/ 0.234°F. One of its most famous features — the Sleep Score — uses your total sleep, heart rate variability (HRV), nighttime movement, blood oxygen sensing and sleep regularity to deliver a data-driven answer to the question, "How did you sleep last night?" Once your ring gets to know you, it suggests an optimal bedtime to improve your sleep quality. The Oura Ring Gen3 automatically detects over 40 activities, including housework, walking and strength training, and adds your movement to your daily activity score. It tells you how much you moved the previous day and, partnered with your nightly sleep score, delivers a Readiness Score that calculates your readiness for the day. In terms of heart health, the ring has a few functions, including 24/7 heart rate monitoring and cardio capacity (your VO2 Max), that work together to give you your cardiovascular age. One of my favourite features of the ring, this feature shows you how your cardiovascular system is aging relative to your chronological age, and what that may mean for long-term health. Hands down, the biggest draw of the Oura Ring is its ability and accuracy to track your sleep. The ring tracks seven contributors — total sleep, efficiency, restfulness, REM sleep, deep sleep, latency and timing — to determine a daily sleep score. It also tells you your average and lowest heart rate and your average HRV. If you care about metrics like average oxygen saturation and sleep efficiency, it's a top-notch device. More than anything, the Oura Ring provides you with a lot of interesting data. Your daily Readiness Score, for example, is based on nine "readiness contributors," including your resting heart rate, HRV balance, body temperature, sleep balance and previous day's activity. The data they provide is laid out in a way that the average person can digest: no one needs a medical degree for interpretation. I particularly enjoy the "My Health" section, which provides you with your "cardiovascular age" and cardio capacity. My cardiovascular age, for example, was eight years younger than my actual age while I was walking the Camino de Santiago this summer. Today, it's seven years younger; still good, but obviously less so now that I'm not walking 35+ kilometres a day. Whenever someone asks me who the Oura Ring is best for, 9/10 times, I recommend it for women wanting to track their cycles. The ring's sensors track your body temperature, a versatile metric that may indicate illness and tell you where you are in your menstrual cycle. If you want to know what your temperature has to do with your fertility, Oura has partnered with Natural Cycles, a temperature-powered birth control, to tell you. I bought a Natural Cycles subscription when I got my Oura Ring, and I can confidently say it is the most accurate period prediction app I have ever used. Using your temperature data provided by Oura, Natural Cycles can be used as an FDA-cleared, non-hormonal, non-invasive birth control. It uses your temperature to identify fertile and non-fertile days and predicts ovulation. If you want to get pregnant, the ring can provide accurate dates about your estimated peak fertility, chances of conception and detected ovulation. The Natural Cycles subscription costs $100 CAD annually but is well worth it, in my opinion. According to Oura, the ring should last up to one week on a single charge, but in my experience, it needs charging every few days. This isn't the biggest deal considering how much data it provides via such a small device, but it is something to note, regardless. At the end of the day, the Oura Ring should be considered a wellness and sleep tracker instead of a fitness tracker. The ring does provide several fitness metrics, including total calorie burn, steps and walking equivalency, and it can alert you to move your body if you've been stagnant for too long. That said, I find it routinely struggles with a few important things. The Oura ring will automatically detect activity and suggest a category for tagging in the app. However, the automatic detection is only accurate some of the time. If I am out for a casual stroll, it will often suggest a vigorous hike. If I'm sitting watching TV, it will ask if I'm napping. For more intense strength-based workouts, it doesn't register anything at all. I also have a hard time believing the step count and walking equivalency. It will often show I've walked far greater distances than I have, especially compared to my iPhone. As I write this, my iPhone says I have walked 3 km today and my Oura Ring, 7.4 k.m. Critiques aside, there's a reason why I have worn my Oura Ring for more than a year — I love it. The ring has given me so much insight into my overall health, especially regarding my menstrual cycle and fertility. The first thing I do every morning is check my Sleep Score, and the last thing I do before shut-eye is confirm all my day's activities. If you want the Oura Ring as your primary fitness tracker, I would suggest you look elsewhere. However, if you want a device that provides top-notch sleep and wellness metrics, it's worth the investment.
