Samsung ended its Samsung Galaxy 24 launch occasion with a post-credits-style tease for the Samsung Galaxy Ring, however followers got little greater than a blink-and-you’ll-miss it take a look at the upcoming good ring’s design.
Nevertheless, in a follow-up interview with TechRadar, Samsung’s Head of Buyer Expertise, Patrick Chomet, shed additional mild on what the Galaxy Ring is, who it’s being designed for, and when it’d launch.
“Now we have an attractive ring,” Chomet advised us. “The {hardware} is prepared and the product is gorgeous. We’re doing a little issues with Samsung Well being that are actually spectacular [with regards to] sleep.”
“However we have to do rather a lot [before it’s ready for release]. Now we have the {hardware}, we’ve got some software program – which we may have launched at the moment, by the best way; it’s prepared – however having an entire package deal expertise that folks can use at scale [is different]. We’re getting there. Will probably be a bit later within the 12 months.”
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The Galaxy Ring was confirmed at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 (Picture credit score: Samsung)
The Galaxy Ring was confirmed at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 (Picture credit score: Samsung)
The Galaxy Ring was confirmed at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 (Picture credit score: Samsung)
The Galaxy Ring was confirmed at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 (Picture credit score: Samsung)
Chomet’s feedback recommend that the Galaxy Ring may launch on the firm’s subsequent Unpacked occasion, which we count on to happen someday between July and August. Samsung has additionally confirmed {that a} main replace to its Well being app is coming “later this 12 months”, so it appears seemingly that the Ring will debut alongside these software program adjustments.
As for who the Galaxy Ring is being designed for, Chomet mentioned the next: “It’s very thrilling as a result of, though Samsung Well being works fairly properly – we have had a number of good suggestions on sleep monitoring, and we’re investing rather a lot [in its development] – what most individuals inform us is that they discover it troublesome to sleep with a watch. It’s a lot simpler to sleep with a hoop than a watch.”
Certainly, the perfect good rings are geared in direction of serving to you observe sleep and handle vitality ranges in a manner that doesn’t really feel intrusive, so it sounds just like the Galaxy Ring will go toe-to-toe with the superb Oura Ring in that division.
On additional particulars, Chomet remained tight-lipped – “I all the time get nervous when my boss publicizes an in-development product” – however we’re assured that extra particulars surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Ring will emerge within the coming weeks.
Within the meantime, head over to our hands-on Samsung Galaxy S24 evaluation, hands-on Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus evaluation and hands-on Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely evaluation for our early ideas on Samsung’s newest cell units.
