Oura Ring is a smart ring used to track health-related data like sleep and physical activity.
Highlights
- Oura ring is a health monitoring device
- It measures the quality of the sleep
- It cost around $300 to $400.
- It is not available in India Yet.
- It has a monthly membership plan for its application
Origins of Oura Ring
Finnish Health Technology company, Oura Health Oy produces these rings. Petteri Lathela, Kari Kivela, and Markku Koskela founded this company in 2013. Their headquarter is in Oulu. Finland.
The company raised US$ 2.3 million in 2015. After this, they created the first-generation ring via a kickstart campaign in 2016 and launched the product in 2017 at a slush tech conference.
Oura Ring has earned many awards over the year like in 2020, Best consumer Wellness company from UCSF digital health Awards and it was mentioned in the 100 best inventions of 2020.
Oura Health Oy’s main product is Oura rings, they have been working great on the way more health activity can be tracked. Oura ring measures heart rate and health activity like any other activity bracelet or heart rate monitor.
Why a ring, not a bracelet?
Measuring heart rate and physical activity is a difficult task that requires sensors to monitor the heart rate from the nerves present in the wrist. But measuring the heart rate from a finger makes the process a little simpler.
Fingers have a less surface area than the wrist and they contain almost all the nerves required for measurement.
Oura ring measures the heart rate and physical activity with the help of infrared LEDs. The change in the reflection of the light from LEDs is analyzed and evaluated by an algorithm developed by the company. Our rings can also measure the change in heart rate with the analysis from the algorithm.
Price and availability of the Oura rings
Oura rings start at $300 and go up to $400 for the stealth or gold case rings. Oura Ring as of now is not available in India. Certain regulation imposed by India makes it difficult to export to India.
You can also get a membership at $5.99 per month after the trial period ends. To access most of the features you need a membership like a personalized interface in-app and insights.
App and features of Oura rings
To get the full experience of the product, you need to download the app ‘Oura’ from Google Play or the Apple store. The app contains all the data about measuring signals from your body using a ring, Oura delivers personal insights to empower your everyday.
App also shows the data about your sleep pattern like how much you sleep, how much time are you in deep sleep, REM sleep, or disturbance in sleep.
You can also make a tag showing how much coffee or alcohol u consumed in a week or month. It then recommends the required amount of caffeine or alcohol to consume in a week or month.
It tracks the temperature 24/7 and makes a record of it and shows it at the end of the month to check the variation of temperature. It also shows the monthly record of choices you made and recommends the better choice of food or drink you can take.
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