Wearable Index
20 DEVICES · 16 SHIPPING OR PREORDER · UPDATED DAILY

Smart rings, compared

A smart ring packs sleep, recovery and heart tracking into a screenless band of titanium — no display, no buttons, a battery measured in days and nothing to charge nightly. It has become the quiet counterweight to the smartwatch: always on your body, never on your attention.

The field splits along two lines. Health rings — Oura, whose patents and market share define the category, against subscription-free challengers like RingConn and Ultrahuman — compete on sensors, battery and whether your data costs a monthly fee. A second, newer front treats the ring as an input device: voice capture and gesture control for AI glasses and XR.

Every smart ring in the index

DeviceYearStatusPriceNotable hardware
Oura Ring 5 2026 Shipping $399 PPG heart rate (next-gen) · Skin temperature · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Blood pressure (signals)
Samsung Galaxy Ring 2024 Shipping $399 PPG heart rate · Skin temperature
Ultrahuman Ring Pro 2026 Preorder $479 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature
RingConn Gen 3 2026 Shipping $349 PPG heart rate · Skin temperature · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Blood pressure (insights)
Garmin Cirqa Smart Ring 2026 Rumored TBD
Pebble Index 01 2026 Shipping $99 Button
Circular Ring 2 2026 Shipping $299 ECG (single-lead) · PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature
Even Realities R1 2025 Shipping $249 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature · Touch / tap input
Vital Signals Signal Ring 2026 Preorder $399 PPG heart rate · Blood pressure (cuffless)
Sandbar Stream Ring 2025 Preorder $249 Touch / tap input · Haptics
Casio CRW-H001 2026 Shipping $295 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature · Haptics
Vocci Vocci Ring 2026 Shipping $249 Button · Haptics
KiWear Smart Ring 2026 Preorder $249 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Gesture sensing · Touch / tap input
Prolo Prolo Ring 2026 Shipping $149 Touch / tap input (thumb pads) · Gesture sensing
Spark Ring Spark Ring 2026 Announced $159 Touch / tap input (double-tap) · Haptics
Actxa Core Smart Ring 2026 Shipping $259 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature
Hama Ring One 2026 Announced €129 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature · Haptics
Muse Wearables Ring One 2.0 2026 Preorder $209 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature · Blood pressure (cuffless)
KSIX Saturn Pay 2026 Announced €109.99 PPG heart rate
Elah Ring S1 2026 Preorder $199 PPG heart rate · Blood oxygen (SpO₂) · Skin temperature · Haptics

Shipping now or on preorder

Oura Ring 5 2026 · $399 Shipping

The world's smallest smart ring — roughly 40% smaller, week-long battery and new blood-pressure signals.

Samsung Galaxy Ring 2024 · $399 Shipping

Galaxy-tethered ring for sleep, activity and cycle tracking, and the first smart ring cleared by the FDA for over-the-counter sleep-apnea detection, arriving in a fall 2026 update.

Ultrahuman Ring Pro 2026 · $479 Preorder

Subscription-free flagship answering Oura with a 15-day battery, redesigned heart-rate sensing and the Jade real-time biointelligence engine; repeated delays pushed shipping to 15 September onward.

RingConn Gen 3 2026 · $349 Shipping

Titanium third-gen ring adding vascular and blood-pressure insights plus on-finger vibration alerts, keeping the 14-day battery and no subscription.

Pebble Index 01 2026 · $99 Shipping

Minimalist single-button ring with a mic that captures voice memos transcribed privately on your phone — no health tracking.

Circular Ring 2 2026 · $299 Shipping

Titanium ring built around an on-finger single-lead ECG with AFib detection and PPG-based blood-pressure estimation.

Even Realities R1 2025 · $249 Shipping

Zirconia-ceramic companion ring that discreetly controls Even Realities' G2 glasses while tracking heart rate, HRV, SpO₂, temperature, activity and sleep, with a four-day battery.

Vital Signals Signal Ring 2026 · $399 Preorder

Cuffless smart ring that takes direct systolic and diastolic blood-pressure readings from an optical finger sensor without calibration, with preorders scheduled to ship in October 2026.

Sandbar Stream Ring 2025 · $249 Preorder

Voice-first AI ring — capture thoughts by speaking, or whispering, into your hand; the first two batches have sold out and the current third preorder batch is scheduled to ship in September 2026.

Casio CRW-H001 2026 · $295 Shipping

China-only smart ring watch pairing a tiny digital display with heart-rate, SpO₂ and temperature tracking, activity and sleep analysis, and vibration alerts.

Vocci Vocci Ring 2026 · $249 Shipping

Titanium note-taking ring from Gyges Labs, the maker of Halliday's glasses — a single button records conversations that the app turns into speaker-labelled transcripts and summaries across 100+ languages; launch stock now ships within 14 days.

KiWear Smart Ring 2026 · $249 Preorder

Ceramic gesture ring for controlling phones, computers, TVs and smart glasses, with heart-rate, SpO₂, activity and sleep tracking; its funded Kickstarter targets first-batch shipping in late November.

Prolo Prolo Ring 2026 · $149 Shipping

Wide-band Bluetooth controller ring using discreet thumb taps and swipes for cursor, media, presentation and smart-glasses control across paired devices; more than 5,000 units have shipped.

Actxa Core Smart Ring 2026 · $259 Shipping

Subscription-free titanium wellness ring combining heart rate, SpO₂, temperature, sleep and activity tracking with one-minute non-invasive AI glucose-status scans; orders are live with a free sizing kit.

Muse Wearables Ring One 2.0 2026 · $209 Preorder

Titanium follow-up to Muse's much-delayed first ring, promising cuffless blood pressure, AFib and sleep-apnea detection, NFC payments and 100m water resistance; its Indiegogo launch is offering a $209 early-bird price.

Elah Ring S1 2026 · $199 Preorder

Faith-centered titanium health ring combining seven biometric signals with user-scheduled prayer cues delivered through vibration and a cross-shaped LED; shipping begins October 13.

Next generations on the horizon

Announced & rumored

Garmin Cirqa Smart Ring 2026 · TBD Rumored

Indonesian and Brazilian regulatory filings link Garmin's Cirqa name to a ten-model hardware family consistent with ring sizing, though launch details remain unconfirmed.

Spark Ring Spark Ring 2026 · $159 Announced

Sub-3g zirconia voice-capture ring that starts recording with a double-tap, transcribes on a paired phone, sorts speech into notes, tasks and reminders, and delivers haptic alerts; its Kickstarter launch is set for September 17 with December shipping planned.

Hama Ring One 2026 · €129 Announced

Stainless-steel health ring pairing round-the-clock heart rate, SpO₂, temperature and sleep tracking with screenless vibration alerts and a subscription-free app.

KSIX Saturn Pay 2026 · €109.99 Announced

Ceramic smart ring combining heart-rate, activity and sleep tracking with phone-free contactless payments; KSIX lists multiple sizes as coming soon.

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Common questions

Do smart rings require a subscription?

Some do, and it is one of the sharpest dividing lines in the category. Oura requires a monthly membership for full insights, while challengers like Ultrahuman, RingConn and Circular sell subscription-free rings where every metric is included in the hardware price.

What does a smart ring actually track?

Sleep stages, heart rate and heart-rate variability, blood oxygen, skin temperature and activity — continuously, from your finger, on a battery measured in days. There is no screen by design: the ring collects, the phone app interprets.

Which smart rings can you buy right now?

16 of the 20 smart rings in the index are shipping or on preorder: Oura Ring 5 ($399), Samsung Galaxy Ring ($399), Ultrahuman Ring Pro ($479), RingConn Gen 3 ($349), Pebble Index 01 ($99), Circular Ring 2 ($299), Even Realities R1 ($249), Vital Signals Signal Ring ($399), Sandbar Stream Ring ($249), Casio CRW-H001 ($295), Vocci Vocci Ring ($249), KiWear Smart Ring ($249), Prolo Prolo Ring ($149), Actxa Core Smart Ring ($259), Muse Wearables Ring One 2.0 ($209), Elah Ring S1 ($199).

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Independent index — figures are approximate and editorial, not official spec sheets. Nobody pays for placement. Methodology. Last reviewed 2026-09-15.