I Tracked My Sleep And Stress With Samsung's Galaxy Ring (and It's $134 Off Right Now)

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Android users: rejoice. If you've been keeping an oculus retired for Oura Ring deals but person recovered yourself unlucky and discount-less, I've sewage a awesome replacement wrapped astir my finger. 

Samsung's Galaxy Ring mightiness not person arsenic galore bells and whistles arsenic nan Oura Ring, but it's still 1 of nan astir competitory smart rings you tin buy. The champion part? There's nary subscription attached to this ringing -- dissimilar Oura, who paywalls your information down a $70 yearly membership. 

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The Galaxy Ring debuted past year, and immoderate of nan hottest features see its seven-day artillery life, accent tracking, activity search that automatically initiates erstwhile you've begun a workout, rhythm tracking, and a comfortable, slim fit. 

Also: I put nan Galaxy Ring to nan trial - and it's amended than my Apple Watch successful 1 way

While I tested nan smart ring, I recovered that it was lightweight and discreet, which massively helps if you're willing successful search your sleep. Sleep-tracking pinch a watch has ever been analyzable and clunky. I've fought agleam screens, a ray show of greenish and reddish sensors dazzling connected my wrist, and a emotion that I request to position my limb perfectly to drift off. I look almost nary of these issues pinch nan Galaxy Ring (besides seeing those reddish and greenish sensors astir my digit successful nan acheronian each truthful often). 

Some group mightiness usage some a smartwatch for activity search and a smart ringing for sleep, and since nan Galaxy Ring is already wrong nan Samsung ecosystem, it's easy to big each that information wrong 1 place. There are fewer brands that do some successfully, and Samsung is 1 of them. 

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If you've been considering buying a smart ringing but person been hesitant to walk complete $300 aliases $400 connected nan device, this Prime Day woody substantially cuts nan value of it down to 1 of nan lowest prices I've seen yet. 

How I rated this deal 

I've ne'er seen nan value of Samsung's Galaxy Ring this low, astatine $266. It's 34% off, truthful I'll deem this a 5/5 deal. But this woody astir apt only applies during Amazon's two-day deals event, which runs from Oct. 7 done Oct. 8.