Oura Launches Ring 4 Ceramic Collection, New Charging Case, And A ‘health Panel’ Feature

Oura announced connected Tuesday that it’s launching Oura Ring 4 Ceramic, its first postulation of smart rings that doesn’t characteristic metallic finishes. The institution besides announced its first-ever charging case, a caller Health Panels characteristic that lets members schedule bloodwork straight successful nan Oura app, multi-ring support, and more.

The caller Oura Ring 4 Ceramic is made from zirconia ceramic, which nan institution says allows for durability and lightweight comfort. Oura describes its caller ceramic postulation arsenic combining “style and comfort.”

Oura says that, dissimilar painted aliases coated finishes, nan colour connected nan rings comes from earthy minerals successful nan ceramic itself, truthful it stays vibrant and doesn’t slice complete time.

Oura Ring 4 Ceramic comes pinch a Polishing Pad that tin swipe disconnected scuffs that whitethorn beryllium caused by softer metals, for illustration those recovered successful cookware aliases dumbbells. To debar scuffing, Oura suggests wearing nan ringing connected your non-dominant manus to debar unnecessary impact.

The ringing comes successful 4 colors: Tide, Cloud, Petal, and Midnight. The postulation is priced astatine $499, pinch rank pricing astatine $5.99 per period aliases $69.99 per year. The rings are disposable successful sizes 4-15.

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“We want to springiness group moreover much reasons to deterioration an Oura ring, and we’re doing that pinch nan Oura Ring 4 Ceramic collection,” Oura VP of Consumer Software Product, Jason Russell, told TechCrunch successful an interview. “They are made from this ceramic zirconia worldly that’s very unique. It’s traditionally much what you’d spot successful watchmaking aliases jewelry. And you tin spot nan colors are youthful, they’re expressive, but besides neutral capable for mundane wear.”

“And you know, this is really a merchandise that’s not conscionable a tech product,” Russell continued. “It’s thing that you deterioration connected your assemblage visibly. And we deliberation a batch astir really do we springiness group caller ways to definitive themselves? Find a ringing that really suits their vibe and really they want to pass that vibe to nan world, and Oura Ring 4 Ceramic is simply a caller measurement to do that.”

As for nan caller Oura Ring 4 Charging Case, nan institution says it was created successful consequence to members asking for a measurement to complaint their ringing while connected nan go.

The lawsuit stores up to 5 afloat ringing charges and useful pinch a USB-C cord. Both nan lawsuit and nan Oura Ring afloat complaint successful 90 minutes. Oura says nan lawsuit tin besides service arsenic a unafraid measurement to shop your ringing erstwhile you’re not wearing it.

The charging lawsuit costs $99 and will beryllium disposable to bid later this year. 

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Oura besides introduced Health Panels successful its app, enabling members to way 50 biomarkers alongside their regular sleep, readiness, and activity data. With Health Panels, members usage nan Oura app to book a humor trial astatine 1 of complete 2,000 Quest Diagnostics labs crossed nan U.S. for $99.

“You will beryllium capable to locomotion successful and get that humor activity done, alternatively than waiting an hour, arsenic you mightiness otherwise,” Russell said. “And past those results are going to really travel consecutive to you successful nan Oura app. We will alert you erstwhile they’re ready, and you’ll spot an overview. Oura Advisor, arsenic always, will beryllium present to construe each this information for you and really isolate what are nan meaningful takeaways,” he continued.

“We will show you what’s successful range, what’s retired of range. You’ll beryllium capable to spot nan afloat broad set, of course, arsenic well. And past we’ll really do much to really thief you understand, ‘What tin I do straight myself to effect immoderate of these metrics?’” Russell added.

Members tin inquire questions successful nan app like, “What does my A1C of 5.7% mean?” or, “How tin I amended my cholesterin profile?”

The humor biomarkers and Oura Ring information tin uncover patterns and connections among lifestyle, behaviors, and underlying wellness trends that Oura says mightiness different spell unnoticed.

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Russell explained that nan thought down Health Panels is to supply users pinch affordable entree to broad humor work. He notes that erstwhile you sojourn a expert for a circumstantial issue, they often bid laboratory tests and only attraction connected that interest erstwhile nan results travel through.

This intends that different valuable information successful nan results is often overlooked aliases difficult to interpret. That broader information tin connection important insights into your wide wellness and imaginable underlying conditions, he noted.

While services that let you to get humor tests connected your ain already exist, Russell said they tin beryllium costly and costs hundreds of dollars, which is why Oura is launching Health Panels astatine $99.

Last, Oura announced that members tin now brace and move betwixt different Oura Ring 4 colors nether a azygous account. The institution says this functionality allows members to lucifer their Oura Ring to their day, whether it’s switching them retired for a workout aliases an outfit.