Forbes November 19, 2024
David Phelan

Blood sugar monitoring is a key health metric—it’s thought Apple has been trying to find a way to build it into the Apple Watch for years. Now, the Finnish maker of the Oura Ring has announced a partnership with U.S. company Dexcom, so that the smart ring can give users deeper insights about blood sugar levels.

This is not through clever new sensors in the Oura Ring, which has just been released in its Generation 4 model in the last few weeks, promising improved levels of accuracy. Rather, new integrations will enable data to move between Dexcom glucose biosensors, Oura Rings and the apps that work with each. In other words, you will need both the Dexcom and Oura Ring...

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