Fast Company October 26, 2021
With new sensors and features, the latest Oura Ring aims to be a capital “H” health device.
Oura Health is announcing the third generation of its sleep tracking ring. In its latest iteration, the Oura Ring goes far beyond basic features, such as tracking sleep and counting steps, which were emphasized in previous models. According to CEO Harpreet Singh Rai, that was the long-term plan all all along. “We‘re focused on health—we always have been,” he says.
That focus has been evident in the flurry of academic research Oura has been conducting over the past year to see if its ring can be useful as a barometer for early COVID-19 infection, fertility, anxiety and depression, and addiction relapse. The ring...