Samsung offered few details about its Galaxy Ring,

Smart rings have hovered around the periphery

Smart rings are more discreet and much better suited to sleep tracking than smartwatches

The underside of your finger is also a more accurate place for tracking blood oxygen and heart rate than your wris

And as smartwatches grow ever-more popular, I’ve heard from plenty of readers yearning for simpler trackers that don’t act as extensions of their phone

It sounds an awful lot like the Oura Ring — and Oura knows it. Not long after the Galaxy Ring was announced

It’s light, comes in three finishes and in sizes up to 13, and will be available later this year.

It’s light, comes in three finishes and in sizes up to 13, and will be available later this year.

On the smartwatch market, it’s savvy for Samsung to try to own a newer form factor with only one major, but still relatively niche, player.