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- Ultrahuman unveiled its Ultrahuman Ring Pro.
- The smart ring offers 15 days of battery life.
- Due to patent disputes, it is not available for purchase in the US.
Ultrahuman’s next-generation smart ring can stay on your finger for more than two weeks after a recharge. The smart ring maker unveiled the Ultrahuman Ring Pro on Friday, and the latest smart ring offers significant upgrades over the Ultrahuman Ring Air, which debuted in 2023.
These improvements include a new Qi-enabled Pro Charging Case that stores up to a year of Ring data and offers 45 days of battery life. It comes with Find My capabilities to easily locate a lost ring and visual feedback with LED indicators and haptics.
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On the ring itself, Ultrahuman upgraded its smart ring to store up to 250 days of data. It’s also improved the ring’s memory and data processing, as well as redesigned heart-rate sensing for better signal quality, meaning the ring will measure more consistent data while you’re sleeping and recovering, with fewer glitches.
Turbo mode offers up to 12 days of uninterrupted battery life, while Chill mode gets the smart ring close to 15 days of nonstop use.
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Recently, smart rings have become notorious for getting stuck on people’s fingers, requiring surgical removal. Last year, a video of a Galaxy Ring user went viral after the ring’s faulty battery caused swelling around his hand, requiring medical intervention. These swelling incidents are not common, but the Ring Pro offers a solution to this smart ring problem – in the rare event that it does occur. Ultrahuman’s new ProRelease technology featured on the Ring Pro makes it easier to cut through a stuck ring. This has historically been difficult due to the technology’s lithium batteries, which can explode if improperly cut.
Along with the Ring Pro launch, Ultrahuman also unveiled its own health companion chatbot called Jade. AI reviews user data, provides actionable insights, and dives deeper into personalized, data-driven recommendations.
The Ring Pro is available in sizes five to 14 in Bionic Gold, Space Silver, Aster Black and Raw Titanium. the ring is sold $479 And will be sent next month. Ultrahuman is running a trade-in deal that gives participating customers up to $115 off when they trade in their old Ultrahuman smart ring or a smart ring from another brand.
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Since Ultrahuman lost the patent dispute with Ora, it cannot currently sell its Ring Pro in the US. However, this may change soon.
“Ring Pro is not available in the United States at launch. This is an exciting market for us where we have a large community of passionate customers in the Ultrahuman ecosystem with Blood Vision, Home, and M1. We are working through the necessary steps to bring Ring Pro to our US customers and hope to share good news soon,” an Ultrahuman spokesperson wrote in an email to ZDNET.
