Samsung has been investing in the segment of wearables for quite some time. The company’s first step into this category happened way back in 2013 with the Samsung Galaxy Gear. Now, we’re in 2023 and the company has just revealed its Samsung Galaxy Watch6 series with new features and improvements over the past generation.However, Samsung is now taking a further step into the wearable category with a new product – the Samsung Galaxy Ring. Right now, this is an untapped territory, and Samsung wants to explore, and possibly, dominate it.
Samsung Galaxy Ring Will Begin Production Next Month
According to The Elec, Samsung has just finished the development process and will kickstart production next month for the Galaxy Ring. The Korean tech giant reportedly secured its sourcing of the needed hardware and it just needs to decide when to start mass production. Despite the start of production, the release won’t happen before 2023. Samsung needs to go through the standard regulatory process, and will need to obtain various certifications to obtain a “medical device” status.
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These certifications can last for several months, so the Samsung Galaxy Ring will not come before 2024. It could pretty much be released alongside the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, in the best scenario. However, we won’t discard a release in the second half of the year. That’s when the Korean bring updates for its Samsung Galaxy Watch series, and it would make sense to launch a new wearable product at the same event.
The advantages of a Galaxy Ring
The Samsung Galaxy Ring will be more a health-companion than a “smart” device like those in the Galaxy Watch series. Samsung had been chasing the health benefits of wearables like blood pressure monitoring and AFib detection. The Samsung Galaxy Watch can read ECG and also track irregular heart rhythm. The Galaxy Ring can offer further benefits in this monitoring. After all, a ring, by its nature, is held much closer to the skin than a loose-fitting smartwatch. Thus, the Galaxy Ring’s sensors can be way more effective in health monitoring. The flip side, however, is that the blood vessels in the finger are far smaller than the ones on the wrist, which presents its own challenges. Therefore, Samsung will need to prove to regulators that its device is a trustworthy medical product.
A Smart Ring Also offer a couple of other key advantages over the smartwatch. For instance, it’s more subtle, hiding the tech in plain sight with no screen to speak of. Even the best-looking smartwatches, won’t be simply taken as a regular watch. The lack of a screen also means that battery life can be measured in days rather than hours, which makes simple for one user to simply put it and forget. Samsung, though, will need to overcome some challenges like the “fitting”. There are different people with different sizes of finger, and the Galaxy Ring will need to be versatile, or perhaps, adjustable to fit on different users and ensure a mainstream adoption of the new tech.
Samsung Will Begin Production of Galaxy Ring Next Month
