5 reasons smart rings aren’t helpful tools for athletes

The first smart ring, the Oura Ring, came on the market in 2015, but it stood alone for many years. Lately, though, there’s been quite an increase in the popularity of this tiny wearable format. In 2023, two new players entered the game — Ultrahuman Ring Air and RingConn Smart Ring — and now, in 2024, Samsung became the first household name to create its take on the technology. All of this competition drives progress, and the format continues to see improvements, making smart rings a worthwhile tool for more people. Even still, there’s still one segment of the population for which smart rings just don’t make sense: athletes.