Ultrahuman Ring Pro review: The future of smart rings looks a lot like its present
Key takeaways
- Like Samsung, it's dwarfed by Oura, the undisputed king of the market.
- Daniel Cooper for Engadget Ultrahuman's Ring Pro is a smart fitness tracking ring weighing between 3.3 and 4.8 grams (approx 0.1 oz) (available in sizes 5 to 14.
- Consequently, the new model comes with a dual-core chip with onboard machine learning and 250 days of internal storage.
Daniel Cooper for Engadget RATING : 8.9 / 10 Pros Better looking hardware Brilliant charging case Data-rich app Cons Pricier than rivals Not a quantum leap over what went before Depending on who you ask, Ultrahuman is the second or third biggest smart ring maker on the planet. Like Samsung, it's dwarfed by Oura, the undisputed king of the market. It's also one of a handful of companies capable of laying at least a finger on its far bigger rival's hardware and software engineering. The Ultrahuman Ring Pro is, depending on who you ask, an attempt to catch up with, or blow past, the leader. There is just one issue: Given the inherent limitations of the form factor, are there any new features that can be added that would offer a decisive advantage? And if so, what does that mean for the whole industry?
Daniel Cooper for Engadget Ultrahuman's Ring Pro is a smart fitness tracking ring weighing between 3.3 and 4.8 grams (approx 0.1 oz) (available in sizes 5 to 14. It's the company's first major hardware update since 2023's Ring Air, and has been redesigned from the ground up. Two things prompted the change: First, Ring Air fell foul of an Oura-owned patent which saw it contentiously blocked from sale in the US. Second, the company realized it had done all it could with the Air and needed to radically increase the ring's processing power. The Pro has upgraded silicon to hopefully offer plenty of new insights further down the line.
Consequently, the new model comes with a dual-core chip with onboard machine learning and 250 days of internal storage. That's a big leap from the Air's single-core unit which had just four days of memory to keep track of your vitals. Ultrahuman hopes Jade, the company's new AI, will be able to delve deep and pluck out plenty of conclusions based on these long historical trends. Plus, the company expects to be able to launch a wider variety of Power Plugs — paid-for add-ons tailored to monitoring specific stats — as the ecosystem matures.