Apple Ring Rumors: What We've Heard About Apple's Work on a Smart Ring

[ThailandToo]

It’s not as bad an idea as some claim. I have watches I don’t wear because I have an Apple Watch, if a ring allowed me to wear different watches (and still track movement) I would be interested

Great idea.

Apple will screw it up by making it so thin it only has 18-hour battery life.

 

[jeroenvip]

Is it compatible with the apple cleaning cloth ?

 

[citysnaps]

Sounds interesting - I can see the potential. Apple will do a great job integrating useful functions/tech as they do on their other products.

 

[dwaltwhit]

I like the idea of using it as a sleep tracker. I find the watch too bulky to sleep in. Ultimately I would have to balance cost with utility. I’d be a buyer if it was an accessory to the watch at like $129. $300? I just don’t see it happening

 

[Marty80]

It seems Apple is not selling enough computers these days, so they are now ringing it.

 

[darngooddesign]

Probably a better way to get blood pressure monitoring than the watch.

 

[leicaman]

Very soon, "Smart Ring" will be considered an oxymoron.

 

[klasma]

Collect all ten!
But charging will be a hassle.

 

[shrishri]

Apple ring rumors lands on pi day! 💍

 

[Geoffb9]

Apple development is sooooo slow that this will be, probably, introduced in 2029.

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

Running out of ideas. The Apple shine for me, is starting to tarnish. I was super excited about getting my 16inch M1 Pro Macbook, but now that I can't run VM's as well (Windows/Linux) I use it less, opting for my Windows laptop.

 

[vmac556]

I want a iRing , great idea IMO if apple moves forward with this but no to paying for monthly service plans like the other smart rings out there

 

[Mrjoedot]

Ring name: *my precious

Me: Siri, where is my precious?

 

[tmiw]

Re: NFC on the ring--I'm envisioning quite a few stores in the US being weirded out for quite a while after the ring comes out, despite Apple Pay/NFC acceptance being significantly better now than it was a decade ago. Heck, even tapping physical cards can still be somewhat problematic at some places unless it's the employee doing it for the customer (even though theoretically the customer's supposed to run their own cards).

 

[syklee26]

There sure will be some idiots who will wear the ring at some not-so-appropriate place…. You know where that is…

 

[TigerNike23]

This would be a bigger hit than a headset.

You heard it here first. It’ll be at worst AirTag 2.0 or at best Apple Watch 2.0 depending on how the product is priced.

 

[constantsnags!]

is anyone seriously excited for this?

Yup, if it happens I'll buy it. I don't like sleeping with my Ultra 2 on, and I've got some other nice mechanical watches I'd like to start using more again without losing all my health metrics. If they release it, that's exactly why. It's not a competitor to the Watch, it's a companion. I'll wait a bit to see what Oura do, because I'm set on a ring. It's just a case of which one.

 

[whatgift]

I see this as typical Tim Cook move. Anything he can do to add to the ecosystem. I think the problem with Apple, since Tim took over, is he is afraid to let any product cannibalize another. For example, the iPad Pro could be an amazing iPad and Mac in one if Apple just let us run MacOS on it. The same thing with Vision Pro, as it’s marketed as it will do everything but they don’t want it to actually cannibalize a Mac sale, iPhone sale or etc. That’s where AAPL lacks innovation now. With iPhones getting so big, it’s like the iPad doesn’t have room to take its place as a MacOS computer replacement and the iPhone all ready runs iOS perfectly.

I see a future where we use something like a ring and biometrics to allow us to access our data on any device and we need only one device and hopefully one subscription to make it all happen. I don’t think AAPL as we know it will be around in 50 years without new leadership that can champion one device that does everything rather than 15 devices that work together.

How is this any different then if Steve Jobs was in charge? He was a marketing genius but he didn't invent any of Apple's innovations, and likely would be in the same situation as Cook is now.

 

[constantsnags!]

I don’t wear a watch, and I’m sure as heck not going to wear a ring. First the car, and now this. Apple is determined to collapse on itself with these ridiculous products.

The Watch has outsold every other watch category on Earth.

 

[constantsnags!]

I would be interested, but only if it comes without a subscription, unlike Oura.

It would connect to Health and likely Fitness+ as well.

 

[s1m]

I backed the Xenzo X ring on Kickstarter years ago which was this sort of thing with a bunch of other stuff - obviously never delivered. I also backed a simpler payment ring that worked for a while but had to use foreign currency so cut my losses. Like others I love my Apple Watch but I would like to wear my Tag Heuer for occasions - my continuous movement goal achievement was broken when I wore my normal watch for a day... Payments would be awesome on this as would trying to persuade our security team to allow me to use this for building access.

 

[klasma]

Apple ring rumors lands on pi day! 💍

Maybe they'll announce the full ring on Tau day.

 

[klasma]

I wonder if it will have ring tones.

 

[roar08]

"Oh, one more ring."

 

[xizdun]

I love my Oura Ring Gen3 and use it religiously to track my sleep. Thankfully, because I bought the Gen2 first, I don't have to pay the monthly subscription.