{"id":500771,"date":"2023-07-19T10:07:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T08:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=500771"},"modified":"2023-07-19T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T08:07:52","slug":"samsung-working-on-smart-ring-prototypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/500771-samsung-working-on-smart-ring-prototypes.html","title":{"rendered":"Samsung working on smart ring prototypes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung could be expanding its horizons in wearable technology, with the company reportedly working on a Galaxy Ring, The Elec reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The South Korean tech giant has reportedly started developing smart ring prototypes and partnered with Japanese circuit board manufacturer Meiko to produce some of its components.<\/p>\n

Patent documents for Samsung’s planned smart ring first emerged via a Naver report<\/a><\/strong> in October 2022.<\/p>\n

They revealed that Samsung planned to combine PPG and ECG sensors to track various health aspects, including heart rate, irregular heart rhythm, and blood pressure.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the smart ring would also feature functionality to let users “control electronic products such as laptops, smartphones, and TVs”.<\/p>\n

However, the recent patent featured in The Elec’s report shows a user wearing the ring and a pair of smart glasses to interact with a virtual display, pointing at something they want to select.<\/p>\n

This suggests Samsung might bundle the Galaxy Ring as a controller with smart glasses or a mixed-reality headset.<\/p>\n

The Galaxy Ring allegedly offers “better body information measurement accuracy than the Galaxy Watch”. However, this will have to be proved in testing.<\/p>\n

While the ring will likely have a better fit than a smartwatch \u2014 which can hang loosely or get dislodged during sleep tracking \u2014 blood flow through a finger is far weaker than through a wrist.<\/p>\n

This could cause errors in measurements depending on the ring’s fit.<\/p>\n

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Now read: US aviation regulator testing virtual reality simulators for helicopter training<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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