Samsung Galaxy Ring Expands Company’s Health Care Wearables

Samsung is expanding its healthcare wearables. 

The company is launching a sleep-tracking wearable, the Galaxy Ring, which it teased during its recent Samsung Galaxy Unpacked in San Jose. 

Matthew Wiggins, head of Samsung Research America’s health solutions lab, closed the show with a teaser of the smart ring, which is fitted with an array of sensors to monitor a user’s sleep and leverages Samsung’s generative AI model, Galaxy AI.

“With Galaxy AI, we’re preparing for the beginning of an entirely new era of digital health,” said Wiggins. “Let’s start where your day ends – with sleep.”

While Samsung has not released a launch date or a full list of its capabilities, Wiggins introduced the AI-enabled ring as a “powerful and accessible health and wellness device, here to change the shape of future health.”

Samsung is also reportedly looking to develop non-invasive monitoring capabilities for its smartwatches, particularly to monitor glucose levels and blood pressure.

Providing a method of monitoring blood sugar levels without drawing blood would be a game changer for the millions of people with diabetes, and represents a significant corner of the market. 

Samsung’s head of digital health Hon Pak, who is spearheading the initiative, said the aim is to give consumers a holistic view of their well-being, using sensors across both their homes and their bodies.

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While no specific timeline for these features has been disclosed, Pak said continuous blood pressure and glucose monitoring would put Samsung in a “whole different ballgame.”