Oura's Ring 4 was a traditional smart ring, but Oura's patents show some incredible ideas that could pay off in the Ring 5.

I don't know what these new, non-health smart rings would do, necessarily, but off the top of my head, we could see ones with phone-connected haptics for alarms and notifications, NFC-based ...

Operating over NFC or RFID, a minimal, low-power smart ring could be a proxy for physical or digital keys. Think about reaching for your car’s door and having the handle automatically ...

a Google employee responded that "SmartLock NFC Feature has been deprecated for new users." The employee did not respond to many subsequent requests for an clarification. And now that smart rings ...

Token, a new smart ring, promises to give its wearers a chance ... The wearable uses the same type of near field communication (NFC) technology found in credit cards and hotel keys to make ...

Additionally, companies are exploring NFC-enabled smart rings that allow for secure payments, access control (such as unlocking doors or logging into devices), and even gesture-based control for ...

Until now, the smart ring market has been fairly limited in options ... such as enabling payments thanks to the presence of an NFC chip. Note that Samsung has postponed the release of its ...