This ambitious smart ring hopes to one day monitor chronic illnesses

Renders of four Movano Rings
The Movano Ring is a smart ring with medical ambitions | Image: Movano

The Oura Ring isn’t the only smart ring on the block anymore. For CES 2022, health tech company Movano is announcing the Movano Ring, a wearable that aims to help people affordably monitor chronic illnesses and better understand their data.

The Movano Ring will measure all the basic metrics, including heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), sleep, respiration, temperature, blood oxygen levels, steps, and calories burned. However, instead of a raw data dump, Movano says it’ll distill how your metrics relate to each other “take a more proactive approach to mitigating the risks of chronic disease.” For example, the Movano app might tell you how your exercise habits impact your sleeping patterns or HRV over time.

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source https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/27/22850147/movano-ring-smart-ring-chronic-illnesses-ces-2022

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