Oura Just Unveiled ‘World’s Smallest Smart Ring’, Oura Ring 5 – And Members Will Love These 7 Upgrades

Oura Ring 5 has a smaller design, longer battery life and higher price
Six new features are coming to the Oura app, but not for all members
You can pre-order today and have it delivered by June 4 at the latest

The Oura Ring 5 is officially here, and it’s a big step up from last year’s model. Oura says it has completely overhauled the design, making it 40% smaller, lighter, longer lasting, more precise and its most scratch resistant ring yet.

Almost everything has been completely redesigned, allowing it to last up to a week (we noted six days of charging in our Oura Ring 4 review), take more accurate, consistent readings thanks to a new signal architecture that uses more powerful LEDs and sensors, and be less susceptible to scratches thanks to a new extra-strong ‘physical vapor deposition’ coating.

Even the portable charging case has received a smart upgrade; while the previous generation was buttonless, there’s a new dedicated button that makes it easier to see battery status and quickly pair with your device. On top of this, Oura is also adding ‘Locate’ to help you keep track of where your smart ring is, which will also be available for the Oura Ring 4.

Every new app feature comes to Oura Ring owners

Six Oura Ring 5s lined up side by side showing the difference in finish

You can choose from six finishes: gold, brushed/plain silver, deep rose, black and ‘stealth’, which is a matte black. (Image credit: Oura)

When the new smart ring launches, Oura Ring members will get several new features, including ‘Live Activity Tracking’ to see your health metrics in real-time while you exercise, ‘Menopause Insights’ to assess sleep, mood, cognition and daily functional symptoms, and ‘Hormonal Birth Control’, which builds on its existing ‘Cyclefirstboard Insights’ by offering a ‘Cyclefirstboard Insights on’ how. biometrics change across hormone and hormone-free days.

The latter two features have already been introduced in the US as part of Oura’s continued expansion into women’s health data, making this a great free update for all existing subscribers around the world.

On June 30, ‘Lab Uploads’ will also launch globally, allowing members to import their lab and blood work directly into the Oura app to help compare lab results alongside their Oura biometric data.

With even more personal health data being tracked and stored within the app, Oura has added a new security protection tool that lets you delete your stored data from a specific time window without having to cancel your entire account, which will be available to all members at launch.

Oura Ring 5 with a butterfly on top

Oura Ring 5 is thinner and lighter than the previous generation. (Image credit: Oura)

Those in the US are also set to get even more new features as part of the launch. Starting today (May 28), you have the choice of signing up for a new ‘Brain Health Study’ to measure how your sleep, stress and behavior relate to your brain’s cognitive function and body’s performance. The study was developed with Cambridge Cognition, a neuroscience technology company in the UK.

Launched at the start of June is ‘Health Radar’, a new always-on data collection feature for estimated blood pressure readings and nighttime breathing, which builds on the ‘Symptom Radar’ alert system and ‘Health Records’, which builds on the new ‘Lab Uploads’ by letting you save all your clinical reports in one place.

These updates are all part of Oura’s mission to help find more ‘actionable’ solutions from their health insights. Oura has partnered with an on-demand care platform called Counsel Health, which connects medical AI with licensed doctors, so you can ask questions directly in the app and get personalized medical advice from licensed healthcare providers.

Last but certainly not least, members can expect GLP-1 medication self-management to come to the app as part of an expansion of its metabolic health offerings. Oura says global adoption is expected to exceed 100 million by 2030, making this a great solution for patients juggling multiple apps for tracking doses and biometrics.

Oura Product Manager, Holly Shelton, says that “Oura Ring 5 is the most significant leap in the history of smart rings”. Looking at the new specs and features announced, this could set a new standard in smart rings as it also delivers almost every upgrade we wanted to see for the Oura Ring 5 (the price is higher than we expected). But of course we’ll have to test it ourselves to confirm.