- The Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 is in danger as Samsung is reportedly rethinking its strategy
- It will not appear at next year’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked presentation
- This is reportedly in response to poor sales and a legal spat with Oura
When it was first launched in 2024, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Ring. It was a bold move by Samsung that seemed to pay off as it sold out in pre-order in some regions. It was also reviewed very well – we have e.g. named it our best smart ring.
But things seem to have stalled. English-language Korean website Koreajoongang Daily reports that ‘industry sources’ say the Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 will not appear at next year’s Unpacked presentation, which typically takes place around January/February time.
In fact, there may not be a Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 at all, as strong pre-order interest eventually translated into what the site refers to as ‘overwhelming sales’. Last year, Sammobile reported that demand was so high for the Galaxy Rings that Samsung ramped up production, adding an additional 600,000 units to ship globally.
Now it seems that if the above reports are true (and it’s worth taking these unsubstantiated rumors with a large pinch of salt), Samsung overestimated mainstream demand, with the pre-order rush perhaps limited to Samsung power users and early adopters.
Oura’s legal dispute
Samsung’s main competition in this area is Oura, maker of the Oura Ring 4. Oura has been producing smart rings since, well, before they were cool, and now with challengers emerging in the space, it’s keen to establish itself as the first and only option.
Oura’s filed a patent infringement complaint with the International Trade Commission against Samsung, Reebok and other smart ring makers after successful lawsuits against Ringconn and Circular.
It is not surprising that Samsung may want to wait for the outcome of the legal dispute before launching a product internationally that may be in violation of copyright law. Holding out could save Samsung money and avoid the need to track back or recall products in the future.
The state of smart rings
As we move into 2026, the smart ring category is in a strange place: despite several high-profile releases in 2024 and continued software innovation from the likes of Oura (we even named the Oura Ring 4 our health and fitness device of the year), smart rings aren’t showing too many signs of hardware innovation.
These products are essentially a pair of sensors attached to a rechargeable battery in a pretty case, and that’s pretty much the same for most smart rings right now. Ringconn and Circular can no longer trade in the US thanks to Oura’s lawsuit, and if Oura gets its way, there will be no Galaxy Ring 2 either.
Bucking the trend is the small-batch Pebble Index 01, which is a completely different use case: a microphone and a small button designed as an external memory bank and voice assistant, rather than a health tracker.
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