Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy Ring

Discover why the Galaxy Ring is a game changer for fitness wearables...

The Samsung Galaxy Ring joins a relatively new category of fitness wearables, smart rings, which pack the health tracking features and functionality of a smartwatch into a small and elegant band that’s always in close contact with the skin, allowing its tiny sensors to accurately monitor your vitals and sleep.*

Providing a holistic approach to health analysis plus personalised insights, the Galaxy Ring is your 24/7 health and wellbeing coach, with seven-day battery life and an extra week of power stored in the charging cradle.

Size it up first

The Galaxy Ring comes in nine sizes, so it’s important to try before you buy to ensure a correct and comfortable fit. A sizing kit is available at a nominal fee for precise measurement, and the sample ring should be worn for at least 24 hours.

Look good while feeling good

Sporting a classic, fashionable design and just 7mm wide and 2.6mm thick, the Galaxy Ring should be worn on the index, middle, or ring finger. However, the index is deemed best for optimal health tracking. Comfortable enough for all-day – and night – wear, chances are you’ll forget it’s on your finger.

The Ring is also built titanium tough to withstand everyday wear and tear, and water resistant up to 100m – you can wear it in the shower, and when swimming or snorkelling.

What does it track?

The Galaxy Ring works with the Samsung Health app, and the good news is there’s no subscription required. Here you can access all the health and wellbeing data logged by the Ring, as well as various workout tracking options.

The app can also provide wellness tips for improving sleep, exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, and overall health. Simply select what you want to track based on your goals to receive personalised suggestions.

For starters, the Ring uses Galaxy AI to calculate your physical readiness for the day – based on the previous day’s activity, your average sleep time, and heart rate – and assigns you an Energy Score. So unless you’ve been overdoing it or had a restless night, there’s no excuse for skipping the morning run.

Once you’re up and active, auto-detection tracking kicks in for walking and running, while real-time heart rate monitoring keeps tabs on your ticker and can alert you if your HR is too high or low. It’s also a good motivator, prompting you to move throughout the day if periods of inactivity are detected.

During workouts, duration and calories burned are logged and heart rate is constantly measured, including target HR zones based on exercise intensity.

More discreet and comfortable than wearing a watch to bed, this little ring will track your sleep with precision, analysing nightly patterns such as movement, time spent in bed, heart rate, and respiration.

Women’s health tracking can also be enabled, with skin temperature readings used to predict menstrual cycles and ovulation.

A Galaxy of connectivity

While the Galaxy Ring and Samsung Health app are a perfect match, should you want to extend the Ring’s functionality, it can be integrated across other compatible Galaxy devices for an even greater user experience.

The integrated Health app can collect and analyse data from multiple devices for a more comprehensive insight into your overall health, and pairing with a Galaxy Watch enables continuous tracking across both devices.

Pairing with a Galaxy smartphone unlocks a cool feature that can disable alarms or take a photo using a simple double-pinch gesture.

And should the Ring go missing, it can easily be located using the Find My Ring function, regardless of whether it’s nearby or offline.

*While health and fitness devices provide accurate readings, they are not intended to replace professional advice from a GP.