Ultrahuman releases Ring Pro with bigger battery and AI features
Ultrahuman has made the new Ring Pro official today with preorders now open and a confirmed $479 price. The company says the ring can last up to fifteen days on a single charge and the included charging case adds up to another forty five days of power.
In my earlier article on the Ultrahuman Ring Pro launch leak and anticipated specs I laid out what we expected from the device based on FCC filings. Now that Ultrahuman itself has published the product details the ring is official and the reality looks close to that earlier picture.
Regional availability is interesting because the United States is not included in the initial launch. Ultrahuman remains locked in a patent dispute with Oura which has affected the availability of its earlier rings. There is hope that this version includes an internal redesign that cannot be challenged by Oura. Let’s wait and see how the situation develops.
Charge and carry
So what are we getting this time around?
Starting with design, Ultrahuman’s latest ring looks familiar on the outside. But the company describes it as faster and more capable.
The idea here is to provide continuous heart rate, sleep and recovery monitoring without the frequent charging that many people found frustrating on earlier smart rings. The official specs confirm a quoted fifteen days of battery life per charge. That alone is a step up from the roughly seven day runtime of previous Ultrahuman rings.
The included charging case is a new part of the story. It functions both as a storage and charging companion and adds up to forty five days of additional battery life. Ultrahuman says the case also stores up to a year of health data so you can leave syncing until later if that suits your routine.
Interestingly, the case has a built in speaker and proximity tracking so you can locate it using the Ultrahuman app if it goes missing somewhere in the house. There are status lights on the case that show how much battery is left and it supports wireless charging.
Under the hood the Ring Pro has been redesigned compared to the Ring Air. The heart rate sensor is improved and the company says it will deliver more reliable readings during sleep and activity. Ultrahuman also talks about a dual core processor which it positions as more responsive than the component in earlier generations. But there appear to be no new sensors this time around, so the metrics tracked are identical to before. Water resistance is down to 100 meters.
The software side
The software side has been upgraded, though. The company’s new AI platform Jade is described as a real time biointelligence platform that interprets your metrics and offers insights as you live your day.
Part of what Jade can do at launch is guide breathing exercises and identify irregular heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation. The software is also planned to evolve over time with features that could notify you about changing physiology, plug into smart home gear or help you act on your data more automatically.
Unlike some rivals the Ring Pro does not yet appear to support things like NFC payments or standalone apps on the device. The focus at launch is very much on health tracking, battery life and AI assisted insights.
Pricing starts at $479 for preorder now that the product is official. At this price point it sits above many fitness trackers and on par with other premium smart rings but the long battery life and included charging case are clear parts of how Ultrahuman is pitching its latest wearable.
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