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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

CEO talks shit about Apple in an attempt to get bought out.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (5 children)

probably because smart rings are stupid

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

The best use I could see for it is pausing Netflix as soon as I fall asleep.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ll take a ring over the smart watch any day. Battery life alone, makes this easier. Drives me nuts to see my coworkers, friends, dates, just looking at their watch as we chat away or work, then complain about so many alerts.

So no, smart rings are not stupid

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

You can turn the alerts off…

[–] Venicon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Each to their own. I have an Oura ring and primarily for me the benefit is sleep tracking because I can’t for the life of me wear an Apple Watch to bed, it’s just too uncomfortable and I have tried many times.

The sleep tracking managed to help me make adjustments as it showed how often I was awake, how much deep sleep etc.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, the HRV graph is something that watch can’t provide. Some other watches do measure HRV, but you only get a daily average, so you can’t really draw any conclusions about the shape of the graph.

[–] oktoberpaard@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My Garmin also shows the shape of the graph, but to be honest I don’t trust it at that resolution. I just keep track of the moving average, which is the main value that is shown. I do agree that that kind of data shouldn’t be hidden from the user.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's hidden because the data is notoriously inaccurate. If people knew how bad, they wouldn't be using/buying the devices.

[–] oktoberpaard@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago

Exactly. Same as with sleeping data. When it says that you’ve been awake 3 times last night, it doesn’t really mean much. That kind of data shouldn’t be presented as being accurate. However, it could still be made accessible behind a button er menu option. For example, it might show you that the signal is intermittent because your watch band isn’t tight enough, or other anomalies. And of course you’re right: they won’t tell you that the data is of low quality and as a user you don’t necessarily know that, so in that sense it can be very misleading.

[–] fishpen0@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The temperature based cycle tracking the smart ring has is a decade ahead of what the watch is able to do. My wife has an Apple Watch and still uses and prefers her oura ring because of the cycle tracking

It’s more accurate than other thermometer based cycle trackers mostly because you never take it off and it gets significantly more data points throughout the day at very consistent intervals than something like the Mira or into.

Yes, Oura ring is the best natural birth control available today.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

I dont know i have been waiting for some nerd to build a wand vr controller or magic controller rings because just the premise alone tickets my fantasies.

Impractical maybe, i just want someone to try and publish results.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Apple will just wait til oura makes it mainstream then Apple will reinvent it and sell out