The hottest frontier in the wearables market is smart rings, health trackers worn discreetly on your finger. Although Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy Ring, its take on the trend, this past July, its successor may be announced soon.
A new report from DigiTimes reveals that the Galaxy Ring 2 will be launched at Samsung Unpacked 2025, the company’s annual hardware launch event. Building on its predecessor, the ring will feature an improved battery life of up to seven days, more accurate health data sensors, two new sizes, and improved AI, according to the report.
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These upgrades are set to improve the Galaxy Ring’s position as an Oura ring competitor, which has dominated the smart ring market since its launch in 2013. Despite the shortcomings of the first-generation Samsung ring, ZDNET crowned it the best smart ring for Android users, with nods to its unique AI algorithms that help determine sleep quality and patterns and its seamless integration with the rest of the Samsung ecosystem.
The date for Samsung Unpacked remains unannounced, but a leaked teaser shows the event will take place on January 22, 2025. Even though that’s less than a month away, it is likely that even if Samsung does tease it, it won’t ship for months, following the precedent of the Galaxy Ring, which was teased last January and launched the following summer.
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In addition to the smart ring, if Samsung follows precedent, the company may also launch a new set of Galaxy smartphones, likely the S25 series. However, the other most highly anticipated product will be the company’s first smart glasses.
As previously reported, AR glasses will likely weigh about 50 grams, keep the form factor of regular glasses, and are intended to rival the popular Meta Ray-Bans. If announced, these glasses will also likely be only teased, with a full launch at a later date.