Samsung is launching the Galaxy Ring this yr, most probably in July, and that can shake up the good ring market, to date dominated by Oura. So Oura appears to be making ready for the massive competitors it would face from the Korean behemoth.

Right this moment it is launched a brand new Labs part in its app, the place it plans to check new options and get consumer suggestions – maybe it needs to distinguish itself from Samsung primarily based on these.

The Labs part is at present solely rolling out for iOS, and the primary new Labs characteristic is Symptom Radar, which tracks pressure markers in your physique to detect an onset of degrading well being. It displays vital adjustments in physique temperature vary, respiratory fee, resting coronary heart fee, and coronary heart fee variability to succeed in its conclusions.

If it detects one thing, it would throw a notification underneath Readiness Rating about variations in your signs, so you may relaxation if it thinks you want that. If you happen to allow this characteristic, you’ll not get notifications from relaxation mode anymore, as these are extra generic whereas the brand new Symptom Radar prompts are extra detailed and extra centered.

Shyamal Patel, Oura’s Head of Science, instructed TechCrunch:

Oura Labs is our strategy to recreate inner engagement for brand new options with customers in a structured and formal manner. With this characteristic, you should have a devoted house within the app the place you may go and begin participating with these new ideas we’re constructing. Customers will get to see quite a lot of early-stage concepts in Oura Labs.

You can even present suggestions about any Oura Labs characteristic in addition to normal suggestions about Oura merchandise by way of Oura Labs.