RingConn launched its Gen 3 smart ring on May 5 at $314 for pre-orders, rising to $349 after May 28. It is the first smart ring with a built-in vibration motor, which means the ring can buzz on your finger to alert you to a high heart rate, a step goal hit, or a low battery without needing to look at your phone.
All other smart rings just sit there and collect data. A ring that vibrates can actually get your attention if it's important. If your heart rate spikes overnight, you find out then, not the next morning. If you hit your step goal, the ring tells you. If you set a silent alarm, it can wake you up without making a sound or buzzing on your nightstand. The only catch is that the vibration is for health alerts and reminders only, not text messages or calls.
RingConn rates the Gen 3 battery life at an impressive 11 to 14 days with vibration off and 10 to 12 days with it on. Putting a vibration motor in something the size of a ring is hard because the motor eats battery, and the ring barely has room for a battery to begin with. Most attempts have either failed or forced users to choose between haptics and runtime.
A "vascular health insights" feature is coming in a software update. The ring watches your heart rate, blood oxygen, skin temperature, and movement over weeks and months, and flags changes that might mean your vascular health is shifting.
Pre-orders are open at $314 through May 28. The ring ships May 29 and goes to $349 after that, the same starting price as the Oura Ring 4, except RingConn does not charge a monthly subscription for full features.
The smart ring category has spent the last two years getting better at sensors and battery life. RingConn just changed what the hardware can actually do.