Amazfit has introduced the Amazfit Helio Ring, a brand new good wearable designed for “optimum athletic efficiency”, at CES 2024. 

Amazfit is the newest model to compete with the most effective good rings, equivalent to final yr’s Ultrahuman Ring Air and the Oura Technology 3, and though we don’t know all the pieces concerning the Helio Ring proper now – we’re lacking a launch date and even a value – we do know just a few particulars concerning the machine itself. 

Made from ‘skin-friendly’ titanium alloy and weighing lower than 4g, the ring is claimed to supply detailed sleep monitoring (its major competitor, the Oura Ring, is taken into account our greatest sleep tracker in any case) and athletic restoration stats. It’s received 10ATM water resistance, so it is joyful to be dunked as much as 100 meters deep, and can ship weekly and month-to-month sleep studies together with sleep well being assessments.

Similar to the most effective Garmin watches, the Helio may even boast a Readiness rating incorporating your bodily exertion and the standard of your sleep, and should you’re a runner it’ll present race prediction occasions from 5K to marathon – once more, similar to a tiny Garmin watch. Nevertheless, it appears to come back with solely 4 exercise modes introduced up to now: operating, strolling, biking, and treadmill; hopefully others will likely be introduced in the end.

Like seemingly each different wellness machine debuting at CES this yr, it’s received an AI component too: the companion app is known as Zepp Aura AI, and is described as a ‘relaxation and wellness service’ that includes an AI chatbot you’ll be able to ask about your well being.   

With a view to entry this AI chatbot, nevertheless, you’ll must subscribe to the premium model of the app, which additionally nets you weekly and month-to-month health studies and prices $69.99 (approx £75 / AU$105) per yr. 

See our ideas on good rings within the video beneath:

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Evaluation: the good ring revolution is coming

I like the thought of good rings. A chunk of {hardware} which displays our well being with all of the sophistication of a smartwatch, and which will be worn on the finger? Extra snug throughout sleep, unobtrusive through the day, far much less apparent than a giant flashy display on the wrist, with NFC funds and superior health monitoring? Signal me up. With loads of competitors as a consequence of observe the Helio Ring, 2024 is wanting just like the yr of the good ring. 

Nevertheless, the value of this know-how appears to be month-to-month and annual funds. Oura and Ultrahuman have additionally gone down the month-to-month subscription route, so maybe we will count on this to be commonplace for good rings going ahead – though I’d definitely welcome a one-and-done buy from somebody. I perceive that creating wellness apps which are up to date on an ongoing foundation takes capital, and lots of premium companies are good worth for cash; however at my core, I dislike having my very own information bought again to me. 

Maybe the heavily-rumored Samsung Galaxy Ring would be the one to interrupt ranks; Samsung doesn’t require you to take out a premium subscription in an effort to benefit from the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 to its fullest extent, so hopefully that can lengthen to the all-but-confirmed Galaxy Ring. I will be to know the way a lot Amazfit plans on promoting its Helio Ring for, because it may imply the distinction between a great-value machine and one which fails to launch. 

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