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Smart rings are already having a strange year. In January, I saw smart rings taking on all kinds of tasks at CES, looking like some kind of wave of the future. Then I came home and discovered that the brand-new Luna smart ring I was reviewing had already been pulled off the U.S. market. I think it’s time to take a look at why the smart ring market is so weird, where I see its potential, and what I miss about the earlier days of this technology.
The lawsuit that’s keeping some smart rings off the U.S. market
To understand why some rings have disappeared (or aren’t launching here), you need to know about a U.S. International Trade Commission verdict from 2025. Oura sued two of its competitors, Ultrahuman and RingConn, claiming they infringed on a patent it had for the design of
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