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2024-12-20

One smart ring to rule them all? Finnish startup Oura raises $200M


Finnish startup Oura has closed its Series D funding round at $200mn, bringing the smart ring maker’s valuation to a cosy $5.2bn. Oura’s smart ring uses 20 biometric markers to track sleep, physical activity, and stress resilience. The device displays this data on an app that gives you a personalised “readiness” score. We tested the wearable earlier this year and were genuinely impressed.  Founded in 2013, Oura secured its first funding on Kickstarter, the crowdfunding site, in 2016. Counting this new tranche of capital, the tech s [...]

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Oura Ring 4 long-term review: Out ahead of its rivals

Smart rings have been a niche inside a niche in the wearables world for more than a decade. But in the last few years, they’ve enjoyed a renaissance as more attention and hype brought bigger names t [...]

Match Score: 433.51

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2025-04-15

The best smart plugs in 2025

I recently moved and, before I had a chance to set up my smart plugs again, I found myself turning on my living room lamps manually — I sort of hated it. Reaching, twisting and visiting each one lik [...]

Match Score: 188.89

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2025-10-03

The best smart rings for 2025

It’s getting increasingly difficult to say smart rings are just a niche inside the broader world of wearable technology. The raft of celebrities who are seen wearing them, the NBA’s use of Oura r [...]

Match Score: 174.90

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2025-10-01

Oura Ring 4 gets new ceramic options and a charging case

Oura’s fourth-generation smart ring has been on the market for around a year, but the company is still looking to broaden its appeal. Today, Oura is launching a version of the Ring 4 clad in Zirconi [...]

Match Score: 145.62

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2025-02-08

Engadget review recap: Samsung's Galaxy S25 phones, OnePlus 13 and Oura Ring 4

We may bit a post-CES news lull some days, but the reviews are coming in hot and heavy as February begins. Samsung has already debuted its latest premium phones and we've published a few long-ter [...]

Match Score: 92.32

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2025-10-04

The best Amazon Prime Day deals under $50: Early sales on tech from Apple, Anker, Ring, JBL, Roku and others

Prime Day sales are a great opportunity to nab an expensive bit of shiny new tech you’ve been eying — it’s also an excellent time to get a discount on smaller electronics and accessories. For th [...]

Match Score: 86.17

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2025-10-06

The best Amazon Prime Day deals under $50 include sales from Anker, Ring, Lego, Roku and others

You can snap up a lot of useful tech for less than $50 during Amazon’s October Prime Day sale. We’re seeing discounts on streaming devices, mini speakers, earbuds, power banks, wall chargers, and [...]

Match Score: 83.56

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2025-02-07

The Morning After: Apple’s Invite app and its less welcome third-party porn apps

The week has been a mixed bag for Apple. First, it launched a new iPhone app for organizing events and being actually social; then, it had to contend with a third-party app store offering a porn app i [...]

Match Score: 80.96

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2025-05-21

Oura's smart ring gets better at tracking your activities

Oura has rolled out activity updates to its smart ring, including a new trend view for active minutes so that users can get a better look at how active they are for the day, the week or even the whole [...]

Match Score: 80.06