Indian fitness and nutrition monitoring startup Ultrahuman has fast-adopted its debut smart ring final yr with a second era of the machine - which officially launched in June. ’s calling the Ring Air. So, er, Apple eat your coronary heart out! Though after all Apple doesn’t make a smart ring. And in fact it’s class veteran Oura’s smart ring which most closely resembles what the Indian team has wrought with the Air. Ultrahuman might not be so acquainted a reputation to gadget followers however its differentiating edge vs different fitness wearable makers is a metabolic well being tracking program, called Cyborg. This extends its capability to provide health insights, together with by monitoring how your physique responds to what you’re consuming. It does this by looping in another piece of sensing hardware within the type of an arm-mounted continuous glucose monitor (CGM). This medical grade know-how, which was initially developed for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes to watch their blood sugar, is redeployed in this context as a quantified well being wearable - with Ultrahuman’s gross sales pitch promising to show 24/7 glucose monitoring into "instant health nudges" and "metabolic health protocols" to help well being-acutely aware shoppers meet their wellness targets.

Ultrahuman’s smart ring is designed to take a seat alongside that CGM-powered program