The owner of the smart ring had to visit a hospital to get it removed from his finger.
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring is meant to be an unobtrusive health tracker, but an apparent malfunction led to a hospital visit and a missed flight for one owner of the ring.
Just before boarding a flight, tech YouTuber Daniel Rotar shared on X that his Galaxy Ring has started swelling while on his finger. He shared photos of the malformed device and reported that he couldn’t take it off, and it caused him pain. He said he tried using water and soap to help remove it, but that only made the battery expand further.
The close-up photos of the Galaxy Ring show the expanded inner part of the ring pushing into Rotar’s finger. The outer part of the device is made of titanium, which wouldn’t expand to give space for the swollen battery. Rotar said his ring had some issues before, as its battery stopped lasting for more than a day and a half, but when the accident happened, its battery was depleted.
