A new challenger enters the (smart) ring
Amazfit has announced the Amazfit Helio Ring, a new smart wearable designed for “optimum athletic performance”, at CES 2024.
Amazfit is the latest brand to compete with the best smart rings, such as last year’s Ultrahuman Ring Air and the Oura Generation 3, and although we don’t know everything about the Helio Ring right now – we’re missing a release date and even a price – we do know a few details about the device itself.
Made of ‘skin-friendly’ titanium alloy and weighing less than 4g, the ring is said to offer detailed sleep tracking (its main competitor, the Oura Ring, is considered our best sleep tracker after all) and athletic recovery stats. It’s got 10ATM water resistance, so it’s happy to be dunked up to 100 meters deep, and will deliver weekly and monthly sleep reports along with sleep health assessments.
Just like the best Garmin watches, the Helio will also boast a Readiness score incorporating your physical exertion and the quality of your sleep, and if you’re a runner it’ll provide race prediction times from 5K to marathon – again, just like a tiny Garmin watch. However, it seems to come with only four workout modes announced so far: running, walking, cycling, and treadmill; hopefully others will be announced in due course.
