The smart ring will allow you to monitor your heart rate, oxygen level in your blood and measure your blood pressure. However, it is worth noting that having a patent does not necessarily mean that the technology will be released. Companies often keep some inventions to themselves, experiment with them, but many never come out.

Known from the patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office published Apple’s new application on December 8 last week.

• The document describes the operation of a smart ring that can monitor the main indicators of its owner’s condition.
• Wedding ring will be able to detect motion taking into account speed and force, allowing you to use it to control content on compatible devices with screens.
• Scrolling, zooming, tapping etc. movements are mentioned. In addition, owners will be able to change music, answer calls and control the smart home.
• It is clear that such a ring should be. Equipped with NFC module For contactless payments. This will make the technology more in demand among users, especially when there are no smartphones or watches nearby.

According to Patently Apple, the smart ring is to some extent it will be an alternative to the Apple Watch. The source also added that Apple has received a patent for the ECG recording functionality for the Apple Watch.

The project has not yet received a name, and from the known features – only an OLED screen on which information will be displayed, and several sensors and sensors. It is also unknown how the new product will be charged.