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The hybrid smart ring/smartwatch approach has its benefits – but also its disadvantages

Fitbit patented an intriguing smart ring with unique health sensors and a cool one-size-fits-all design. But whether or not a Fitbit Ring (or Pixel Ring) succeeds will depend more on branding than features. And the same goes for every other future smart ring.

Here's the biggest tech news stories from Meta, Samsung, OpenAI, and more in our ICYMI round-up for June 8, 2024.

Quell is a new immersive fitness platform that lives up to the Wii Fit's hype and it might be the gym replacement you need.

I predicted months ago that Oura would sue Samsung over the Galaxy Ring. Well, so did Samsung's lawyers. Foreseeing Oura's litigious strategy of attacking smart ring brands like Ultrahuman, Circular, and RingConn, Samsung wants legal confirmation that the Galaxy Ring isn't infringing on Oura's 100 patents.

RingConn hasn’t made the most polished smart ring on the market, but compared to rivals, it might be the best value.

Samsung has revealed in a court document that the Galaxy Ring will release in August, if patents don't get in its way.

Samsung seems to be expecting trouble in the run-up to the Galaxy Ring launch

Samsung has filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that its Galaxy Ring doesn't infringe upon the Oura Ring and its patents. And that filing reveals when the Galaxy Ring is arriving.