{"id":20387,"date":"2024-01-18T00:43:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/20387\/the-samsung-galaxy-ring-a\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T00:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:43:22","slug":"the-samsung-galaxy-ring-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=20387","title":{"rendered":"The Samsung Galaxy Ring: a new type of health tracker or something more?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Samsung Galaxy Ring: a new type of health tracker or something more?\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Happy Galaxy S24 day!  Well, I wish I could say &#8220;Happy Galaxy Ring&#8221; instead, but I&#39;ll also take three new phone models, with Samsung&#39;s Galaxy AI features.  But wait, did I just say \u201cGalaxy Ring\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Yes I did it.  During its Unpacked event, while <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/galaxy\/\"   title=\"Samsung\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Samsung<\/a> was talking about the new Samsung Health features, it suddenly changed the subject and introduced a whole new type of smart gadget: the Galaxy Ring!<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m sure a ton of questions come to mind: What is it?  How much does it cost?  When can you buy it?  Where can you buy it?  Does it only work with Samsung phones?<\/p>\n<p>Basically, we don&#39;t know yet.  All we got today was a teaser.  And do you know what that means?  We can theorize! <\/p>\n<p>The concept of a smart ring is not new.  So are there any advantages to such a machine that can either beat or complement a smart ecosystem like Samsung&#39;s?  Especially since it&#39;s not just phones, but also <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/headphones\/\"   title=\"headphones\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">headphones<\/a>, smart watches and even tablets.  And of course !  And while we can&#39;t say anything about exactly how the Galaxy Ring can enrich the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem, I can think of a few features it can offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More accurate health tracking that goes beyond the capabilities of your Galaxy Watch<\/li>\n<li>Wireless features that let you pay with your ring or unlock doors with it<\/li>\n<li>Gesture controls: How about snapping your fingers to take a photo from a distance?<\/li>\n<li>Hand tracking capabilities for Samsung&#39;s next VR headset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s just what came to mind!  I&#39;m sure the great minds at Samsung have come up with many ways a smart ring could be useful to the modern techie.  So the real question becomes: when will we know more about the device?<\/p>\n<p>Well, we don&#39;t know.  All we have left for now is a teaser.  There is tons of hype around the <span>Galaxy S24<\/span> <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">series<\/a> of phones, so I guess we&#39;ll know more about the Galaxy Ring later in 2024 when we&#39;re all ready for more new tech.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Samsung Galaxy Ring: a new type of health tracker or something more?\u060c Happy Galaxy S24 day! Well, I wish I could say &#8220;Happy Galaxy Ring&#8221; instead, but I&#39;ll also take three new phone models, with Samsung&#39;s Galaxy AI features. But wait, did I just say \u201cGalaxy Ring\u201d? Yes I did it. During its Unpacked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[78,2602,4814,77,475,4386],"class_list":["post-20387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-galaxy","tag-health","tag-ring","tag-samsung","tag-tracker","tag-type"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20389,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20387\/revisions\/20389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}