Device launches are becoming longer than ever, with the Samsung Galaxy Ring being the latest example. The smart ring was teased last month and now Samsung says we'll get a full reveal at MWC 2024 this week, although it won't go on sale for a while yet.
MWC (or Mobile World Congress) is the largest mobile technology expo of the year, and in its pre-event press release, Samsung says the Galaxy Ring “is being introduced as a new health form factor that simplifies well-being.” daily”.
We'll also hear about “upcoming smart health features” tied to the Samsung Health app, including more detailed information about the data being collected: sleep patterns, activity times, heart rate, etc.
The overall goal of the smart ring is to support “smarter, healthier living through a more connected digital wellness platform,” Samsung says, and the current Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 and Samsung Galaxy S24 devices will also be on display. The event will officially take place from Monday, February 26 to Thursday, February 29.
So what will we discover?
It's unclear exactly what Samsung means when it says “revealed,” but we assume the Galaxy Ring will be on display at MWC 2024 for people to see. So far, all we've officially had is a teaser video.
Based on the wording of the press release, we're also likely to hear a little about what the Samsung Galaxy Ring can do: the kind of stats it can track and how all that data is presented in the Samsung Health app on a phone.
However, the statement also says that the smart ring won't be publicly available until “later this year.” With that in mind, it's unclear if we'll know how much the Galaxy Ring costs or when we'll be able to purchase it.
As we said at the beginning, this is stretching the definition of “product launch,” but that's not unusual these days: we had eight months between the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro and its going on sale, for example, and 13 months for wait. the same period with the Google Pixel tablet.
