- Oura, the company behind Oura Ring, has redesigned its companion app
- The application has a new look, design and information based on artificial intelligence.
- New features include a cumulative stress metric and advanced AI-powered cycle tracking.
Oura Ring 4 and Oura Ring Generation 3 users will receive a redesigned app with AI-powered features at the forefront.
The new app promises, according to a press release from Oura, “deeper personalization” and “intelligent healing”; In other words, you’ll get a less static interface and more curated and AI-generated features, metrics, and tips. It’s not just a new coat of paint: the creators of one of the best smart rings have designed an app that changes, anticipating what it thinks is the most relevant metric for you at that moment.
The redesigned app is quite reminiscent of Fitbit’s redesign in March, as it now has three tabs: Today, Health, and Vitals.
It’s said that today you’ll focus on “one important thing” that matters to you right now – if you’re particularly stressed, Oura will show you a metric relevant to that. On the other hand, if you are ready to exercise, it may show you your readiness score.
The My Health tab is your long-term view of how your metrics have changed over time, offering insight into trends and “areas of opportunity for proactive care”—where you need to improve. A new Habits and Routines section helps you record behaviors similar to Garmin’s Lifestyle Log.
Finally, Vitals shows all of your current top metrics beyond “one big thing” in the Today tab, allowing you to switch between daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views. It’s color-coded to immediately indicate how you’re doing on a given day.
New AI-powered features
It’s not just the design that has changed. Oura has added a bunch of new features, including a new metric: cumulative stress. Cumulative stress, a stress score measured by sleep, heart rate and activity data from the past month and updated weekly, marks a shift toward long-term stress rather than a moment-to-moment score.
Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, medical director of Oura, said in a press release: “By combining rigorous research with continuous real-world data, we can identify early patterns that often go unnoticed in traditional healthcare settings.
“The Cumulative Stress feature marks an important step forward in translating science into daily guidance, helping people recognize how small current physiological changes can influence long-term health outcomes.”
Oura’s also expanded its Cycle Insights feature for tracking women’s health. Oura says you can start predicting menstrual cycles after just one day of using the Oura Ring 4, while it’s expanding its knowledge from a monthly to a yearly view to help you plan ahead.
Although it says the Ring 4 can predict your cycle after a day, Oura’s vice president of consumer software, Jason Russell, separately confirmed to me that the more you use it, the more accurate that information will be.
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