Finland-based Oura, the maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it added two heart health monitoring features to its Oura Ring wearable device, Cardiovascular Age (CVA) and Cardio Capacity, which will be available later this month on Oura Ring Gen3 devices for both Android and iOS.
The CVA feature uses data from the device to estimate a user's cardiovascular age relative to their...
Finland-based Oura, maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it's partnering with teletherapy company Talkspace to allow Oura wearers to share their personalized sleep and daily movement data with Talkspace therapists.
Oura ring wearers can utilize the company's Share Report feature to send information about their sleep quality and movement trends over the period of a week, a month...
Oura, the company behind a health tracking ring wearable, announced Tuesday it had purchased digital identification startup Proxy in an all-equity deal.
Proxy offers digital identity tech that aims to replace keys, cards, badges, apps and passwords. The startup said it had been working to include its offerings on wearable devices as well as phones.
According to reporting by Bloomberg, the deal...
Finland-based Oura, maker of the health-tracking Ring, announced the launch of Oura for Business, which will supply individuals with personalized insights while providing customized tools and recommendations for leaders based on group data.
Oura said it will offer specialized offerings geared toward employee wellness, athletics, the military, healthcare, corporations and higher education.
The...
Oura, maker of a health tracking ring, announced a partnership with birth control app Natural Cycles to use its wearable to monitor body temperature changes.
Users will be able to sync temperature data recorded from the Oura Ring into the Natural Cycles app instead of taking their temperature manually each morning. Natural Cycles, which received FDA De Novo clearance in 2018, uses temperature...
Axios' Erin Brodwin published a new investigation which discovered healthcare automation startup Olive is exaggerating its capabilities and only uses "rough estimations" to gauge its cost savings. According to the report, Olive, which promises health systems cost savings, is only tracking savings if a client requests it. The report also highlighted Olive employees' concerns about how the company...
Oura Health Tuesday launched the newest version of its health tracking wearable, the Oura Ring Generation 3.
Oura said the Generation 3 includes daytime heart rate tracking, including live heart rate monitoring, improved temperature checks and menstruation prediction. The company said the period prediction feature is based on body temperature changes throughout the month.
Though not available at...
Fitbit appears to be considering a new form for its health monitoring wearables based on a new patent registration filed last month.
The Google-owned wearable-maker shared insights into a “ring for optically measuring biometric data” such as blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse, blood pressure, glucose levels and more.
The filing focused on the SpO2 measurement features of the smart ring because...
Oura Health, the health tech company behind Oura Ring, has completed a Series C funding round totaling $100 million.
The round was led by the Chernin Group and Elysian Park, the investment arm of the L.A. Dodgers, and included new investors Temasek, JAZZ Venture Partners and Eisai. Returning backers Forerunner Ventures, Square, MSD Capital, Marc Benioff, Lifeline Ventures, Metaplanet Holdings and...
Using longitudinal temperature data, wearable devices can predict the onset of illnesses even without recognizable symptoms, according to new research published in Scientific Reports.
The paper included data from only 50 participants, and researchers stressed that the findings are a proof-of-concept effort, suggesting the need for further research into the role of wearable sensors in early...