Smart rings have been enjoying increasing popularity in recent months and years, which has not escaped me, of course. For a good month and a half now, I’ve been wearing the Ultrahuman Ring Air on my finger to get the best possible idea of whether smart rings are truly the technology of the future, or just another in a series of wearable gadgets that will enjoy their moment in the spotlight and then fade away, just like what happened to fitness bracelets, which are now not nearly as talked about as much as they were when they first came out years ago.
And since you seem to enjoy my observations from life with the Ultrahuman Ring Air on your finger, judging by their readership, I thought it would be a good idea to try and see how the ring compares to the Apple Watch in the case of exercise and sleep monitoring. This time, of course, it will also be the view of a normal person who simply likes technology and uses what it offers. So don’t expect any complex things in comparisons that are solved by professional athletes or sleep experts.
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Exercise
As I wrote in a review a few weeks ago, the Ultrahuman Ring Air works similarly to Apple Watch – automatically recognizes that you are active (for example, walking), and when you start the application, it asks you if you have actually performed this activity. If you do not ignore this prompt and confirm it within a few seconds, you will get more detailed data about your activity and at the same time this activity will be recorded as a workout in the Fitness application.
This will be especially appreciated by those who – like me – often forget about Apple Watch turn on exercise tracking during outdoor walks. Thanks to this ring, you can add data about your movement, which is definitely a great feature. It is in the additional recording that the ring is ahead of the watch – in Apple Watch There is no similar option available, except for exercise recognition, which when you confirm, the watch will “measure” it back based on your heart rate, movement, and so on.
However, the Ultrahuman Ring Air raises the bar even higher in the area of activity tracking and can become a full-fledged competitor. Apple Watch. It offers the option of intensive movement monitoring, in which it continuously monitors your heart rate. Although this means higher energy consumption – specifically about 10 to 15% of the battery for 20 minutes of walking – you get a detailed overview of your performance in return. The application shows you not only the route you have covered, but also the pace, distance and heart rate zones, which are valuable data for anyone who wants to better understand and optimize their physical activity.
Moreover, the measurement accuracy of the Ultrahuman Ring Air is surprisingly comparable to Apple Watch. As the attached screenshots show, the measured values do not differ significantly. Just for context – exercise on Apple Watch I only started it when I got the prompt, while the ring recorded activity from the very beginning. Even so, the results are very similar, which only confirms that the ring can Apple Watch really compete in the area of activity tracking. As for the details it provides about your activity, I think they are comparable to Apple Watch, because they overlap to a significant extent as a result.
It goes without saying that, just as in the case of Apple Watch, the Ultrahuman ring can track a wide variety of activities, and it always adapts its measurements to the given activity so that the measured values correspond to reality as much as possible. So if you are a gamer who likes to set everything exactly as it was, you have the option here, just like in the case of Apple Watch.
Bottom line – to say whether the Ultrahuman Ring Air is better for tracking your activity, or Apple Watch It’s quite difficult. Apple Watch I really like the fact that they are independent for activity tracking in terms of starting your workout tracking, because you “click” everything on their display, while in the case of the ring you need an app. On the other hand, I really enjoy the option of adding additional activities or monitoring your heart rate zones in real time via the Ultrahuman app. So it’s really about everyone’s preferences.
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Sleep monitoring
While in the case of exercise monitoring, the function Apple Watch and Ultrahuman Ring Air overlap quite a bit, in the case of sleep monitoring I would say that the ring is a little better. Although I don’t normally sleep with the watch, in order to compare its functionality with the ring, I have spent a number of nights with it in recent weeks so that I can then look at the data that I get through it and through the ring and compare it.
The first thing that surprised me quite a bit was the fact that Apple Watch They started recording my sleep while I was in bed, but I definitely wasn’t asleep yet. I’m 100% sure that was happening because my sleep graphs recorded my baseline sleep while I was still looking at my phone, even though I was completely calm under the covers.
But the watch evaluated everything so that I was probably already asleep and started monitoring. On the other hand, the ring apparently “understood” that I was not yet asleep, even considering the movement of my hand, and according to the graph in the Ultrahuman application, it only started measuring sleep (or rather, apparently) when I was falling asleep or sleeping. Sure, we are talking about a difference of a few minutes, but if someone is a pedant, this thing can quite surprise them.
In general, I think that the sleep analysis provided by the Ultrahuman Ring Air is overall much clearer and more interesting than what you get from Apple Watch. It is true that a significant part of the measured metrics overlaps here, but the report from the Ultrahuman application simply provides you with significantly more in one place “at first glance”. And in a way, it is a bad calling card for Apple, because Ultrahuman actually only serves data that will get the ring just like Apple Watch, more clearly.
For example, oxygen saturation data from the night in Health on Apple Watch you can also find it, of course, but not in the Sleep section, but in Oxygen Saturation. And this is the case with a number of other data, which are Apple Watch they can measure and evaluate through algorithms, but they are not as easy to see as the data in the Ultrahuman application.
What I find downright strange, and have for many years, is that you Apple Watch they don’t want to tell you the exact temperature of your skin “at first glance” and instead only inform you whether it was higher, lower or within the norm during your sleep compared to what the watch measured earlier. Sure, in essence, knowing whether or not your temperature is within the norm is the most important indicator, but seeing the exact degrees is definitely more meaningful and informative for me.
In the case of the ring, you can see both the exact temperature of your skin and, of course, how it changes in the graph, or rather by how much – both at night and during the day. Does it measure more accurately? Apple Watch or Ultrahuman Ring Air, I don’t dare say, because everyone measures from something a little different and I wouldn’t like to get completely into speculation about whether or not (or by how much) the temperature measured on the wrist and on the finger should differ.
Of course, not everything works in favor of the ring. At the very least, one must take into account that, unlike newer Apple Watch It is not able to detect sleep apnea, which can make sleep very uncomfortable. It will reveal heart problems to some extent, as you can see a graph of your heart rate in the accompanying application, but you have to find out for yourself that it is not standard. The ring will tell you at most “needs attention” for worse data.
Overall, I find the Ultrahuman Ring Air’s sleep monitoring concept clearer from a user perspective and more in line with today’s fast-paced world, where people just want to quickly check a given thing on one tab in the app and then move on to another. Moreover, thanks to the integration of the Ultrahuman app into Apple Your health is also ensured when monitoring your sleep with the ring, fulfilling sleep goals in Health, and so on. So for me, there are many arguments why to choose sleep monitoring Apple Watch instead of Ultrahuman Ring Air is not.
Which is better? That is the question.
If you’re waiting for an answer to the question of which product is ultimately better at the end of this article, I have bad news for you – you won’t find it here. This is because although these are two very different types of hardware, in terms of functionality they overlap to a large extent in both exercise and sleep monitoring, and although there are quite a few differences, there are certainly not enough of them to determine an imaginary winner.
For me personally, however, the ring’s sleep features are more interesting than those it offers. Apple Watch, because for me the sleep report in the Ultrahuman app is much clearer, more comprehensive and simply better than in the case of Apple WatchBut I completely understand users who don’t like Ultrahuman’s data presentation concept and would rather use Apple Health.
As for exercise, it’s extremely about how you actually exercise and how you record your activity. If you don’t mind it and just want to “click” back to see what you did, then the ring is a great choice. However, if you are used to starting specific exercises, for example in the gym, pool or while running, then in my opinion they are a better solution due to the display Apple Watchbecause it lets you leave your iPhone at home.
Like practically everything in the world, it is extremely about user preferences and what simply makes or doesn’t make sense to you. Personally, with my lifestyle, head position and penchant for technology, using the Ultrahuman Ring Air next to Apple Watch Series 10 makes sense. But it’s true that for the first time I can imagine that I would Apple Watch They were actually readily available for some purposes.
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If you’re interested in the Ultrahuman Ring Air smart ring, we have great news for you. Thanks to our cooperation with Mobil Pohotovost, I was able to arrange for 7 z your exclusive discount code UH20, which will reduce the price of the ring by 20% to 7 CZK. So it probably won’t surprise you that this is by far the lowest price for which the ring can be found on the domestic market. But be careful, the code is only valid for 592 uses, so don’t delay your purchase. Of course, it can be used on all colors and sizes.
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