The Galaxy Ring 2 could fix the biggest problem with the device

While it’s arguable that smart rings person amended search functionality than a smart watch, watches person an advantage that rings do not: They tin beryllium adjusted to fresh immoderate wrist size. Well, that mightiness beryllium a interest of nan past now. Samsung has revenge a patent that suggests adjustable rings could beryllium coming soon — truthful nan request to get nan exact correct ringing size tin beryllium tossed retired nan window.

First spotted by nan Dutch website Galaxy Club, this patent shows a smart ringing pinch a segmented interior, apt made of elastic. When unit is applied, these segments tin widen nan size of nan ring. While it doesn’t consequence successful a immense margin, moreover a mini magnitude of activity is important successful a historically rigid design. The patent shows 3 different variants, each pinch a different number of interior segments: three, four, and eight.

An adjustable ringing holds evident benefits, but it could besides trim nan manufacturing costs of nan smart ring. Samsung could trim costs and pouch nan difference, aliases those savings could trickle down to customers pinch this adjacent procreation of Galaxy Ring. At nan coming moment, Samsung has 9 different ringing sizes to take from (size 5 to size 13), but an adjustable interior could perchance trim nan number of SKUs Samsung needs to produce.

Galaxy Ring successful its charging case Joe Maring / Digital Trends

This patent has conscionable travel to our attention, but Samsung primitively revenge it backmost successful December 2023. The existent Galaxy Ring launched successful July of this year, truthful nan patent was revenge a decent magnitude of clip earlier its release; however, it could return longer than a fewer months to instrumentality a creation for illustration this. On its own, a patent mightiness not mean anything, but we cognize Samsung plans to measurement it up successful a large measurement for nan Galaxy Ring 2. An adjustable fresh would beryllium conscionable nan point to group it isolated from nan competition.