The Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 could launch sooner than expected – with new features and a thinner design

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The Samsung Galaxy Ring took nan wearables world by storm, pinch nan merchandise shoving this smartwatch replacement into nan spotlight – and helping to make much liking successful competitors successful nan best smart ring class from nan likes of Oura and RingConn. Now it looks for illustration Samsung is gearing up to motorboat an upgrade to this merchandise statement shortly, pinch a tipster’s comments making it sound for illustration we could spot nan Galaxy Ring 2 reasonably soon.

Korean leaker Lanzuk – who has a way grounds of spoiling Samsung’s merchandise plans – says Samsung is “planning to motorboat its Galaxy Ring 2 exemplary a spot earlier than primitively scheduled” (translated from Korean). Specifics are ray connected nan ground, but that could mean we’ll get a Galaxy Ring 2 successful 2025, and possibly moreover successful nan first half of nan twelvemonth astatine that.

In fairness, nan Galaxy Ring was first shown disconnected successful January 2024, truthful an early Galaxy Ring 2 announcement was besides already benignant of connected nan cards. However, we didn’t get our hands connected nan Galaxy Ring until July, truthful successful 2025, we could get nan Galaxy Ring 2 in, say, February alternatively of needing to hold half a year.

Alternatively, Samsung whitethorn want to instrumentality pinch a much condensed uncover and merchandise schedule immoderate clip successful nan mediate of nan twelvemonth (say May aliases June), particularly arsenic a refresh aft hardly six months could upset purchasers of nan original Galaxy Ring. Yearly refreshes are expected. However, a biyearly refresh is little apt to happen.

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Several Oura Ring 4s adjacent to each other

Beyond teasing nan merchandise date, Lanzuk added that nan instrumentality will supposedly beryllium thinner, person a longer artillery life, and incorporate “more features.” Again, specifications are light, but this could see slumber apnea detection, expanded motion controls, aliases improved fittingness tools.

Perhaps it’ll besides see that adaptive sizing characteristic teased by a precocious awarded Samsung patent, though we’ll person to hold and spot what’s announced.

On this note, arsenic pinch each leaks we should return Lanzuk’s blog station and our speculation pinch a pinch of salt. Until Samsung makes an announcement we don’t cognize what we’ll get from nan Galaxy Ring 2 – nor erstwhile it will launch, assuming it does ever launch.

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