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I still prefer Apple Watch over Oura Ring for 3 key reasons - but there is one big drawback


Even wearing the hefty Apple Watch Ultra has been more practical for me than the three different smart rings I've tested.

And you can argue that a person could use that data to change some of their habits so that they can get more and better sleep, or launch a guided breathing session to help relieve their stress, for example. For example, in my review of the Samsung Galaxy Ring I noted that it did an excellent job of correlating between two data points and providing a helpful recommendation. In that case, the Galaxy Ring noted that one of the factors that had lowered my "Energy" score was when my "Previous day activity" showed "moderate-to-vigorous exercise time" that was significantly below my average of 33 to 87 minutes.

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