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Samsung's subscription-free smart ring and Google's dark web watchdog top the Innovation Index
Consumer tech at Samsung ran the show this week, while Google made security protections more accessible.
As ZDNET Editor in Chief Jason Hiner wrote, the move could create a sea change in the wearables market by making it less plausible for competitors like Oura to paywall the valuable data found in consumers' ring fingers. Its bold aesthetics and quality feel stand out in the smartphone series, and appear to have skipped a few generations: enough that ZDNET contributor Cho Mu-Hyun called Samsung "the leader of hardware in the Android camp." While not every individual device was a winner, the collection of foldable phones, smartwatches, earbuds, and a smart ring, the ZDNET team noted the interoperability of the Samsung ecosystem -- a core offering of Apple tech as well.
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