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Smart ring maker Ultrahuman announces tracker for home ‘health’

Indian wearable startup Ultrahuman is getting into the smart home game. It has announced the upcoming launch of connected hardware that's designed to Indian wearable startup Ultrahuman has announced the upcoming launch of connected hardware designed to monitor the "health" of your home.

Looks-wise, the Ultrahuman Home resembles a sleek (metallic) Wi-Fi router or Apple TV — basically it’s a low, squarish box — but functionality is quite different: Sensors in the device will allow the user to monitor levels of natural and artificial light, air pollution, noise, humidity and smoke in the room where it’s installed, according to the company, sending data, in the form of space “scores” and actionable insights, to a new “home” tab in the Ultrahuman app. The new incoming (static) hardware is intended to supplement the ability of Ultrahuman’s smart ring to deliver personalized lifestyle nudges as it can factor in data on the indoor environment the user is exposed to too. He also credits expanding offline sales of the smart ring — via retailer partners — with helping grow the user-base, given it’s the sort of device people may want to see and touch before they hand over money.

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