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The Galaxy Ring's best chance of success is to steal the Apple Ring's customers

Apple will have a much harder time making its Apple Ring as essential as its Apple Watch, leaving a gap for Samsung to strike.

Not many people use Galaxy tech with iPhones, though, because Apple strategically cripples non-watchOS wearables in areas like consistent phone connectivity, voice assistant support, on-wrist replies, and notifications. (Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central) Electronic Times reported a quote from an industry analyst that, based on Apple's surge of smart ring patents in recent years, an "advanced development for commercialization appears to be imminent." But I suspect that most people care more about a stylish, compact smart ring that offers useful health data, not gesture controls or a finicky ring-sized touchpad.

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