Samsung Galaxy Ring features revealed by Samsung Health app update

Samsung has already confirmed a few details about its first smart ring, which should launch as a true Oura Ring Gen 3 competitor (curr. $349 on Amazon). To recap, the company not only outlined the device's design, but also that it would eventually arrive as the Galaxy Ring. Currently, Samsung is expected to officially unveil the Galaxy Ring on July 10 during its next Galaxy Unpacked event alongside the following devices:

• Galaxy Buds3/Galaxy Buds3 Pro
• Galaxy Watch7
• Galaxy Watch Ultra
• Galaxy Z Flip6
• Galaxy Z Fold6

In the meantime, Android Authority claims to have discovered various Galaxy Ring features within the latest version of the Samsung Health app. Please note that the website found the functionality shown below by unpacking the app's APK. Thus, there is a chance that Samsung may change UI elements or some features altogether by the time that the Galaxy Ring reaches public release.

For now though, it seems that Samsung intends to allow the Galaxy Ring to measure not just heart rate and stress levels, but also skin temperature and snoring frequency. Samsung will continue to limit its skin temperature monitoring to menstrual cycle tracking though, which is the case with its recent Galaxy Watch smartwatches. On top of that, the Galaxy Ring does not have a built-in microphone. As such, snore detection requires having a paired smartphone nearby when sleeping. Unfortunately, other details remain unknown at the time of writing, including whether the Galaxy Ring will support contactless payments via a built-in NFC module.