Oura Launches 5th Gen Ring, Going All-In on Preventive Health

The new Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller than its predecessor, with a host of health and wellness features. Taken together, the new launch marks Oura’s biggest push yet to turn its smart ring into a preventive health platform

Oura has launched Oura Ring 5, its newest smart ring as the company, which was recently valued at $11 billion and is prepping for an IPO, looks to defend its lead in the increasingly competitive wearables market and push further into preventive health.

The new ring is 40% smaller than Oura Ring 4, with redesigned sensing architecture, week-long battery life and a slimmer form factor designed to make the device easier to wear continuously. Oura says the Gen 5 ring is the world’s smallest smart ring.

“Oura Ring 5 is a big step toward our vision of giving every body a voice,” Oura CEO Tom Hale said. “By reimagining Oura Ring 5 to be smaller, easier to wear, and pairing it with our most advanced software yet, we’re making it possible for many more people to wear Oura every day, and to benefit from the personalized, predictive health insights that come with it.”

Alongside Oura Ring 5, the company is introducing new features across cardiovascular health, metabolic health, clinical data, activity tracking, brain health and AI-enabled care.

Real-Time Workout Metrics

Oura is also adding Live Activity Tracking, a new experience that lets members start a workout in the Oura app and follow key metrics in real time from their phone. The feature supports pace and distance tracking for activities including running, cycling and strength training. Members can also connect third-party heart rate monitors and supported devices to see heart rate in real time, with lock screen widgets showing pace, distance and connected heart rate during a workout.

The company has also updated Automatic Activity Detection, which Oura says is now more accurate, including for lower-motion activities such as Pilates. With Oura Ring 5’s new signal architecture, Oura says members will see more accurate activity detection than on previous generations.

Proactive Health Monitoring With Blood Pressure Signals

One of the biggest additions is Health Radar, an expansion of Oura’s Symptom Radar feature. Health Radar is designed to surface biometric patterns that may need attention before issues become critical. At launch, it includes Blood Pressure Signals and Nighttime Breathing, two features that push Oura deeper into proactive health monitoring.

Blood Pressure Signals focuses on nighttime blood pressure patterns to offer a clearer view of cardiovascular strain. Members will also be able to log cuff readings directly in the Oura app, connecting traditional measurements with longer-term wearable trends.

Nighttime Breathing gives members a 30-day rolling view of sleep-related breathing patterns and disturbances, turning nightly breathing data into a longer-term picture. The feature builds on Oura’s existing breathing regularity card and is designed to help members better understand when breathing changes may be affecting sleep or warrant further evaluation.

“As a physician, I know that personal health can feel overwhelming, not only because information can be hard to access, but because it’s often unclear which changes really matter,” said Ricky Bloomfield, chief medical officer at Oura. “That’s why Health Radar is so important: it proactively brings together patterns people would otherwise have to search for.”

Connecting Wearable Data With Clinical History

Oura is also adding Health Records, which will allow eligible U.S. members to connect providers and import diagnosed conditions, medications, lab results and allergies into the Oura app.

The feature reflects Oura’s broader attempt to connect daily biometric data with clinical history, a key challenge as consumer wearables try to move closer to healthcare. Oura says the feature is part of its commitment under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Technology Ecosystem pledge to unite interoperable clinical data with everyday health signals.

That effort will also include a partnership with Counsel Health, an on-demand care platform that combines medical AI with licensed physicians. Through the partnership, eligible Oura members will be able to ask health questions, receive personalized medical advice and connect with licensed providers within the Oura app.

Other features include GLP-1 Insights, which that lets members log medication doses, side effects, weight changes and related biometric data in one place, and Lab Uploads, which allows members to import lab results into the app and view blood biomarkers alongside their Oura data.

Why Oura Is Thinking Small To Grow Bigger

The launch comes as the wearables category moves beyond fitness and sleep tracking toward something more ambitious: a continuous, AI-interpreted health record.

Whoop and Oura have both raised major capital at valuations north of $10 billion, and Oura’s latest release makes clear that the company sees the smart ring not just as a passive tracker, but as a hub for preventive health.

For Oura, the smaller ring could help expand adoption at a moment when form factor has become a major competitive advantage.

Smart rings have gained traction partly because they are more discreet than watches or bands, but size and comfort still matter for consumers, particularly because the devices are for all-day wear. Oura says the Gen 5 ring uses low-profile sensor domes, more powerful LEDs and stronger signal pathways to support accuracy across more finger types and skin tones.

“Oura Ring 5 is the most significant leap in smart ring history,” said Holly Shelton, chief product officer at Oura. “To make something 40 percent smaller without sacrificing an ounce of accuracy, we had to rethink every assumption — the sensors, the battery, the architecture, the geometry of the ring itself.”

The ring is made from lightweight, non-allergenic titanium and is available in sizes 6 to 13. New finishes include a redesigned Gold and Deep Rose, a copper-rose shade. Oura says the Gen 5 ring is its most scratch-resistant model yet and is dust and waterproof to 100 meters.

Oura Ring 5 is available for pre-order globally and will begin shipping June 4. The ring starts at $399 for Silver and Black finishes and $499 for Gold, Stealth, Brushed Silver and Deep Rose. Oura Membership costs $5.99 per month or $69.99 per year.