How Smart Rings Solve the UX Challenges of Screenless Design
Smart rings have a funny problem. These devices try to offer high tech health monitoring capabilities, yet they do not accept their typical form. No screens, no glowing notifications on your finger, no small window showing your heart rate during a run. Just a band around your finger- the smart ring.
And, well, that's sort of the idea of the whole product line. But despite being screenless, smart rings don't mean the product's ease-of-use issues go away. Somebody had to decide how you would control the device, how you'd know your battery is low and how the ring would convey information to you in ways other than flashing or buzzing non-stop all day long.
And in particular, different manufacturers' solutions to those issues say a lot about what the future for this type of wearable holds.
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