Samsung has filed trademarks for “Galaxy Pulse” and three other names, while new reports reveal the company is developing a wearable smart ring.
According to a report by The elecSamsung has formally begun development of a smart ring, a finger-worn gadget typically used to monitor your health and vitals, especially heart rate, while being smaller than a typical smartwatch.
Samsung is reportedly moving forward with creating the initial PCB hardware needed for a smart ring, with plans to build an early prototype. From there, the company will decide whether to proceed with mass production of the new Galaxy wearable.
Rumors of a Galaxy-branded smart ring have swirled for years and surfaced again earlier this year when Samsung trademarked the simple “Galaxy Ring.” The ring is alleged to be poised as a direct competitor to Oura’s line of wearables.
However, the latest batch of branding suggests that Samsung may be giving its smart ring a second purpose. Unlike the previous Galaxy Ring trademark that randomly appeared next to a trademark for “Galaxy Glasses,” each of Samsung’s latest filings, listed below, specifically mention that “smart glasses” are also covered.
In relation, The elec has uncovered a patent filing from Samsung that shows the potential to use a smart ring to offer more accurate hand sensing capabilities when paired with smart glasses. That said, not all patents make it to a final product, so this should be taken with a grain of salt for now.
The patent sees Samsung set itself apart from previous attempts to pair a smart ring with glasses. As reported late last year, Google following its acquisition of North was working on a ring-based joystick-like control scheme for its since-canceled AR smart glasses project. That said, Apple has changed the general expectations for the XR headphones with its advanced hand and eye tracking capabilities.
Meanwhile, the most detailed and expansive of Samsung’s four new brands is the filing of “Galaxy Pulse,” which goes far beyond ring and eyewear hardware to also include form factors like “smart bracelets” and “smart necklaces.” It appears that “Galaxy Pulse” could also refer to the app you’d use to sync health data from your ring to your smartphone.
The GALAXY PULSE trademark registration is intended to cover smart ring categories; wearable computers in the nature of smart bracelets, smart necklaces, smart glasses and smart rings; digital electronic communication wearable devices; downloadable software applications for smart rings for tracking, collecting, monitoring, detecting, recognizing, storing, transmitting, managing and evaluating biometric and physiological data, vital signs and personal health data and for providing medical advice; Registered software application for smart rings for tracking, collection, monitoring, tracking, recognition, storage, transmission, management and evaluation of biometric and physiological data, vital signs and personal health records and for providing medical advice.
On the one hand, the relationship of The elec indicates that the Galaxy smart ring is far from ready for release. On the other, the appearance of these potential brand names in trademarks could mean that we could see Samsung talking about the new style of hardware sooner rather than later.
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