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Samsung announced during its recent Unpacked event that the Galaxy Ring will soon feature sleep apnea risk detection. The technology company highlighted that upon the tool’s rollout later this year, the Galaxy Ring will become the first and only over-the-counter smart ring to receive FDA clearance for monitoring sleep apnea risk

For a growing number of people, the first decision of the day isn’t made over coffee. It’s made by a wearable device that has spent the night monitoring heart rate, sleep patterns and other health metrics

Flexible organic eutectogel transistors arranged in a complete thread-based circuit. The free-form circuits can easily conform to body contours to monitor health and movement. Photo: Wenxin Zeng

THERE has been a global surge in the demand for smart wearables that track health and fitness metrics, recent Statista data has revealed

Doctors say wearable smart tech can be helpful, but also has downsides ByTanya Rivero Monday, March 16, 2026

Wearables like smartwatches and smart rings can be bulky, making them difficult to wear 24/7. That’s a gap that smart earring creator Lumia Health hopes to fill with the Lumia 2 device, which was originally created in collaboration with researchers at Johns Hopkins, Duke and Harvard to assist patients with chronic blood flow disorders

WITEC is working to develop the first wearable ultrasound imaging system to monitor chronic conditions in real-time, with the goal of enabling earlier detection and timely intervention. Publication Date: February 3, 2026