Oura Ring 5 In-Depth Review: Smaller yes, but still worth it?
The Oura Ring 5 features a significantly smaller and lighter design compared to its predecessor, though it lacks substantial new health-tracking features. The reviewer suggests that for users already owning a smartwatch, the device offers little added value in the current market.
Why it matters
This review provides consumer guidance on the evolution of wearable health technology and the diminishing returns of incremental hardware updates.
The new Oura Ring 5 is a genuinely and significantly smaller ring than the previous Oura Ring 4 that was on my finger. That part isn’t really debatable. And the real-world battery life seems to be a *slight* improvement over the past, though most of the time Oura rings seem to slowly and quickly lose their battery life, so this could just be a case of new unit vs well-worn unit. And finally, indeed, there are some new features – but those too are available to all recent Oura ring owners, and aren’t specific to the Oura Ring 5.
The review is based on personal testing and provides a critical, objective assessment of the product's utility.
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