Two years on since the Oura Ring 4, Finnish health tech company Oura is back with a new smart ring – right in time to compete with the other screenless fitness tracker of the moment, the Fitbit Air. The Oura Ring 5 doubles down on the company’s minimalist ethos with a smaller ring design, upgraded durability, and – unsurprisingly – a suite of AI-powered wellness features.

The Oura Ring 5 is now available to order and starts at AED 1,599 for the Silver and Black finishes, while premium options – including Stealth, Brushed Silver, Gold and Deep Rose – are priced at AED 1,999. Oura’s subscription pricing remains unchanged at AED 29.99 per month or AED 269 per year.

Tiny Ring, Big Ambitions

A row of smartrings side by side in a variety of colors such as black gold silver and rose gold

Courtesy of Oura

At 6.09mm wide and 2.28mm thick, Oura’s latest ring is 40% smaller than the Ring 4, which the company claims makes it the world’s smallest smart ring. The titanium exterior is now coated with a new physical vapour deposition (PVD) to improve scratch resistance, and the ring itself is dustproof and water-resistant up to 100m with an IP68 rating.

Shrinking the Oura Ring hasn’t come at the expense of performance. Oura says the Ring 5 is more accurate than its predecessor, thanks to LEDs four times more powerful and redesigned sensors positioned closer to the skin for improved signal detection. The ring supposedly incorporates 12 independent signal pathways to refine accuracy across a range of finger shapes and skin tones. Battery life gets a modest boost too, with Oura claiming between six and nine days per charge, up from the Ring 4’s five-to-eight-day range.