The Galaxy Ring may steal the spotlight at the S24 Unpacked event

Judging by patents and trademark applications over the years, Samsung has been thinking about expanding its wearables lineup with a smart ring for a long time. Nothing concrete has come of this, but in 2023, Samsung appears to have accelerated its smart ring project, with numerous leaks and rumors lending more credence than ever to the possibility of a so-called Galaxy Ring.

Rumors and leaks are piling up faster than ever, and according to new information from… @UniverseIce On Chinese social media network Weibo, Samsung will unveil its smart ring alongside the Galaxy S24 series next year.

The Galaxy S24 lineup is supposed to be announced in January 2024, and Samsung’s first smart ring will be there on the same day. The leaker indicates that Samsung’s new wearable device may steal the spotlight from the upcoming flagship phones.

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Dozens of possible names for Samsung’s new wearable device

For the sake of convenience, for the past few months, everyone has been referring to Samsung’s mysterious smart ring as the “Galaxy Ring” due to a trademark app that mentioned the moniker.

However, since then, Samsung has trademarked dozens of names for its smart ring, including:

• Galaxy Ring
• Galaxy clearly
• Galaxy One
• Samsung One
• Antiques
• Galactic rhythm
• Samsung Pulse
• Samsung Insight
• Samsung index
• Galaxy circle

Regardless of what it will be called, not much is known about Samsung’s smart ring. But it’s been a while since the Korean tech giant entered a new market segment, and many people are looking forward to something new.

In theory, the Galaxy Ring should offer health and fitness tracking functionality through Samsung Health, similar to the Galaxy Watch, except it will be more compact and not as feature-rich as a wrist wearable. It probably won’t have a display, for starters.

But what might be a huge boon for the Galaxy Ring is that it can become a replacement for the Galaxy Watch for people who want to track fitness and health without giving up their classic watch.