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Ring is in the news for two main reasons: new legal action alleging it scanned people’s faces without consent, and consumer buzz around Ring-adjacent hardware deals and health tracking updates (notably Oura Ring pricing and features). Overall, the dominant conversation is privacy-focused lawsuits involving facial recognition.

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Key Takeaway Expect heightened scrutiny of Ring’s facial-scanning features as multiple lawsuits allege consent violations and demand accountability.
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Expect heightened scrutiny of Ring’s facial-scanning features as multiple lawsuits allege consent violations and demand accountability.

Ring is in the news for two main reasons: new legal action alleging it scanned people’s faces without consent, and consumer buzz around Ring-adjacent hardware deals and health tracking updates (notably Oura Ring pricing and features). Overall, the dominant conversation is privacy-focused lawsuits involving facial recognition.

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legal claim Lawsuit alleges Ring should pay Americans for scanning faces
feature named ‘Familiar Faces’ facial scanning cited in fresh lawsuit
consent allegation Class action claims Ring collected visitors’ faces without consent

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  • Track ongoing court filings and rulings tied to the ‘Familiar Faces’ facial-scanning lawsuit. Neowin
  • Watch for further developments in the class action over collecting visitors’ faces without consent. The Register

What Changed

  • Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says Ars Technica
  • Ring faces fresh lawsuit over facial scanning 'Familiar Faces' feature Neowin
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What about the Oura Ring 5?

At the time of publication, Oura has announced the Oura Ring 5, so does it make a difference to our comparison? The Oura Ring 5 is a design update and is thinner and lighter than the Oura Ring 4. Plus, the underside of the ring has been redesigned, which Oura says will result in better accuracy. The Oura Ring 4 supports all the same features and uses the same app as the Oura Ring 5. The Oura Ring 5 only comes in titanium, so if you’ve been looking at a ceramic version of the Oura Ring 4, you will have to settle for the older version. For the majority of our comparison, we will talk about basel

I wore the Oura Ring and the Whoop, and one will absolutely fit into your life better than the other
When will the Oura Ring 5 be available?

The Oura Ring 5 is available to pre-order now from Oura, and it will be released on June 4. Oura Ring 5 $399 at Oura

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What is the prxxhi Oura Ring alternative?

The prxxhri ring is essentially a dupe of the world's most popular smart ring, the Oura. It has a titanium outer shell with sensors sitting on the inside of the ring, collecting health data from your finger. As Oura Ring alternatives go, the prxxhri is one of the good ones, sporting hundreds of positive reviews on Amazon. Customers say it's comfortable to wear overnight and provides useful sleep insights. Trust me, I've combed the reviews section of many a budget smart ring and there's not many that get such praise, if any praise at all. The prxxhri ring is available in six size options (there

I love my Oura Ring, but this is the $53 alternative I'd snap up for sleep tracking on a budget this Memorial Day
How does the sleep tracking compare to the Oura Ring?

The main reason you'd buy the prxxhri ring over the Oura Ring is because it's more affordable and does away with subscription fees (yay). But for that affordability, you must makes sacrifices in terms of sleep functionality. While the prxxhri smart ring delivers basic sleep tracking data, it doesn't go far beyond sleep duration and sleep stages. By comparison, Oura goes into much more depth adding metrics like sleep latency (how long it takes you to fall asleep), sleep efficiency (a metric gauging how long you spent asleep compared to how long you spent in bed), and a sleep debt log to its sle

I love my Oura Ring, but this is the $53 alternative I'd snap up for sleep tracking on a budget this Memorial Day
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