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TL;DR
- An replace to the Galaxy Wearable app lately revealed an icon for Samsung’s upcoming good ring.
- An APK teardown of that app might have revealed the identify and launch window for the system.
- Samsung refers back to the good ring because the Galaxy Ring, and it has a launch window of 2024.
Way back to February this yr, there have been mumblings about Samsung engaged on a Galaxy-branded good ring. Whereas particulars have been few and much between, we might have simply gotten some new info relating to the identify, design, and launch window of the {hardware}.
Yesterday, in a Korean discussion board, a consumer reported they discovered ring-like icons inside the Galaxy Wearable app. Though it’s not an in depth illustration of the good ring, it does give us a tough concept of what the system will appear to be. In brief, it seems to be like your common ring with no further frills.
In an APK teardown of the Galaxy Wearable app, courtesy of 9to5Google, Samsung reportedly refers back to the system because the Galaxy Ring. This goes hand-in-hand with the trademark the corporate filed earlier this yr. That trademark describes the system as a “good system for measuring well being indicators and/or sleep within the type of a hoop.”
An APK teardown helps predict options that will arrive on a service sooner or later based mostly on work-in-progress code. Nevertheless, it’s attainable that such predicted options might not make it to a public launch.
Along with confirming the identify, the outlet states that the app additionally had a launch window for the gadget hiding in it. Apparently, the app says the good ring will probably be out in 2024. This traces up with a leak from a few days in the past that steered the Galaxy Ring may seem with the Galaxy S24 on the subsequent Unpacked occasion, and it might be the star of the present.
Lastly, there have been strings of code referring to Bluetooth connectivity, messages that seem after software program set up, and messages if you find yourself “connecting to your ring.”
As of proper now, it seems to be like all the pieces is pointing to 2024. Nevertheless, there was one rumor that steered the ring may launch in 2025 if Samsung determined it wished to hunt medical approval.