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2025’s Samsung Galaxy Rings in Titanium Gold, Titanium Black & Titanium Silver

Are you ready for a preview of the 2025 Samsung Galaxy Ring?

Personally, I’ve been excited about the Samsung Galaxy Ring since it made its debut last year. See, I still haven’t jumped on the smartwatch bandwagon—I tried it out, not for me. I was already navigating my way through my phone, and to have another gadget on hand felt like too much fiddling. 

But I liked what the smartwatch can do, in particular the whole fitness and health tracking deal that I can’t get with my phone alone. Heart rate monitoring, a more concise sleep tracking, blood oxygen levels… As someone who’s not naturally data-inclined with regards to my activities, I thought the Samsung Galaxy Ring could help to force me to monitor my well-being better.

Unfortunately, Generation 1 of the Galaxy Ring was not made available in Malaysia. So when the chance to preview the next evolution of the Galaxy Ring arrived, needless to say, I got giddy.

A preview of the 2025 Samsung Galaxy Ring

A Reminder About Monitoring Our Health

The preview of the new Galaxy Ring was held at the Sunway Sanctuary, located within Sunway Medical Centre. That’s a big hint to how Samsung plans to market the latest of its wearables. Even before we got our hands on the product proper, a representative from the centre shared some vital facts regarding the health of our countrymen (and women). Hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, these are Malaysia’s greatest health concerns. And as of 2023, 54.4% of our people are obese. 

In not so many words, we were reminded that what we need to be doing is to better monitor our health. The key word here is “preventive healthcare”. Regular check-ups, constant monitoring of personal data, a fitness routine are all essential, before things go awry. Which, apart from an appointment with a doctor, is something that the Samsung Galaxy Ring can help us with. (Not saying that the ring can replace medical specialists, but it is a tool to help us on the day-to-day).

So what does the ring do? Sleep track, steps count, measure stress levels, monitor heart rate, and calculate your personal energy score. When paired with a Galaxy smartphone, it can also help to measure snoring. Of course, these are just the cliff notes—after all, this is but a preview. We aren’t given any press releases yet until the embargo for the product is lifted.

The Preview

Soon enough, we are led into the showroom where the Galaxy Rings are on full display. As far as first impressions go, what I loved most about the ring was actually its charging case. With its see-through body, pristine white accents and LED features, it looked so cool. Like a futuristic compact case. It was ergonomic too because its curves and proportions felt satisfyingly comfortable. 

The gorgeous Galaxy Ring charging case

Speaking of comfort, the rings come in three colours—Titanium Black, Titanium Silver, Titanium Gold—with 9 sizes to choose from. It’s recommended for the ring to be worn on the index or middle finger, due to greater circulation and natural movement. Upon measuring my left index finger (67 mm), I was given a size 11. Though it fit alright, it felt just a tad tight so I went one size larger. Apart from comfort, the important thing is for the sensors to have contact with the skin, and that the ring is faced the right way. A notch on the ring helps to indicate that the sensors should be on the palm side of your hand.

The ring’s concave form. A notch on the ring indicates where the sensors should be facing.

The Design

In terms of design, there’s a subtle concave on the body of the ring. This gives it some visual dimension, with how light and shadow lands on it. I liked the feel of the ring too, smooth and lightweight.

Additionally, we were informed that the ring is made from durable titanium, weighs between 2.3 g to 3.0 g (depending on size), and is water resistant to 100 metres. A full charge should give 7 full days of usage, with apparently no need for battery replacement.

The ring is water resistant to a 100 metres.

We were allowed to test the rings available, so I decided to check my stress levels—apparently, I scored the highest. (It was one of those days). We also tried out the gesture controls. A double pinch between the thumb and whichever finger holds the ring can either dismiss your phone alarm, or snap a picture. And if you’ve misplaced your ring, the Find My Ring feature on the Samsung Wearable app will have the ring’s LEDs blinking to hopefully assist with your search. 

As far as previews go, it was an exciting experience, trying the ring out and seeing what data it can collect. That said, again, I was one without a smartwatch, so I wasn’t able to make a direct comparison between the two. We’re told the retail price for the Samsung Galaxy Ring is RM2,099 (as of writing), which is higher than the standard Galaxy Watch by quite a margin. Is it better to have both, or to choose between the two? At the end of the day, it depends on what you expect out of your wearable. Check this space again for a more thorough review once I take my Galaxy Ring out for a spin.

The Samsung Galaxy Rngs & Galaxy Watches

Learn more about the Samsung Galaxy Ring by visiting the Samsung website.