The Oura Ring (Generation 3)’s latest feature is Oura Circles, a way to connect via the Oura app to other friends who happen to wear an Oura ring. Each circle can contain up to 20 friends: and members of your circle can view your Sleep, Readiness, and Activity Scores, posting emojis as reactions.
Oura is pitching this feature as less of a Strava for sleep, and more of a tight-knit compassionate community. In a statement in the press release, Oura CEO Tom Hale said: “Isolation fundamentally affects our mental, physical, and societal health, which is why the US surgeon general recently reported that chronic loneliness is a public health crisis, increasing the risk of cognitive decline by 50%, cardiovascular disease by 29%, and stroke incidence by 32%.
