{"id":23273,"date":"2026-05-28T13:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/oura-launches-ring-5-worlds-smallest-smart-ring-as-it-heads-towards-ipo\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:37:42","slug":"oura-launches-ring-5-worlds-smallest-smart-ring-as-it-heads-towards-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/oura-launches-ring-5-worlds-smallest-smart-ring-as-it-heads-towards-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Oura launches Ring 5, world\u2019s smallest smart ring, as it heads towards IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish-US startup has sold 5.5m rings worldwide since it was founded in 2013 and is valued at $11bn<\/p>\n<p>Stylish Finnish-American smart ring company Oura may be the darling of wearables, adorning the fingers of celebrities and sportspeople, but it is not resting on its laurels as it heads towards an IPO later this year. This week it launched the world\u2019s smallest smart ring, the Ring 5, its latest evolution of the device that defined a whole category.<\/p>\n<p>The Ring 5 is 40% smaller and with longer battery life than the highly popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/oct\/15\/oura-ring-4-review-best-smart-ring-battery-upgrade\">Ring 4<\/a>. It also promises to squeeze the health-tracking features of a smartwatch into a less techy piece of jewellery just 2.28mm thick, focused on sleep, stress, readiness and heart health.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/28\/finnish-us-firm-oura-launches-world-smallest-smart-ring-heads-towards-ipo\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/373a259e85c372c82115320633c905ba6da2ce27\/199_0_2700_2160\/master\/2700.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=609f9356af1220977e4a28eb7d01fdbf\" title=\"Oura launches Ring 5, world\u2019s smallest smart ring, as it heads towards IPO\" \/>Finnish-US startup has sold 5.5m rings worldwide since it was founded in 2013 and is valued at $11bn<br \/>\nStylish Finnish-American smart ring company Oura may be the darling of wearables, adorning the fingers of celebrities and sportspeople, but it is not resting on its laurels as it heads towards an IPO later this year. This week it launched the world\u2019s smallest smart ring, the Ring 5, its latest evolution of the device that defined a whole category.<br \/>\nThe Ring 5 is 40% smaller and with longer battery life than the highly popular Ring 4. It also promises to squeeze the health-tracking features of a smartwatch into a less techy piece of jewellery just 2.28mm thick, focused on sleep, stress, readiness and heart health. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish-US startup has sold 5.5m rings worldwide since it was founded in 2013 and is valued at $11bn Stylish Finnish-American smart ring company Oura may be the darling of wearables, adorning the fingers of celebrities and sportspeople, but it is not resting on its laurels as it heads towards an IPO later this year. This &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/oura-launches-ring-5-worlds-smallest-smart-ring-as-it-heads-towards-ipo\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oura launches Ring 5, world\u2019s smallest smart ring, as it heads towards IPO<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}