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The brand behind PCMag’s pick for the best smart ring is getting a major software redesign, alongside new features to help you better track your stress levels. Oura is also taking the first step toward hypertension monitoring.
A new Cumulative Stress feature will help you better recognize how your body reacts to challenges. It’ll monitor sleep continuity, heart stress-response, sleep micromotions, temperature regulation, and activity impact to give you a long-term score and provide insights into how your body responds to stress, be it fatigue, burnout, illness, or other elements.
Oura says it developed the tool from real-world research “validated against standardized measures like the Perceived Stress Scale and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory.” The feature won’t stop stress, but Oura hopes it’ll help you monitor factors that do so you can make your own lifestyle changes.
A new Stress Management view within the app itself also gives you a dashboard of your key results when it comes to regular worries. It combines pre-existing features like Daytime Stress and Resilience, with Cumulative Stress, into one view.
The Cumulative Stress feature (Credit: Oura)
The Oura app is also being redesigned to make it easier to use. The big new changes include a new Today tab to bring the most important information to your attention immediately. Oura says it’ll include the “most relevant scores, insights and Discoveries.”
The My Health tab has been redesigned to better show “strengths, trends, and areas of opportunity for proactive care.” There’s also a new Habits and Routines section to show your daily behaviors. If they’re negative, you may want to make changes to your lifestyle.
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There’s also a tab called Vitals, which Oura says shows “at-a-glance views of core health pillars—like sleep, stress, and cardiovascular trends.”
The new features are set to come to Android and iPhone in the “coming weeks,” so be on the lookout for an update to your Oura app.
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Oura also announced its intention to start developing a blood pressure monitoring feature for its smart rings. The feature is in its early stages, and the brand will be asking select Oura users to help in its research phase as part of its new Blood Pressure Profile study. The scheme is set to launch in the “coming months” where it’ll ask some users for information about your heart health, such as lifestyle, medication, and family history.
Oura is working with the FDA on the research, and it hopes to develop a feature to spot chronic elevated blood pressure risk. It may work similarly to how recent Apple Watch models are able to alert users to hypertension risks.
“By combining rigorous research with continuous, real-world data, we can identify early patterns that often go unnoticed in traditional healthcare settings,” says Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, chief medical officer at Oura.
“The Blood Pressure Profile study and Cumulative Stress feature mark an important step forward in translating science into everyday guidance—helping people recognize how small physiological changes today can influence long-term health outcomes.”
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