TL;DR
- Circular has announced its new Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim.
- The Ring 3 Pro offers more features and longer battery life, but both versions offer contactless payments linked to supported Visa or Mastercard cards.
- Pricing and availability aren’t yet known.
Circular has announced two new smart rings that come with features that might make Oura and Galaxy Ring users jealous. At IFA today, the company’s taking the wraps off its new Circular Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim. Like all smart rings, Circular’s new models monitor activity and sleep — but they also do things competing rings can’t, like alert vibrations and contactless NFC payments.
The Circular Ring 3 Pro can d0 more than the lighter-weight Ring 3 Slim. The Pro version comes with FDA-cleared ECG functionality, blood-pressure monitoring features, and a larger battery. Both models come with support for NFC payments and a vibration motor that can be used for silent alarms and other alerts from the rings’ companion app.
