By Hamza Faisal
The Oura Ring 5 has officially landed in India. Finnish health-tech company Oura opened pre-orders on Thursday, October 22, through Amazon India and Croma retail stores, bringing its latest smart ring to a country where the wearables market is growing fast but health-focused premium rings are still a niche.
The Oura Ring 5 is priced at ₹39,900 for the Silver and Black finishes, while the Gold, Deep Rose, Stealth, and Brushed Silver variants cost ₹50,900. Buyers also need the Oura Membership at ₹599 per month, inclusive of taxes, which unlocks the app's detailed health insights and tracking features — the ring on its own is only half the product.
Smaller ring, bigger sensor array
Oura says the Ring 5 is 40 percent smaller than its predecessor, built from lightweight, non-allergenic titanium with a slimmer profile and repositioned sensors for better skin contact. It comes in six finishes and sizes 6 through 13, and the company calls it the world's smallest smart ring.
Under the surface, the ring packs next-generation sensors, more powerful LEDs, and 12 optimized signal pathways designed to capture health data reliably across different finger types and skin tones. It tracks more than 50 metrics, including round-the-clock heart rate, sleep stages, daytime stress, cycle tracking, and automatic VO2 Max estimation through Oura Labs, which derives aerobic-fitness estimates from GPS-enabled walks, runs, and hikes.
AI health insights, minus the screen
The headline additions are software-driven. A Health Radar feature tracks changes in biometric signals to surface patterns tied to cardiovascular health and nighttime breathing. Its Blood Pressure Signals and Nighttime BP tools analyze 30-day nighttime PPG data to flag possible cardiovascular strain — notably, these do not measure blood pressure in mmHg and do not diagnose any medical condition, a distinction Oura is explicit about. The ring also adds Nighttime Breathing tracking and GLP-1 Insights for medication tracking in the Oura app.
Two new activity features, Cardio Effort and automatic VO2 Max, are meant to help members understand how exercise supports long-term cardiovascular health, while battery life is rated at six to nine days depending on ring size and usage.
A premium bet on India's wearables market
At ₹39,900 before a monthly subscription, the Ring 5 is asking Indian buyers to pay more than many smartwatches cost — for a device with no screen at all. The trade-off is deliberate: a discreet ring that tracks sleep, activity, stress, and recovery around the clock without asking anyone to wear a smartwatch all day, with data living entirely in the app.
That pitch has an audience — smart rings have grown from a curiosity into a real category, and India is one of the world's largest wearables markets. Whether buyers embrace a subscription-gated ring at this price will be the real test of how far the category can stretch beyond early adopters.
By Hamza Faisal
