Said to be the world’s first smart ring equipped with generative sleep aid sound, the VIV Ring, announced by South Korean firm VIV Health at CES in Las Vegas, goes beyond basic biometric measurement.

Chris Yeh, CEO of Blitzscaling Ventures in Silicon Valley, recently identified smart rings as a leading technology trend for 2025, highlighting their potential in the personal health revolution. Yeh emphasised that the familiarity of wearing a ring provides a unique user experience, positioning the smart ring as a new standard for personal healthcare.

With real-time health data collection and AI-powered health predictions, the VIV Ring measures and analyses biometric signals including heart rate, oxygen saturation, heart rate variability and stress levels, thereby creating a personalised health monitoring device integrated with generative sleep aid sound technology for wellness purposes.

The simplified VIV app interface lets users monitor and measure health metrics easily.

The device seamlessly integrates with Apple Health. The iOS app is now available, and an Android app is scheduled for release in February 2025. The basic version of the generative sleep aid sound has been completed, and a customised version will launch in the first quarter of this year.

Breaking from the industry norm of synthetic sound creation via digital signal processing, the ring prioritises actual natural sounds. It includes recordings of ocean waves, deep-sea acoustics, rainfall in tranquil forests and birdsong combined with monaural and binaural sounds to enhance sleep quality.

The generative sleep aid sound technology analyses the biometric data, sleep patterns and sleep cycles collected by the smart ring, constructing AI algorithm-driven personalised sleep audio that improves sleep quality.

The ring has a concave centre designed to resist scratching, and its diamond-cut chamfered edges provide aesthetic appeal.

VIV Health has achieved the initial mass production milestone for the ring, completing development in December 2024. It is expected to start sales in February 2025, with current processes in progress for FCC and CE certifications.

With its debut at CES, the VIV Ring aims to differentiate itself from other smart ring manufacturers by offering biometric measurement and monitoring, and introducing integrated generative sleep aid sound technology.

VIV Health is working closely with Gangnam Severance Hospital, a university hospital in Korea, for clinical trials to secure regulatory approval for its medical device products in 2025.

“We are working with Dr Won-Seok Jang, who previously worked at Siemens Healthcare R&D and Samsung Medison and is currently a professor at Yonsei University College of Medicine’s Graduate School of Medical Device Industry, as our chief scientific officer to develop the medical device” said CEO James Shin. “We are excited to unveil the wellness smart ring, VIV Ring, at CES 2025 and plan to complete development of the VIV Pro, a medical device smart ring capable of measuring blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, by the end of 2025.”

VIV Health (www.vivring.ai), based in Seoul, South Korea, is a digital health start-up developing health monitoring technology through its intuitive smart ring with generative sleep aid sound, measuring biometric signals such as heart rate, oxygen levels, HRV, sleep patterns and activity tracking.