Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 Rumours: Price & Release Window
A smart ring that tracks your sleep, heart rate and recovery without a screen or a charging cable fuss sounds like a nice upgrade path — if Samsung actually ships a sequel soon. Here's what's solid, what's speculation, and what we'd take with a grain of salt.
What's confirmed
The original Galaxy Ring already exists.
Samsung's first-generation smart ring launched at $399 USD and remains the company's only ring product on the market right now — everything discussed below concerns an unreleased follow-up.
No sequel has shipped within a year of the original.
Samsung has not put a second Galaxy Ring on shelves in the time since the first model debuted, and nothing has been officially announced for 2026.
What's reported (analyst / supply-chain sourced)
Early 2027 is the window analysts are circling.
9to5Google's May 6, 2026 report describes a sequel arriving within calendar 2026 as "virtually impossible," pointing instead to an early 2027 launch based on supply-chain timing.
A patent fight with Oura may be part of the delay.
Tom's Guide reporting ties the stalled timeline in part to an ongoing patent dispute between Samsung and Oura, which is cited as one reason a first-half-2026 release was considered unlikely.
Pricing is expected to hold steady around $399.
Details are thin here — Tom's Guide notes that whatever Samsung charges for the Ring 2, early chatter points to roughly the same starting price as the current model rather than a jump upward.
Battery life could stretch to 9-10 days.
Combined reporting from Tom's Guide and 9to5Google suggests an increase from the current ring's roughly 7-day battery life, though neither has a confirmed cell capacity or engineering detail to back the number yet.
A slimmer, lighter build is the design focus.
Multiple outlets, including Geeky Gadgets and WearableBeat, describe rumoured internal component reshuffling aimed at cutting down thickness and overall weight — the kind of change that's easy to promise and hard to verify pre-launch.
Health tracking could get a meaningful bump.
Tom's Guide and WearableBeat both mention rumoured improvements to sleep-analysis accuracy and cardiovascular insights, along with the possibility of an onboard body temperature sensor — none of which Samsung has acknowledged publicly.
Twisti's opinion
Waiting is probably the smarter move here.
If the early 2027 timeline holds, buying a first-gen Galaxy Ring today means potentially watching a materially better version (longer battery, slimmer shell, temperature sensing) show up within a year of your purchase. Unless you need the health tracking right now, we'd rather see the patent dispute resolve and an actual product announcement land before recommending anyone plan around this one.
What we'll update
We'll revise this page as soon as Samsung confirms a launch date, event, or pricing detail — and we'll flag it clearly if the Oura dispute changes the picture. Check back closer to early 2027 for anything more concrete.
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