The Dreame Good Ring was one among a number of intriguing new wearables to debut at CES 2026. I simply obtained my fingers on a overview unit, and I’m blown away; it beats the Oura Ring 4, the best smart ring in 2026, in three main methods.
It looks as if solely yesterday I wrote my smart ring predictions for 2026 (okay, it was a month in the past), and two of the largest developments I discussed embrace the addition of haptic suggestions — by way of vibrations — and customizable contact controls on the ring floor.
Nicely, the brand new Dreame Good Ring gives each of those options, after which some. Right here’s every thing you might want to find out about what may very well be probably the most superior sensible ring that’s graced my finger up to now.
1. Haptic alerts
That is the primary sensible ring I’ve examined with an onboard micro-vibration motor to ship haptic suggestions. Nevertheless, different manufacturers, together with RingConn, have introduced comparable options in forthcoming releases.
Customers can set the Dreame Ring to softly vibrate for alarms, incoming calls, messages, and different notifications. I examined the characteristic (by setting an alarm) and located the haptics nice but highly effective sufficient to possible (ultimately) wake me up from sleep.
Presently, haptic alerts for messages solely work with the WeChat and QQ apps, not Apple’s native Messages app. I’ve inquired with Dreame about future help for native iOS messaging.
2. Customized contact controls
The Dreame Ring incorporates a tiny touchpad situated on the aspect of the system, designed to be managed by your thumb (Dreame recommends carrying the ring in your index finger). This little touchpad helps three gesture controls: swipe up/down, double-tap, and long-press.
Pairing the Dreame Ring with my iPhone 16 Plus and getting the contact controls up and working was surprisingly straightforward. Inside ten minutes of popping between the companion app and my telephone’s accessibility settings, I used to be capable of management Spotify on my telephone, utilizing the ring, together with beginning and stopping songs, continuing to the subsequent monitor, and adjusting the quantity.
Dreame’s contact controls are just like these discovered on the forthcoming Aivela Ring; nevertheless, Dreame’s truly work. After I noticed the Aivela Ring at CES 2026, the contact performance was experiencing hiccups.
3. Comparable well being monitoring in a slimmer package deal
The Dreame Good Ring guarantees comparable well being monitoring options to the Oura Ring 4, together with steady coronary heart price monitoring, blood oxygen saturation monitoring, coronary heart price variability insights, sleep evaluation, health/motion monitoring, and ladies’s well being monitoring.
Nevertheless, it boasts these holistic instruments along with haptic alerts and customized contact controls, in a slimmer package deal than the newest Oura Ring. The space-grade ceramic Dreame Good Ring is 2.5mm thick in comparison with a thickness of two.88mm for the Oura Ring 4 and a thickness of three.51mm for the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic.
The scale 11 overview unit I’m testing weighs 5.38 g, which is a bit heavier than the usual Oura Ring 4 (3.5-5.2 g), however lighter than the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic (5.1-8.1 g).
In fact, till I’ve had an opportunity to totally assess the accuracy and usefulness of Dreame’s holistic instruments, there’s no figuring out whether or not they carry out in addition to Oura’s complete suite of wellness options, which additionally occur to be one of the best at school.
Finally, if the Dreame Good Ring proves to be each a succesful wellness tracker that additionally gives dependable haptic and contact options, it can make all different health-tracking-only sensible rings — not simply the Oura Ring 4 — really feel technologically behind by comparability.
Keep tuned for a full overview.
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