The Samsung Galaxy Ring should work with any Android phone – but it’s not getting iPhone support

Sorry Apple users

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We got our first proper look at theSamsung Galaxy Ringat theMWC 2024show this week, but we still don’t have all the details about the upcoming wearable. NowSamsungexec Hon Pak has revealed a bit more with regard to smartphone compatibility.

As reported byCNET, Pak revealed that Samsung was working to make the Galaxy Ring compatible with a broad range of Android handsets, beyond Samsung’s own Galaxy series – as it will of course be supported by phones like theSamsung Galaxy S24out of the box.

However, iPhone owners are going to be out of luck, because Samsung doesn’t have any plans to make the Galaxy Ring compatible withApple’s handsets, in line with the decision it previously made with theSamsung Galaxy Watch 6.

“We ultimately hope that our devices are of such caliber that people will be willing to switch,” Pak said, though it seems more likely that iPhone owners will go for theOura smart ringor wait forApple’s own effortinstead.

Sizes matter

Another tidbit from the CNET article is that the battery capacity of the Galaxy Ring changes with the different sizes (there are currently nine sizes in total). That doesn’t tell us much about battery life, but it seems that some variants of the Galaxy Ring may do better than others in this department.

Bear in mind that we’re still at a relatively early stage with the Galaxy Ring: Samsung made it clear at MWC 2024 that the models on show were still prototypes. There’s no official word on a date for a full launch yet, thoughJuly is looking likely.

In our ownhands-on time with the Galaxy Ring, we heard that sleep tracking would be one of the main features offered by the wearable, with Samsung keen to appeal to people who want a lightweight, simple, screen-free way of monitoring their slumber.

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Of course, all the data the smart ring collects will be accessible through an accompanying app – though not, it sounds like, on the iPhone. Within the next few months we should get full details about Samsung’s new product, including the all-important price points that it’ll be selling at.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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