Oura Is Taking Its AI-Powered Wellness Advisor Out of Beta

All good things must come to an AI end. Oura, the company behind the Oura Ring, which popularized smart rings and gave Samsung a reason to make a fuss, has announced it’s taking its AI-based Oura Advisor out of beta and making it available to current Oura subscribers. The Oura Advisor is a contextual chatbot, through and through. You can talk to it about your feelings and get advice on what to do. For instance, I admitted to it that I gave myself a migraine by going to a concert and not drinking enough water. Rather than lambast me, the Advisor reminded me that all those things trigger migraines and offered me hydration tips. That’s the other thing about the Oura Advisor: you can choose between three tones of voice. They all aim to deliver the data you need, but you can decide whether you prefer the AI to be direct or soften the blow. I’ve only been wearing the Oura Ring 4 for a month and a half as part of a long-term review, so I’m still early days on giving Oura Advisor enough data ... Read full article.