![]() ![]() Touch is selling it in pairs: two stainless steel and sapphire crystal models will set you back a collective $600, while the 18K rose gold variants of the ring starts at $3,000. True to the HB Ring’s luxury image, it commands a premium price tag. The Amazon Echo Loop is a smart ring that puts Alexa at your fingertips Once the app’s been downloaded and the ring paired, you add your loved one’s profile, and after that’s done, you’re free to send biological beats to your heart’s content. ![]() They’re managed through a companion smartphone app, and setup is as simple as it gets. The HB Ring’s headlining feature is “heartbeat sharing” - a little tap on your ring that sends your heart muscle’s dilations and contractions to a loved one. Image used with permission by copyright holder Touch boldly proclaims that the HB Ring, the result of two and a half years of development, is “the most sophisticated ring the world.” It packs “over 100” components - chiefly a battery, a circular LED array, a charging connector, and a “multidimensional” motherboard - and its round frame is crafted from a band of stainless steel with “the most wear-resistant coating out there.” That same craft extends to the HB Ring’s unibody, a molded block of sapphire crystal “harder than conventional gold” - the largest exposed scratch- and water-resistant sapphire surface on any ring on the market, Touch claims. Transmitting that sort of physicality over the internet is, needless to say, a tall order, but it’s nonetheless one that wearable company Touch is attempting to fill with the HB Ring, a “smart wedding band” that transmits the rhythm of your partner’s heartbeat in real time. Sure, voice and video chat is good in a pinch, but there’s no replacement for more palpable signs of affection like, say, a warm embrace. Image used with permission by copyright holderThere’s something irrefutably intangible about a phone conversation - especially with a loved one.
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