Oura just got smarter (again) with stress insights and a redesigned app

Oura is, once again, doubling down on its mission to help people live longer, healthier lives.

Fresh from launching its Ceramic smart rings, the Finnish smart ring company has announced a major update to its ecosystem, including Cumulative Stress, a completely redesigned Oura App, and expanded Cycle Insights.

The hidden load

The pitch is simple: modern life drowns out the body’s signals, so Oura translates those “quiet” cues into timely, actionable nudges.

Cumulative Stress looks back over roughly a month of data and updates weekly to show how persistent load is building or resolving.

It blends contributors such as sleep continuity, heart stress-response, sleep micromotions (!), temperature regulation and activity impact to highlight the longer-term strain you might not feel day-to-day.

A new Stress Management view brings Daytime Stress, Resilience and Cumulative Stress into one place, making it easier to understand short- vs long-term patterns and plan recovery before fatigue or illness creeps in.

The app itself gets a visual overhaul with smoother navigation and dynamic colour cues that reflect daily biometrics at a glance.

The Today tab now foregrounds “One Big Thing” so members don’t have to hunt for the most relevant insight, while the transformed My Health area surfaces longer-range strengths and opportunities across pillars like sleep, heart health, metabolic health and fitness, then links them to habits and routines.

Cycle Insights steps up too, jumping from a one-month to 12-month view and providing cycle phase and prediction signals from the first night of sleep data rather than waiting two months.

Scale, trust, and the ecosystem

Millions of Oura smart rings has been sold in over a hundred countries, with growing UK retail including John Lewis and a premium presence at Harrods for hands-on fitting.

The recently launhed Ceramic Zirconia ring line adds durable, colour-through finishes designed to be polished back to “like new,” and multi-ring support means you can swap styles without breaking your data stream.

A compact charging case (with multiple top-ups on board) answers a long-standing community request for on-the-go power.

Together, the stress model, app refresh and deeper AI-assisted interpretation aim to make your data feel more like guidance and less like homework.

Availability is staged “in the coming weeks” globally on iOS and Android across 12 languages.

For more information, head over to Oura.