Acer is now making smart rings too – when is it time for an iRing?

Acer FreeSense smart ring
(Image credit: Acer)

I've been saying it for a while now, but I firmly believe that smart rings (and smart glasses) are set to dominate the wearable tech market as soon as they become more accessible and more affordable for everyday users. It seems that Acer agrees, as the company has announced its first-ever smart ring product at Computex in Taipei. And, if pricing speculation is to be believed, it's going to be seriously undercutting the competition.

The Acer FreeSense Ring announcement came as a surprise to many, given that Acer is more commonly associated with manufacturing some of the best laptops for game development. While we don't know much about this new Acer product yet, it's confirmed to be AI-powered and will offer health monitoring features like sleep and fitness tracking.

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Beth Nicholls
Ecommerce Writer

Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly. 

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