The Oura Ring 5 is the ultra-smart wearable you won't know you're wearing

A self-described subscription grump switched from nine years of Apple Watch to Oura Ring 3, then upgraded to the fifth-gen model — and still endorses it, which is the kind of testimonial that actually means something. The Ring 5 is making a case that passive, always-on health tracking from a thing you forget you're wearing can beat the daily attention tax of a smartwatch. The subscription requirement is real and worth pricing in, but for people who've already ditched the wrist screen, this sounds like the best version of that choice yet.