New images of the Oura Ring 5 surfaced in March and show a softer, rounder profile than the Ring 4, along with a slightly more curved outer surface and a more seamless transition to the synthetic resin inner band. The leak also appears to confirm six color options, including a new finish called Deep Rose that replaces Rose Gold.
Deep Rose is described as carrying a more complex bronze-rose tone, while the other leaked options include Stealth, Gold and Silver in both glossy and brushed variants. The design shift suggests Oura is keeping the ring close to the look that made its sleep tracker recognizable, while giving it a finish more in line with its push into the premium end of the wearable market.
The timing matters because Oura is no longer just selling a wellness accessory to a niche audience. It carries an $11 billion valuation, is on pace for $1 billion in annual sales and has become a visible status item for users including Prince Harry, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Zuckerberg. The company launched the Ring 4 Ceramic collection last October at $499, $150 more than the standard ring, using mineral-derived colors such as Petal Pink, Tide Green, Cloud White and Midnight Blue.
Those ceramics were one sign that Oura was leaning harder into design, but the Ring 5 leak points to a more important shift under the surface. Notebookcheck reported that the optical sensors are significantly larger than those in the Ring 4, and the new version is expected to add extra red and green LEDs to improve heart rate and SpO2 accuracy. Oura has also filed patents around blood pressure monitoring from the finger and is actively pursuing FDA clearance, though no commercial release has been confirmed.
An FCC filing that appeared in April under ID 2AD7V-OURA2602 adds more weight to the leak. It lists the ring as model OA13 and a refreshed charger as OA14, with a 180-day confidentiality window that would keep hidden materials such as internal photos and the user manual sealed until early September 2026. A slip on Oura’s own website suggested an imminent launch, and the paperwork makes a late 2026 arrival feel more likely than the initially rumored 2027 date.
For Oura, the next product is shaping up to be a familiar-looking ring with more ambition inside it. The design may be subtle, but the hardware changes point to a company that wants to stay fashionable while moving deeper into health monitoring, and the Ring 5 is the clearest sign yet that those two goals are becoming harder to separate.
