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Archives for February 2025

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Oura adds menstrual data to Readiness Scores.

The algorithm behind the smart ring’s Readiness Score — a 0-100 body recovery ranking that considers your sleep quality, body signals, and activity levels — now includes menstrual cycle fluctuations. Users need to opt into Cycle highlights to access the update.

The change follows Oura finding that some menstruating users’ scores were misrepresented during the luteal phase that occurs after ovulation, in which some people experience increased heart rate and temperature, and decreased heart rate variability.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Peloton’s adding kettlebells to its class roster.

After a bunch of teasing, it’s finally official. Kettlebell training is now in both the Peloton App and the newer Strength Plus app. On the Peloton App, you can take four types of classes with popular trainers Jess Sims, Rebecca Kennedy, and a bunch of others. Meanwhile, the Strength Plus app has a two-week dedicated program led by guest instructor Dre Mayes, a former D1 football player.

The Casio Ring Watch is extremely silly, and that’s why I love it

It’s a watch. It’s a ring. It’s more jewelry than either, and that’s what makes it special.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
The OnePlus Watch 3 is delayed over a typo.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ahem, excuse me.

The OnePlus Watch 3 was supposed to launch today, but 9to5 Google reports that it’ll now arrive “sometime in April” over an unfixable “Meda in China” typo on its backplate. OnePlus says misprinted versions can be returned, no questions asked — or kept as a limited edition collectible.

As I wrote last week, #typogate is kinda endearing. It’s not as funny as getting sent 11 review units of the OnePlus Watch 2, but it beats the horror that was the original OnePlus Watch.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
One expensive typo.

OnePlus has announced it’ll let you return any Watch 3 model with its unfortunate ’Meda in China’ typo on the rear, no questions asked — or you can keep it as a ‘super limited edition.’ The company calls it ‘one-of-a-kind,’ though hasn’t actually said how many watches were produced with the small-print error.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Sanrio smartwatches? Sign me up.

Per Notebookcheck, Green House is launching four smartwatches featuring beloved Sanrio characters Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Cinnamoroll (who, by the way, is a dog not a rabbit) and Kuromi. The watch specs say they’re capable of tracking steps, sleep, heart rate, 20 activity types, calories burned, temperature, and blood oxygen. It also supports voice assistants, media playback, and notifications. Personally, I love the little character details on the straps!

The watches cost 14,080 yen, or about $93 — which is actually pretty good for a basic fitness tracker.

Render showing the Green House Sanrio smartwatches. They’re lined up from left to right showing Cinnamoroll in silver, Hello Kitty in Pink, Pompompurin in yellow, and Kuromi in purple.
I’m partial to the Kuromi watch.
Image: Green House