Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 delayed to 2027 with bigger battery and slimmer fit

Samsung's Galaxy Ring 2 won't arrive this summer. The company has quietly shifted the launch from the July 2026 Galaxy Unpacked event to early 2027, according to Korean outlet ETNews. The delay is significant because the original Galaxy Ring — currently discounted to £299 in the UK (down from £399) — has struggled to find buyers beyond early adopters, and Samsung clearly wants the sequel to land with more substance.

The upgrades

Three concrete improvements are on the table, per 9to5Google. Battery life is the headline change: the current ring lasts around seven days, and Samsung is targeting nine to ten days through a larger cell. The ring is also being redesigned internally — a revised component layout will make it thinner and lighter without sacrificing the battery gain. Health tracking gets a lift too, with better skin temperature sensors, more refined sleep analysis, and stronger cardiovascular data.

Together, these address the main complaints about the first Galaxy Ring: it was expensive, it didn't do enough that a Galaxy Watch couldn't already do, and the seven-day battery required inconvenient charging.

The ecosystem play

Samsung's longer-term ambition is to position the ring as a continuous health monitor while Galaxy Watch handles workouts and notifications. Galaxy Ring 2 will tie deeper into Galaxy AI and Samsung Health — useful if you're already in the Samsung ecosystem, but iPhone users are out of luck. Oura Ring 4, the main competitor, works across both Android and iOS and doesn't require a monthly subscription, which gives it an edge with anyone shopping outside Samsung's walled garden.

The delay itself tells a story. Samsung originally planned to ship Ring 2 in the same window as Galaxy Watch 8, but pushed back citing smart ring market growth rates and its broader flagship calendar. A long-running patent dispute with Oura is widely cited as a background factor, though Samsung hasn't addressed it publicly.

What to expect

No pricing has been confirmed for Galaxy Ring 2. Given the original launched at $399/£399 and is now selling at a significant discount, Samsung will likely need to come in more competitively in 2027. Regional availability outside Samsung's initial launch markets has also not been announced. For now, early 2027 is the target — and the spec improvements suggest it's a more considered product than what launched in 2024.