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Introducing Ultrahuman Home: Smart ring maker announces device for tracking environmental data

The Ultrahuman Home functions like a smart ring for the home. (Source: Ultrahuman)
The Ultrahuman Home functions like a smart ring for the home. (Source: Ultrahuman)

Ultrahuman’s first foray into the smart home has sensors for air pollution, noise, humidity, lighting and other environmental data to discern the “overall health” of your home. Ultrahuman Home is designed to improve the functionality of the Ultrahuman smart ring, but in the long run the company intends to add support for smart home automation.

Wearable manufacturer Ultrahuman is set to launch its first smart home gadget in July this year. Called the Ultrahuman Home, it combines the environmental detection capabilities of a health monitor with the biotracking of a wearable to provide a more complete picture of your health.

What’s revolutionary about this is how the home sensor correlates information from its sensors – such as air quality, humidity and temperature – to the health of the user. For now, Ultrahuman Home only makes recommendations, but ultimately it should connect to other smart home devices and automate certain routines to rejuvenate a user’s health in tandem with their living space.

The minimalist design of Ultrahuman Home appears to draw inspiration from the Mac Mini. (Source: Ultrahuman)
The minimalist design of Ultrahuman Home appears to draw inspiration from the Mac Mini. (Source: Ultrahuman)

From the rounded edges and square form factor of Ultrahuman Home, it can easily be mistaken for a portable WiFi router (like this one from TP-Link) or even an Apple Mac Mini. However it couldn’t be any more different from either of those devices.

Ultrahuman Home tracks a total of eight environmental metrics to discern “home health”: natural light, blue light, particulate matter, smoke, noise, sleep apnea, humidity and temperature. By continuously monitoring these unique off-body markers, the device is able to supply real-time information on the status of a user’s physical environment, which is accessible via the companion app. 

This on-body and off-body health tracking integration is the first time ever in the health monitoring space.

– Mohit KumarFounder & CEO of Ultrahuman

Ultrahuman Home: top view. (Source: Ultrahuman)
Ultrahuman Home: top view. (Source: Ultrahuman)

Although Ultrahuman is marketing its home health monitor as a smart home gadget, it is primarily a stationary companion to the Ultrahuman Ring AIR. Kumar emphasizes how it links health markers from the individual – which will have to be gathered from a compatible wearable – to the data tracked by its own sensors. It’s particularly this health monitoring proficiency that sets Ultrahuman Home apart from other at-home health and wellness monitors.

Preorders for Ultrahuman Home will be available from the end of January for $349 on Kickstarter, without a subscription to access the companion app. The company has pegged July as the date to start shipping. However the smoke sensor may not be available till the end of the year.

Considering Ultrahuman’s lawsuit with Oura, the launch may still be postponed beyond July.

Ultrahuman plans to release its home sensor by the second half of the year, but some of its promised features might be unavailable. (Source: Ultrahuman)
Ultrahuman plans to release its home sensor by the second half of the year, but some of its promised features might be unavailable. (Source: Ultrahuman)

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