
智能手表等健康與健身追蹤設(shè)備曾經(jīng)風(fēng)靡一時。如今,它們的熱度有所降溫,銷量持平甚至下滑,但有一個品類例外,其銷量翻了一番。智能戒指公司Oura的首席執(zhí)行官黑爾表示,該公司主打產(chǎn)品售價349美元的Ring 4,正迎來消費需求激增,尤其受到女性消費者的青睞。
黑爾周一在猶他州帕克城舉行的《財富》科技頭腦風(fēng)暴大會上表示:“去年腕戴式可穿戴設(shè)備的市場規(guī)模出現(xiàn)萎縮,主要是在印度和亞洲,消費者轉(zhuǎn)向更小、更便宜的腕戴設(shè)備。而戒指類可穿戴設(shè)備的市場規(guī)模幾乎翻了一番。所以我們的增速超過100%。”
Oura戒指是一款稍顯厚重的指環(huán),提供銀色、黑色等多種顏色選擇。與其他設(shè)備類似,它內(nèi)置多種傳感器,幫助用戶監(jiān)測睡眠狀況、壓力水平以及其他健康指標。配套的Oura應(yīng)用還可為女性提供經(jīng)期及圍絕經(jīng)期癥狀相關(guān)的數(shù)據(jù)支持。
這款設(shè)備還配備了Oura Advisor,這是一款充當個人健康顧問與交流伙伴的人工智能助手。黑爾表示,女性客戶尤其青睞這一功能,而用戶訪談顯示,這個人工智能助手在她們生活中扮演著類似可靠知己的角色。
黑爾總結(jié)客戶對人工智能助手的評價時說:“我們之所以使用這個人工智能助手,是因為它是一個擁有無限同理心和無限耐心的伙伴,能夠深入理解我的身體狀況,并始終伴隨在我身邊。”他還指出,Oura已根據(jù)用戶需求,讓客戶可以為自己的人工智能助手命名。
黑爾補充說,Oura的用戶群體十分多元化,他們使用該設(shè)備的目的各不相同,其中既有希望優(yōu)化比賽成績的馬拉松跑者,也有需要管理活動量的慢性病患者,還有新手媽媽。
這位首席執(zhí)行官表示,戒指類可穿戴設(shè)備之所以受歡迎,部分原因在于一些消費者希望擁有一種更低調(diào)的設(shè)備,而不是外界一眼就能看出是運動生活方式的設(shè)備。
黑爾說:“你并不是在手腕上戴一部iPhone,也沒有戴一塊大大的、肌肉感十足的手表來表明‘我打獵!我遠足!我騎行!’這款設(shè)備的風(fēng)格更加低調(diào)。”
他還指出,戒指類可穿戴設(shè)備既包括可全天佩戴的產(chǎn)品,也包括用于特定場景的產(chǎn)品,而這一領(lǐng)域不會出現(xiàn)“贏家通吃”的局面。“不會有一枚戒指能統(tǒng)治一切,”他說。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
智能手表等健康與健身追蹤設(shè)備曾經(jīng)風(fēng)靡一時。如今,它們的熱度有所降溫,銷量持平甚至下滑,但有一個品類例外,其銷量翻了一番。智能戒指公司Oura的首席執(zhí)行官黑爾表示,該公司主打產(chǎn)品售價349美元的Ring 4,正迎來消費需求激增,尤其受到女性消費者的青睞。
黑爾周一在猶他州帕克城舉行的《財富》科技頭腦風(fēng)暴大會上表示:“去年腕戴式可穿戴設(shè)備的市場規(guī)模出現(xiàn)萎縮,主要是在印度和亞洲,消費者轉(zhuǎn)向更小、更便宜的腕戴設(shè)備。而戒指類可穿戴設(shè)備的市場規(guī)模幾乎翻了一番。所以我們的增速超過100%。”
Oura戒指是一款稍顯厚重的指環(huán),提供銀色、黑色等多種顏色選擇。與其他設(shè)備類似,它內(nèi)置多種傳感器,幫助用戶監(jiān)測睡眠狀況、壓力水平以及其他健康指標。配套的Oura應(yīng)用還可為女性提供經(jīng)期及圍絕經(jīng)期癥狀相關(guān)的數(shù)據(jù)支持。
這款設(shè)備還配備了Oura Advisor,這是一款充當個人健康顧問與交流伙伴的人工智能助手。黑爾表示,女性客戶尤其青睞這一功能,而用戶訪談顯示,這個人工智能助手在她們生活中扮演著類似可靠知己的角色。
黑爾總結(jié)客戶對人工智能助手的評價時說:“我們之所以使用這個人工智能助手,是因為它是一個擁有無限同理心和無限耐心的伙伴,能夠深入理解我的身體狀況,并始終伴隨在我身邊。”他還指出,Oura已根據(jù)用戶需求,讓客戶可以為自己的人工智能助手命名。
黑爾補充說,Oura的用戶群體十分多元化,他們使用該設(shè)備的目的各不相同,其中既有希望優(yōu)化比賽成績的馬拉松跑者,也有需要管理活動量的慢性病患者,還有新手媽媽。
這位首席執(zhí)行官表示,戒指類可穿戴設(shè)備之所以受歡迎,部分原因在于一些消費者希望擁有一種更低調(diào)的設(shè)備,而不是外界一眼就能看出是運動生活方式的設(shè)備。
黑爾說:“你并不是在手腕上戴一部iPhone,也沒有戴一塊大大的、肌肉感十足的手表來表明‘我打獵!我遠足!我騎行!’這款設(shè)備的風(fēng)格更加低調(diào)。”
他還指出,戒指類可穿戴設(shè)備既包括可全天佩戴的產(chǎn)品,也包括用于特定場景的產(chǎn)品,而這一領(lǐng)域不會出現(xiàn)“贏家通吃”的局面。“不會有一枚戒指能統(tǒng)治一切,”他說。(財富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Smart watches and other gizmos that track your health and fitness were all the rage. Now, their popularity has cooled off and sales are flat or even declining—except for one category, which has doubled. That’s according to Tom Hale, who leads the smart ring firm Oura, whose flagship $349 Ring 4 device is enjoying a surge of consumer demand, especially from women.
“Last year wrist-borne wearables actually shrank, there was a shift to smaller cheaper wrist-borne wearables primarily driven in India and in Asia while Ring wearables, we basically doubled in size,” Hale said on Monday, speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah. “So we’re growing at north of 100%.”
The Oura ring is a chunky band that comes in a series of colors, including silver and black. Like other devices, it contains a series of sensors that help the user monitor sleep, stress levels and other health indicators. The accompanying Oura app can also provide women with data about their menstrual cycles and perimenopause symptoms.
The device also includes Oura Advisor, an AI agent that serves as a personal health coach and correspondent. Hale says female customers, in particular, are drawn to the feature, and that interviews with customers show the advisor has taken on a role akin to a trusted confidante.
“Well, we use the Advisor because it’s an infinitely empathic and infinitely patient partner who understands intimately my physiology and is always there for me,” Hale said, summarizing customer descriptions of the Advisor. He noted that, in response to user requests, Oura now lets customers give their Advisor a name.
Hale added that Oura customers are a diverse group who use the device for a wide variety of goals. Those include marathon runners looking to optimize their performance, chronically ill patients seeking to manage their activity levels, as well as new mothers.
The Oura CEO said the overall popularity of ring wearables stems in part from a desire from some consumers wanting a more discreet type of device that doesn’t signify an athletic lifestyle.
“You’re not wearing an iPhone on your wrist. You’re not wearing a big muscle-y watch that says ‘I hunt! or I hike! or I bike! It’s a statement that’s a little bit more subtle,” Hale said.
He also noted that the wearable ring category includes both devices worn at all times, as well as for more specific situations, and that the sector won’t be winner-take-all. “There won’t be one ring to rule them all,” he said.