{
  "id": 15800528,
  "title": "Oura adds two new cardiovascular health tracking features to its smart rings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/oura-adds-two-new-cardiovascular-health-tracking-features-to-its",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:26:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1014712/oura-smart-rings-track-cardio-effort-vo2-max-cardiovascular"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Oura, the smart ring company, is adding two new cardiovascular health tracking features to its latest smart rings. These features aim to help users better understand the long-term effects of their regular workouts. The two new features are Cardio Effort and automatic VO2 Max. Cardio Effort measures how hard a user's cardiovascular system is working during exercise and compares their weekly effort to a personalized baseline. It provides ratings from Light to Reaching, indicating the strain on the cardiovascular system. Meanwhile, the automatic VO2 Max, still in beta, estimates a user's maximum oxygen uptake after five GPS-enabled activities and provides insights into changes in aerobic capacity over time. Both features are available for users with an active Oura membership and the newer Oura Ring Gen 3 and later models.",
  "summary": "Oura is introducing two new cardiovascular-focused health tracking features to its smart rings designed to help users better understand the effect regular workouts and exercise are having on their long-term health, and whether they need to ramp it up or dial things down. Cardio Effort and automatic VO2 Max (previously known as Cardio Capacity) are […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Oura is giving its smart rings a big cardiovascular health upgrade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/oura-is-giving-its-smart-rings-a-big-cardiovascular-health-upgrade",
        "published": "2026-10-20T16:49:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}