Ōura Health, which makes a smart ring that monitors wellness, has partnered with Natural Cycles, the first FDA-approved birth control app.
Especially since releasing its Gen 3 hardware, Oura has prioritized the addition of new health monitoring features for female users, including a period prediction tool. Natural Cycles used researched-backed fertility indicators to help determine fertile windows but previously relied on user-inputted oral temperatures. Oura can now import distal body temperature and heart rate data automatically from its device, onto which Natural Cycles applies its algorithms.
Oura, which recently partnered with Strava for data integration, has also gone live with some promised features in the past few months. Wearers of the Gen 3 ring now have access to average blood oxygen, breathing regularity and workout heart rate data. Among its sports partners are the NBA and NBPA, NASCAR and the World Surf League.
