VIV Ring: AI-Powered Smart Ring Generates Personalized Sleep Sounds

This new smart ring generates custom sound to fix your sleep quality

CES 2025 Read and watch our complete CES coverage here Updated less than 8 minutes ago Smart rings have progressed rapidly within the past couple of years -- in the mass market space as well as research labs. At CES 2025, we saw Circular reveal a smart ring with atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection, while Ultrahuman put smart ring tech inside gold and platinum shells. Enter Viv Health, a South Korea-based digital health startup, with its Viv Ring. This one does things differently, in quite a literal fashion. Its claim to fame, apart from a polished design? Personalized AI-generated sleep sound. Recommended Videos The Viv Ring pulls all the tricks you would expect from an average smart ring, which includes heart rate tracking, heart rate variability, stress levels, blood oxygen saturation, activity, and sleep. The device doesn't stop there, however. It combines all the biomarker readings and employs AI algorithms to create personalized sleep sounds -- or, as Viv Health likes to call it, "generative sleep aid sound technology." Please enable Javascript to view this content The smart ring will synthesize sounds inspired by ocean forests, birds chirping, ocean waves, deep sea, and rainfall. But instead of serving stock audio, Viv mixes them with monaural and binaural tunes to supposedly enhance sleep quality. Would you like some AI sound for your sleep, sir? Viv claims that its tech stack carefully assesses the whole set of biosensing data, "constructing AI algorithm-driven personalized sleep audio that significantly improves sleep quality." Now, those are rather novel claims, as scientific research has mostly focused on white/pink noise and multi-audio stimulation. The consensus, however, varies. Research and meta-analyses lean more toward the inconclusive end, while others claim that white noise and sound are good for sleep quality. Since Viv is creating custom sounds using generative AI algorithms, we are in an entirely new territory here. The company, however, harbors grander plans before 2025 comes to an end. VIV™ring A Pro version of the Viv ring is already slated for launch later this year, and this one will allow continuous blood pressure sensing and AFib detection. The former is no longer an alien concept. At CES, Novosound showcased an ultrasound blood pressure measurement sensor that is destined for smartwatches and smart rings. Samsung has already implemented it on its smartwatch, even though it uses a PPG sensor to estimate blood pressure levels. Viv Health is currently in the process of getting the regulatory certifications and aims to put the Viv Ring on sale next month.

Here's why the VIV Ring is my favourite sleep tech product at CES 2025 so far

The world-first intuitive smart ring with personalized sleep aid audio goes on sale from February 2025 The biggest global tech event of the year is here and we've been keeping an eye on all the gadgets gaining traction through our CES 2025 live blog. As a sleep writer, one product in particular that's caught my eye is the VIV Ring, aka the world's first intuitive smart ring with generative sleep aid sound. Chris Yeh, CEO of Blitzscaling Ventures in Silicon Valley, recently identified smart rings as a leading technology trend for 2025, highlighting their potential in the personal health revolution. With real-time health data collection and AI-powered health predictions, the VIV Ring is poised to become a standout product in the wearable market. The VIV Ring has similar features to Oura and Galaxy smart rings. It analyzes biometric data including heart rate variability, oxygen saturation and stress levels. But where it sets itself apart is in its sleep enhancement features. VIV's "Generative Sleep Aid Sound" technology evaluates the biometric data, sleep patterns and sleep cycles collected by the smart ring and uses an AI algorithm to build a personalized sleep audio. This audio is constructed of natural sounds, including recordings of ocean waves, rainfall and birdsong combined with monaural and binaural sounds, to enhance sleep quality. Having reached the final stage of production in December 2024, the VIV Ring is debuting at CES and is set to go on sale in February 2025. Although the cost of this sleep tech is yet to be confirmed, if the best smart rings on the market are anything to go buy, you can expect the VIV Ring to be priced between $200 and $400. If you're as intrigued by this revolutionary sleep product as we are, you can bag yourself a discount by signing up to a member's waitlist. The VIV Ring is manufactured by digital health startup VIV Health, based in Seoul, South Korea. The company achieved its initial production milestone, completing development of the VIV Ring in December 2024. After debuting at CES 2025, the VIV Ring is expected to commence sales in February 2025. While the price of the smart ring is yet to be confirmed, you can join a member's waitlist, which will bag you 10% off at VIV Ring. Although the VIV Ring isn't recommended for medical use, a stand out feature of the VIV Ring is its continuous blood pressure tracking. VIV works with Gangnam Severance Hospital, a top university hospital in Korea, for their clinical trails. The company is working towards a medical-grade health tracking device to launch in mid 2025. The VIV Ring is a wearable device that tracks your health trends day and night to help you learn more about your body and biometrics. The ring is designed to be aesthetic and comfortable as well as functional. It features a scratch-free concave center, weightless titanium and sleek sensors and is complete with a satin finish, diamond-cut chamfered edges and a reflective surface, so you look good while tracking your health. It offers 24/7 health monitoring for non-medical, wellness purposes, allowing you to track and hack your day-to-day wellness routine. From sleep cycles to heart rate, stress, step count and exercise tracking, like all the best wearable health trackers, the VIV Ring offers constant insights into your health trends, providing you can access the compatible app. VIV focusses on simplifying user experience through their easy-to-navigate app where you can access and monitor your personalized health and activity data. Offering insights into your sleep cycles and overnight breathing rate, the VIV Ring can help you understand what happens within your body through the night and identify areas where you can take action to improve your sleep quality. For example, if your breathing rate indicates symptoms of sleep apnea, you can take precautions to stop this breathing disorder from disrupting your sleep. Thanks to the sleep aid sound feature, the VIV Ring is a plush edition to your bedtime routine, providing natural meditative sleep sounds for you to drift off into a calm, restorative sleep.

The best sleep tech from CES 2025 so far -- from brain bands to singing smart rings

From sleep apnea-fighting mattresses to smart rings that play lullabies, the best sleep tech from Day 1 of CES 2025 At CES 2025 we've covered tech advancements for every area of your lifestyle - and that includes a good night's sleep. These innovative sleep tech products take a smart approach towards drifting off, using everything from AI to electrical pulses to improve your rest. At Tom's Guide, our number one piece of sleep advice is to find the best mattress for your needs. But while we often recommending avoiding too much tech before bed, CES 2025 is proving that sleep and technology can go hand-in-hand. Below, we've rounded up the stand-out products from CES 2025 so far, including a mattress that can prevent sleep apnea and a smart ring that can create your own personalized lullaby. The OptimizeME Smart Mattress offers automatic firmness adjustments to relieve pressure as you sleep. So far, so Sleep Number. But the OptimizeMe bed takes things one step further, with the addition of real-time incline control. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the airways become blocked, and flat on your back is the worst sleep position for it. The OptimizeME mattress uses integrated bio-AI-algorithms to analyze your sleep habits and breathing patterns, adjusting the feel and the incline to keep you comfortable and breathing freely throughout the night. Produced by South Korean mattress makes Anssiil, the OptimizeMe is essentially a highly advanced air mattress. Inside, a series of strings run from the top of the mattress to the base. Adjust the firmness and the tension of the strings changes. The incline is also controlled by air bags and strings - no need for a bulky adjustable bed base. The best smart beds and mattresses contain some impressive technology, but we rarely see cutting edge sleep innovation contained to just 3 inches (or thereabouts). The ERA Smart Layer combines sleep tracking, active spinal alignment and even a massage mode in something as thin as a mattress topper. The ERA Smart Layer can potentially transform your old mattress into your health and wellbeing companion. As well as making real-time adjustments to you comfort level, the ERA Smart Layer can also connect to your phone to provide AI-generated sleep advice. Winner of the Innovation Award in Digital Health at CES 2025, the ERA Smart Layer isn't currently available for purchase. But with Sleep Number and Eight Sleep proving there's plenty of interest in the smart bed market, we might not be waiting too long to see a smart mattress topper. Pillows have long been a popular anti-snoring device, whether you're covering your ears with one to block out the noise or pummeling your partner with another in the hopes they'll finally roll over and shut up. But CES 2025 has a more high-tech approach to stopping snoring: the Motion Pillow. The AI-integrated pillow listens and learns your breathing patterns until it's able to pinpoint the moment you start snoring. When you start snoring, the pillow inflates, gently moving your head and opening up your airways. The snoring then stops and you - and anyone else in the bed - can sleep soundly. The Motion Pillow has won five consecutive awards for innovations in digital health at CES and is currently available to purchase from Motion Pillow. The CPAP machine might be the gold standard for sleep apnea treatment, but these bulky machines have a high quitting rate. Dianyx is attempting to popularize mouthguards for sleep apnea through the use of next-level sleep tracking in unobtrusive devices.. Oral Appliance Therapy (OAT) uses small, AI-powered sensors that are integrated into a mouthguard to collect data including heart rate, head position and sleep stages. This information can help doctor's understand the effectiveness of your treatment plan. For the user, OAT sensors should just be a small addition to your mouthguard. But for physicians, OAT offers a way to ensure a treatment is working - and make adjustments if it isn't. And with the data collected from this deep dive into mouthguards, what more innovations might we see in sleep apnea treatment? Say goodbye to your curated Spotify playlists - VIV Ring thinks it can craft the ideal soundscape for you to fall asleep to. This AI-powered smart ring generates a personalized sleep aid sound based on your biometric data and sleep patterns, for the perfect personalized playlist. Similar to the best smart rings, the VIV Ring tracks your health data as you sleep and, connected to the VIV app, provides an overview of your slumber. But it's the personalized Generative Sleep Aid Sound that makes this smart ring stand-out. Drawing from a library of green noise - such as running water and rustling leaves - each sound has been chosen to help you drift off. The VIV Ring is being debuted at CES 2025 and is expected to reach the market in February 2025. With studies revealing roughly 12% of Americans are diagnosed with chronic insomnia, finding ways to help us sleep better remains a top priority in digital health. The Neurovalens Modius Sleep takes a fairly direct approach towards improving rest - it targets the part of the brain that controls our sleep / wake patterns Awarded the National Sleep Foundation's 2024 Sleep Tech Award for Sleep Disorders and Conditions, the Modius Sleep is a non-invasive and FDA-cleared treatment for chronic insomnia. It looks like a headband, and in its most basic form it is a headband, but it delivers electrical pulses to the hypothalamus to induce sleep. Electrical pluses to the brain can sound extreme, but most users report a soothing, swaying sensation when using the Moduis. The Neurovalens Moduis Sleep is available on prescription only. Under the mattress sleep trackers offer a non-invasive alternative to wearable trackers. And the iSleePad from the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) offers the next step in sleep pad monitors. Tracking heart rate, breathing and sleep position, the iSleePad provides an overview of your sleep health without requiring skin contact. It can also alert you to unexpected bed exits (particularly useful if you're caring for young children or older people). The addition of the Schumann wave mode uses low-frequency resonances to help you fall asleep. And if you're worried your pooch isn't getting enough snooze, ITRI has also announced the launch of the iPetSuite. Suitable for cats and dogs, the iSleePad can fit into your existing pet bed - so you can finally figure out just what your kitten does once you're tucked up in bed.