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Natura's $99 smart ring turns a tap into an AI agent

Natura is betting people will press a $99 ring instead of opening an app, bundling AI agents with basic health tracking into one small gadget.

Natura wants you to talk to an AI by pressing a ring, not your phone.

The company's new Interface ring costs $99 and packs a button that summons an AI agent on demand. A single press can trigger tasks, jot down a quick thought, or control other connected devices. It also tracks basic health metrics, folding a fitness band's job into the same piece of jewelry. Natura is positioning the ring as a cheaper, more physical alternative to opening an app or talking to a phone assistant.

Wearable AI hardware has a rough track record: pins and standalone gadgets from other startups struggled to find a reason to exist beyond a phone people already own. A ring sidesteps part of that problem by piggybacking on a category, fitness tracking, that people already wear daily. If the $99 price holds and the agent features work well, that's a more defensible angle than past attempts at AI jewelry.

Call it a smart ring with ambitions above its station, and whether a finger press beats typing into your phone is still unproven.

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