Oura adds two new cardiovascular health tracking features to its smart rings

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 available for the Oura Ring Gen 3 and later models , but only to users with an active Oura membership .

Instead of measuring how fast or far a user went during a run or bike ride, or metrics like calories burned, Cardio Effort measures how hard their cardiovascular system was working during exercise … Read the full story at The Verge.