Is the Oura Ring Really Just Guessing at Your Sleep Score?

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Oura is currently being sued over its claims that the ring measures your sleep. Both the law firm bringing the class action suit and Oura itself have released statements giving their opinion on the matter, and I’ll dig into those today. I also want to talk about the underlying issue here—how much can we trust our wearables when it comes to sleep data?  Oura Ring 5 $499.00 at Amazon Get Deal Get Deal $499.00 at Amazon What is happening with the lawsuit against Oura? So, first, the lawsuit. It’s a class action suit being brought by Clarkson Law Firm out of California on behalf of Madison Surber, a person who bought an Oura ring. The suit states: “At the time of purchase, Plaintiff did not know that the Challenged Representations were false—i.e., that the Product could not accurately and definitively measure sleep stages.” You can read the full text here .  A press release from the law firm summarizes the problem like so: “The product cannot measure any of the physiological signals required to determine sleep quality or sleep stages. Instead, it delivers only AI-generated guesses that, according to the Complaint, are no more reliable than a coin flip.” After the suit was filed, Oura published a blog post called “Standing Behind Our Science,” which you can read here . Oura writes: “A recent baseless, opportunistic legal allegation seeks to discredit how co…