Natura’s $99 Interface Ring Puts ChatGPT, Claude and Meta AI on Your Finger

Natura has unveiled Interface, a $99 smart ring designed to let users issue voice commands to AI agents including Claude, ChatGPT, Grokbot, Meta’s Muse, and Instinct. Preorders are expected to open next month, with shipping planned for December or January.

The ring is built around hands-free access to AI assistants. Rather than opening an app or reaching for a phone, users can trigger the ring and direct requests to different agents depending on the task.

Natura says someone could ask Claude to handle coding work, use Instinct for a reservation, and send another request to Grokbot. Responses can be delivered through connected headphones, an iPhone Live Activity, or Natura’s NatureOS app.

Founder Carlo Edoardo Ferraris, who previously founded tech accessories company Rolling Square, is positioning Interface as a way to make personal AI agents easier to reach throughout the day. The ring can also interact with devices such as computers, extending its role beyond simply sending questions to a chatbot.

Interface combines those AI controls with health tracking. It monitors heart rate, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages, daily movement, step count, and changes in skin temperature.

Battery life is rated at six to 12 days depending on usage, while a full recharge takes about 100 minutes.

The device follows Natura’s earlier HumanPods, AI-enabled earbuds created for interacting with agents. The company decided to pursue a different wearable format as voice technology improved, with the ring designed to stay on the user for longer stretches.

Natura is also positioning Interface between existing health-focused and AI-focused smart rings. The category already includes health devices from Oura, Ultrahuman, and RingConn, along with AI-oriented rings from Pebble and Vocci.

The $99 price is intended to help Natura build an initial user base, though the company plans to raise the hardware price later. After a free service period lasting between three and six months, Natura expects to charge a $9 monthly subscription.

Ferraris said the ring’s manufacturing costs are comparable with devices such as the Oura Ring and Samsung Galaxy Ring because they use many of the same kinds of components. Natura is nevertheless launching Interface at a lower price to reduce the barrier to trying the product.

The company is betting that combining continuous wear, health monitoring, and access to multiple AI agents can give Interface a broader role than a conventional fitness ring. Its central pitch is that users can delegate tasks and interact with AI without depending on a phone screen for every request.

This analysis is based on reporting from digitaltrends.

Images courtesy of Natura.

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