So many rings are popping up at tech shows.

技術展上出現了很多戒指。

Samsung's got a ring, and I got into wearing a smart ring, but where is the Apple ring?

三星有戒指，我也喜歡戴智能戒指，但蘋果的戒指在哪裡？

Apple is researching a smart ring.

蘋果公司正在研究一款智能戒指。

There are multiple patents, so clearly someone at Apple is cooking up ideas.

蘋果公司擁有多項專利，顯然有人正在醞釀新的想法。

And Apple's version could be a lot different than what we see today.

而蘋果的版本可能與我們今天看到的大不相同。

Since I began using a smart ring, this one I have is called the EV,

自從我開始使用智能戒指後，我的這個戒指就叫 EV、

I am convinced that this may be the most useful personal gadget to come along in a while.

我深信，這可能是近期出現的最有用的個人小工具。

And it can fix many of our everyday tech annoyances and level up the current health and sleep tracking abilities of the Apple Watch.

它可以解決我們日常遇到的許多技術問題，並提升 Apple Watch 目前的健康和睡眠追蹤能力。

So Apple, I want to give you the finger.

所以，蘋果公司，我想對你豎中指。

This finger, this finger, the index finger.

這個手指，這個手指，食指。

That's my smart ring finger.

那是我聰明的無名指。

Let's talk about the Apple ring.

讓我們來談談蘋果戒指。

I'm Bridget Carey, and this is One More Thing.

我是布里奇特-凱里，這裡是《還有一件事》。

We are in the year of the smart ring.

今年是智能戒指年。

It is a device you wear to track your health, but it isn't as intrusive as a smart watch screen that pings you all the time, and it doesn't need to be charged as often.

它是一種佩戴在身上跟蹤健康狀況的設備，但它不像智能手錶螢幕那樣無時無刻不在追蹤你的健康狀況，也不需要經常充電。

Samsung is coming out with the Galaxy ring in three different colors.

三星將推出三種不同顏色的 Galaxy 戒指。

Reports say it could be out later this year, but details are still scarce.

有報道稱，它可能會在今年晚些時候推出，但具體細節還不清楚。

There's also the Amazfit Helio, which is supposed to come out in the next few months, and the battery is said to last a week before it needs a recharge.

此外，還有 Amazfit Helio，預計將在未來幾個月內推出，據說其電池可持續使用一週才需要充電。

Brand new this year is EV, and it's pretty stylish.

今年的新產品是電動車，非常時尚。

It's designed with women's health in mind, and I started wearing it in January at CES.

它的設計考慮到了女性的健康，我從一月份的 CES 開始佩戴它。

The battery lasts about four days, and it tracks sleep, heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and steps without you having to think about it, because frankly, there's enough for me to think about.

電池續航時間約為四天，它還能跟蹤睡眠、心率、血氧含量和步數，無需你費心去想，因為老實說，要我想的事情已經夠多了。

There are a few other ring makers, too.

還有其他一些戒指製造商。

There's Ultrahuman and Ringcon, and all of them are trying to outshine the Aura ring, which is the ring leader, you might say.

有 Ultrahuman 和 Ringcon，它們都在努力超越 Aura 戒指，可以說它是戒指的領導者。

Although, it is worth noting that Aura does require a monthly subscription, and some of the others popping up, like the EV, do not need a subscription, and that makes the competition right now very interesting.

不過，值得注意的是，Aura 需要包月，而其他一些新出現的車型（如 EV）則不需要包月，這使得目前的競爭非常有趣。

The EV is also getting regular software updates and tweaks, and this month, it just pushed an update to improve sleep tracking.

電動汽車還定期進行軟件更新和調整，本月剛剛推送了一次更新，以改進睡眠跟蹤功能。

The company tells me it's listening to customer feedback to make adjustments, and that makes me feel like everything is still very fresh in this space.

該公司告訴我，它正在聽取客戶的反饋意見，以便做出調整，這讓我覺得這個領域的一切都還很新鮮。

A smart ring doesn't necessarily replace a smartwatch.

智能戒指不一定能取代智能手錶。

You can just wear one or the other.

你可以只穿一件或另一件。

Companies who make both will say it's better to have both, because multiple data sources can give you better results.

生產這兩種產品的公司會說，最好同時擁有這兩種產品，因為多種數據源可以為您提供更好的結果。

It's higher quality data.

數據品質更高。

Samsung Vice President Han Pak told CNET, quote, the performance of sleep staging goes up when both devices are worn, and that means that it's better at telling which sleep stage you're in when you have multiple sensors.

三星副總裁韓樸（Han Pak）告訴 CNET："當兩個設備都佩戴時，睡眠分期的性能會上升，這意味著當你有多個傳感器時，它能更好地判斷你處於哪個睡眠階段。

Apple has been granted multiple patents when it comes to smart rings, and although patents don't mean that an Apple ring is gonna become a real product, they do give us clues to what Apple wants a ring to do.

雖然專利並不意味著蘋果戒指會成為真正的產品，但它們確實為我們提供了蘋果希望戒指做什麼的線索。

Several years ago, an Apple ring seemed like just a small Apple Watch.

幾年前，蘋果戒指似乎只是一塊小巧的 Apple Watch。

A patent application in 2015 detailed a ring that had a screen and a microphone for voice controls and a camera.

2015 年的一項專利申請詳細介紹了一種戒指，它有一個螢幕、一個用於語音控制的麥克風和一個攝像頭。

That's a bit much.

這有點過了。

In 2019, another patent mentioned a ring could read hand gestures, and it had a little dial like the Apple Watch crown.

2019 年，另一項專利提到戒指可以讀取手勢，它有一個類似 Apple Watch 錶冠的小錶盤。

It could unlock a Mac computer just like the watch can do now, so you could use it for security.

它可以解鎖 Mac 電腦，就像現在的手錶一樣，所以你可以用它來確保安全。

But more patents came out in 2023, and they touched on touch.

但是，2023 年又有更多專利問世，其中涉及觸摸技術。

One talked about how the ring would know if your thumb and your index finger touched, kinda like what we do now with the Apple Watch and double tap or pinching to control a Vision Pro.

有人談到，如果你的拇指和食指相碰，戒指就會知道，就像我們現在用 Apple Watch 和雙擊或捏來控制 Vision Pro 一樣。

One patent described the ring as having a rotating outer rim, like a scroll wheel, but in the ring itself.

有一項專利描述說，這種圓環有一個旋轉外緣，就像一個滾輪，但在圓環本身。

There's also mention of haptic feedback or using the ring to control other devices.

此外，還提到了觸覺反饋或使用戒指控制其他設備。

So it could control music on headphones or interact with the laptop or turn on a light or even change TV channels.

是以，它可以控制耳機上的音樂，或與筆記本電腦互動，或打開電燈，甚至更換電視頻道。

There are a lot of possibilities that could take the Apple ring to something beyond just a health tracker and maybe turn the finger into a remote control of sorts, all because of how many devices Apple has in its ecosystem.

由於蘋果公司的生態系統中擁有眾多設備，是以有很多可能性可以讓蘋果戒指不僅僅是一個健康追蹤器，也許還能把手指變成遙控器。

When gesture controls are in our devices, it makes technology an extension of our bodies, and that takes all of these concepts to a new level.

當手勢控制出現在我們的設備中時，就會使技術成為我們身體的延伸，從而將所有這些概念提升到一個新的高度。

Apple needs to get there.

蘋果需要做到這一點。

It's just a matter of when.

只是時間問題。

I started tracking my sleep with the EV smart ring, and I liked how I could just wear it to bed without doing anything special.

我開始用 EV 智能手環跟蹤我的睡眠情況，我喜歡戴著它上床睡覺，不用做任何特別的事情。

I don't have to turn on any settings.

我不需要打開任何設置。

It just needs a quick recharge every three or four days, but that's it.

它每隔三四天就需要快速充電，但僅此而已。

The Apple Watch can track your sleep, but it was a little tricky for me at first.

Apple Watch 可以追蹤你的睡眠，但一開始對我來說有點棘手。

There are multiple settings you need to have turned on to get your sleep data.

要獲取睡眠數據，您需要打開多個設置。

And during setup, you can find yourself bouncing through different menus.

而在設置過程中，你會發現自己在不同的菜單中跳來跳去。

Now, if you don't mind wearing an Apple Watch to bed, this is how to get sleep tracking to work smoothly.

現在，如果你不介意戴著 Apple Watch 就寢，那麼這就是如何讓睡眠追蹤功能順利運行的方法。

Inside the Apple Watch app, you wanna go into sleep settings.

在 Apple Watch 應用程序中，你可以進入睡眠設置。

Turn on track sleep with Apple Watch, but you ain't done yet.

用 Apple Watch 打開跟蹤睡眠功能，但還沒完。

That alone won't do it.

光這樣是不行的。

To get any data, you have to have sleep focus mode turned on in the iPhone while you sleep, and you should also set a sleep schedule.

要獲得任何數據，你必須在睡眠時打開 iPhone 的睡眠焦點模式，還應該設置睡眠時間表。

Go on over to the health app in the iPhone.

進入 iPhone 的健康應用程序。

Set your schedule when you wanna wake up, and then click on full schedule and options.

設置您的起床時間表，然後點擊 "完整時間表 "和 "選項"。

This is where you have to toggle on use schedule for sleep focus.

在這裡，您必須切換使用日程表進行睡眠集中。

This is gonna tell the watch roughly when it should be tracking your sleep.

這將告訴手錶大概什麼時候應該跟蹤你的睡眠。

And it's okay if your set schedule isn't perfect.

如果你設定的時間表不完美，也沒關係。

Apple can track a bit around your usual timeframe as long as you're wearing the watch to bed and sleep focus is on.

只要你戴著手錶上床睡覺，並開啟睡眠模式，蘋果公司就能在你的慣常時間範圍內進行一些跟蹤。

I still like the simplicity of just wearing a ring to bed instead of having all of these phone settings turned on, but the point of Apple's system is to help you get in a sleep mindset and help you with a routine reminder.

我還是喜歡戴著戒指上床睡覺的簡單方式，而不是打開所有這些手機設置，但蘋果系統的重點是幫助你進入睡眠狀態，並通過例行提醒來幫助你。

If you need even more help in getting in the mood for sleep, try asking your HomePod speaker to play sleep sounds.

如果您需要更多幫助來調節睡眠情緒，可以嘗試讓 HomePod 揚聲器播放睡眠聲音。

You could ask Siri to play ambient sounds or ask it for things like white noise, forest, ocean, rain, or fireplace sounds.

你可以要求 Siri 播放環境音效，或要求它播放白噪聲、森林、海洋、雨聲或壁爐聲等聲音。

There are several you can play with.

有幾種玩法可供您選擇。

I have terrible habits and my sleep routines are garbage, but maybe someday I'll use these tools to get better.

我的生活習慣很糟糕，睡眠習慣也很糟糕，但也許有一天我會利用這些工具變得更好。

One can hope.

但願如此。

It's an interesting year to see how the smart ring scene is shaping out.

今年是智能戒指領域發展的有趣一年。

And Apple, doing a ring just seems like such a natural next step for controlling things like the Vision Pro or all the other Apple gadgetry and subscription services, but there's no indication that these patents would ever come true or that Apple is manufacturing anything right now.

對於蘋果公司來說，製造一枚戒指似乎是控制 Vision Pro 等產品或所有其他蘋果小工具和訂閱服務的自然下一步，但沒有跡象表明這些專利會成為現實，也沒有跡象表明蘋果公司現在正在製造任何產品。

So I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

所以，我不會為此失眠。

Let me know what you think of smart rings and if you use them or what would make you wanna try one out.

請告訴我您對智能戒指的看法，以及您是否使用過，或者是什麼原因讓您想嘗試一下。

And I'll catch you next time with one more thing to talk about in the world of Apple.

下次再聊蘋果世界的一件事。