Samsung says avoid magnets and weightlifting while wearing the Galaxy Ring

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TheSamsung Galaxy Ringwill be available to buy from July 24, and if you’re thinking about picking up the new wearable, take note of some official advice issued bySamsung: avoid magnets and weightlifting.

As spotted bySamMobile, thesupport pagefor the Galaxy Ring has some tips for getting the most out of it. Some of these are pretty obvious – high-speed water sports and pressure washers might test the ring’s water resistance to the limit, for instance.

Others you might not have thought of. Samsung says “certain features, like step counting, may not work properly if you’re holding a magnet or a magnetic object in the hand wearing the ring” – so maybe keep your magnet collection a good distance away.

You should also remove the ring during “exercises that use machines”, Samsung says: particularly weights, dumbbells, and iron bars, as this “could cause hand injuries”. Meanwhile you should also avoid wearing metal rings on the same finger or adjacent fingers to the Galaxy Ring.

Early impressions

There’s plenty of other useful advice on thesupport pageand we’d recommend reading through it in full if you’re going to purchase one. There are tips on how your activities might affect the device’s battery life too.

We can’t find any mention of magnets on thehelp pagesfor the Oura ring, but there is a recommendation to “consider removing” the ring in situations where friction is involved – with weightlifting mentioned as a specific example.

While our full review of the Samsung Galaxy Ring is still in the pipeline, we have alreadyspent some time with it, and can report that it’s been largely an impressive and positive experience so far – though there’s more testing to come.

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The device will set you back $399 / £399 (that’s around AU$750, though Australian pricing is to be confirmed). You’ll get a sizing kit sent out to you before the ring itself, to make sure you choose the right size for your finger, and as we’ve already mentioned, shipping is scheduled to get underway on July 24.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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