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Oura Overhauls App, Adds Cumulative Stress Tracking and Launches IRB-Approved Blood Pressure Study

Rollouts begin within weeks as the U.S. study builds toward a future FDA submission.

Overview

  • The updated app organizes insights into Today, Vitals, and My Health tabs to highlight one daily priority and long‑term trends, with Cycle Insights expanding to a 12‑month view and delivering personalized phase predictions after one night of sleep.
  • Cumulative Stress measures a month of data and updates weekly using five factors: sleep continuity, heart stress‑response, sleep micromotions, temperature regulation, and activity impact.
  • Oura reports validating the Cumulative Stress metric against established questionnaires, including the Perceived Stress Scale and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory.
  • An IRB-cleared Blood Pressure Profile study will invite U.S. Oura Labs members in the coming months, combining ring signals with a short questionnaire to provide likelihood assessments of hypertension labeled no, moderate, or major signs.
  • The redesign and stress features roll out globally to iOS and Android in the coming weeks on supported hardware (Oura Ring Gen3 and Ring 4), and study eligibility includes U.S. residency and age 22 or older with additional exclusions.