Oura Ring Gen 4: Is It Worth the Upgrade?

Every review of this we could find was written in the first week of owning one. This one was not.

Price is the least interesting question right up until it is the only question. Something can be worth every penny and still be the wrong purchase, if the cheaper thing would have done.

Filed under Smartwatches, which on this site means we care about the boring parts: whether it holds a connection, whether the app is still maintained a year from now, and whether anybody answers the phone when it breaks. The question is never whether a thing works in the shop. It is whether it still works in six months, on your network, alongside your other devices, without you having to think about it.

What follows is the good, the bad, and the part where support asked us to buy a new router.

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Tomasz Mieczkowski

Writes the wearables & style beat for Drafted Tech. Everything filed here was paid for at retail, which is the whole reason this site exists.

Comments (4)

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    A. Whitfield

    Jan 10, 2026 03:00

    This is the only review I have found that mentions the noise. Everyone else writes as though it is silent.

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    sam_on_the_couch

    Jan 11, 2026 06:00

    Any idea whether the older model is still worth buying at a discount, or is the new one a real upgrade?

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    Marta K.

    Jan 09, 2026 21:00

    The support story is what put me off. Nine months is not a warranty, it is a hobby.

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    Tomas L.

    Jan 15, 2026 16:00

    Bought this on your recommendation two months ago and I would say the same. The app is the best part, which is a strange thing to say about hardware this expensive.

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