Cover Smart rings, which can track heart rate and movement, are one of many wearable technology products taking Hong Kong audiences by storm (Photo: Getty)
Smart rings, which can track heart rate and movement, are one of many wearable technology products taking Hong Kong audiences by storm (Photo: Getty)
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From titanium smart rings to screen-free trackers and discreet AI pins, here are six stylish examples of wearable technology available now in Hong Kong
For the past decade, wearable technology has required users to make a trade: extract useful data from your everyday life in exchange for strapping a conspicuous slab of plastic on your wrist or face. As fashion business reporter Rachel Arthur, writing for the British newspaper The Telegraph, put it in 2014: "Why is wearable technology so damn ugly?"
Thankfully, the days of the Google Glass are long behind us—for better or for worse, the current generation of wearable technology is more discreet than ever. Think smart recording rings that weigh less than a wedding band, recorders that pass as lapel pins, and glasses that look indistinguishable from actual (cool) sunglasses. Hong Kong has become one of the easier places in Asia to acquire these devices at parity with global pricing. The six below are available locally, span roughly HK$1,000 to HK$11,000, and share one quality—restraint in their design.
Is it a little weird to track every health metric and record your life? Possibly. Can it be helpful? Certainly. Here are our picks.
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1. Oura Ring 4
Oura Health, founded in Oulu, Finland in 2013, has become the reference point for discreet health tracking, announcing in June 2024 that it had sold more than 2.5 million rings. The fourth-generation model is made entirely of titanium and tracks more than 50 health metrics, including sleep, heart rate and stress. Hong Kong availability, long a grey-market affair, is now official—the ring is stocked at Fortress across ten locations, including Melbourne Plaza, Times Square and Cityplaza, with in-store sizing kits allowing buyers to leave with a correctly fitted ring the same day. Full software access requires an ongoing membership subscription, a detail worth pricing in.
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2. Plaud NotePin S
Plaud, the AI hardware company behind the credit-card-sized Note recorder, has moved its transcription business onto the body. The NotePin S is a wearable AI note taker that can be worn as a necklace, wristband, clip or pin (Plaud). The engineering brief was evidently lightness: the device weighs 0.61 ounces—roughly 17 grams—and offers 20 hours of continuous recording, 40 days of standby and 64GB of storage. Software does the heavier lifting, producing transcripts in 112 languages with speaker diarisation, then condensing them into structured summaries. The device ships to Hong Kong through Plaud’s official online store; fuller AI features require a paid plan beyond the free tier of 300 transcription minutes per month.
3. Samsung Galaxy Ring
Samsung’s entry into the smart-ring category, launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris in July 2024, arrived in Hong Kong within months. Local pre-orders ran from October 24 to November 7, 2024, with official release on November 8, at a suggested retail price of HK$3,298. The proposition is minimalism taken seriously: the ring weighs between 2.3 grams in size 5 and 3 grams in size 13, which Samsung claims makes it the smallest smart wearable on the market. At 7mm wide and 2.6mm thick, it tracks heart rate and sleep without a subscription fee—a pointed contrast with Oura’s model. Titanium finishes in black, silver and gold are sold through Samsung’s Hong Kong online store and authorised retailers. The chief caveat is ecosystem: the ring works best paired with a Samsung Galaxy handset.
4. TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E5
TAG Heuer, the La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker founded in 1860, has released its fifth generation of Connected smartwatches, the Calibre E5, offering more features, a new smaller case size and greater customisation. The watch is available in 45mm and, for the first time, a 40mm diameter. Cases are crafted from brushed and polished steel with a black ceramic bezel, or titanium in darker configurations, and the watch runs TAG Heuer OS, a proprietary interface developed in-house, notable for restoring compatibility with iPhones. Battery life extends to three days in low-power mode, with fast charging delivering a full day of use in 30 minutes. The collection is listed on TAG Heuer’s Hong Kong site and sold through its local boutiques, where the brand has maintained a presence for decades.
5. Whoop MG
Whoop, the Boston company favoured by professional athletes, announced the Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG in May 2025, and the MG has since reached Hong Kong retail. The device is a screen-free health and fitness tracker offering 24/7 sleep, recovery, strain, stress and heart-health insights, and is stocked at Fortress with same-day delivery or pickup. In the world of wearable technology, which at times optimises for displays, Whoop's absence of a screen is the point: worn under a shirt cuff in a fabric band, it makes no visual claim at all, arguably making it the most formal-dress-compatible tracker available. The MG designation covers medical-grade ambitions, including on-demand ECG readings, though availability of features such as irregular heart rhythm notifications and ECG depends on regulatory approval in each country—Hong Kong appears on Whoop’s supported list for these features. Membership pricing applies on top of the hardware.
6. Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer (Gen 2)
The collaboration between EssilorLuxottica, best known as the maker behind Ray-Ban sunglasses, and Meta Platforms remains the only smart eyewear that most people would wear voluntarily, largely because it borrows a silhouette introduced in the 1950s. The second-generation Wayfarer features an upgraded camera with 3K Ultra HD video resolution and up to eight hours of battery life on a single charge—double that of the first generation, alongside a 12MP camera, 32GB of storage, open-ear audio and Bluetooth 5.3. The frames weigh 51 grams in the standard size, within a few grams of ordinary acetate sunglasses. In Hong Kong, the Gen 2 model is sold at Fortress, which also lists the newer Ray-Ban Meta Display with Neural Band at HK$10,980 for those who want an in-lens screen. A capture LED signals when recording is underway—a courtesy your dinner companions will appreciate. As long as you're not using these extremely powerful devices to surveil or make non-consensual abuse material: go for it.
Cat Wang is an editor at Tatler Asia based in Hong Kong, where she covers business, wealth, innovation, and impact. Previously, she was a Forbes Asia reporter and assistant editor of the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list, spotlighting startups and small companies on the rise across the Asia-Pacific. She began her career as a trainee reporter at the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s newspaper of record. Born in New York City, she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a B.A. in political science.
