Forget diamonds — a futuristic new digital ring could become the real marker of a committed relationship.
The high-tech jewelry is being pitched as a way to help you emotionally connect with your partner — or catch them if they so much as think of syncing up with someone else.
The Ring, made by the dating app Raw in partnership with Queens Tech, will allow couples to track each other’s emotions — good and bad.
Designed to be bought in pairs, the creepy accountability contraption will sync between partners — so both people in the relationship can know each other’s emotional state using different colored LED lights.
It’s a like a digital mood ring — but connected to someone else’s emotions.
Using artificial intelligence, each ring has a microphone and biosensors to capture heart rate, skin temperature, and movement to determine how the wearer is emotionally feeling throughout the day, in any situation.
If you want to be looked at as partner of the year, the device will pick up on your significant other’s stress signals — allowing you to respond to their emotional needs without you asking or them telling you.
In addition, the team claims the Ring will be able to identify other emotional states such as anxiety and sexual arousal.
It will also be sophisticated enough to “understand context” to decipher between your partner’s heart rate increasing from either exercise or from arousal.
A thin line centering the ring will turn pink or red to let you know if your partner is stressed or aroused.
“If your partner experiences unexpected arousal or excitement, your ring will immediately begin pulsing with that signature magenta glow – creating an intimate awareness that transcends distance and circumstance,” a spokesperson told SEXTECHGUIDE.
The creators said the product brings a “fundamentally new form of human connection” — and surveillance.
Raw also claims that the device will record voice patterns — not full conversations — and “only” take “emotional markers” discarding raw data, which will be encrypted.
But what happens if your ring starts to glow when you’re not with your partner — indicating something fishy is going on?
“When something’s up, you’ll know. Simple as that,” RAW co-founder Marina Anderson said.
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The Ring can last up to one week between charges, which take about 30 minutes to get full power.
The device has yet to hit the market — the creators are saying late 2025 or early 2026. Details on the price have yet to be announced.
But those who want to connect with their partner — or test their loyalty — can register for email updates.
If you’re curious what your partner is feeling — of who else they’re feeling up — data from the Ring seems like better evidence of infidelity than glitter.