Feature Requests

I would like my Stelo data and Resilience scores available to compare in the Oura web trends. I am trying to figure out what is making my Resilience scores yo-yo up and down.

I would appreciate being able to tell Siri to add a tag for me. I’m very spacey and sometimes forget to tag something inside the oura app. Another app I use, WaterMinder, removes this pain point for me by asking if I want to create a shortcut when I create a custom drink. It would help in other areas like saving these tag shortcuts as a Home Screen icon or a widget.

Various anecdotal reports seem to confirm that users on stimulant medication for ADHD experience higher calorie burn and etc. A resource from Oura to confirm the validity/accuracy of those metrics or adjustments allowing medication to be taken into account would be great.

Horse farm work involves sustained, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity performed outdoors over extended periods. Tasks commonly include mucking stalls (shoveling and lifting), hauling wheelbarrows, carrying feed and hay bales, filling and cleaning water buckets, grooming horses, tacking and untacking, sweeping barns, repairing fencing, and leading or handling horses. The activity requires frequent bending, squatting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and walking on uneven terrain. Work is often continuous with limited rest and can vary in intensity depending on the task, weather, and number of horses. Overall exertion is comparable to a mix of manual labor and functional strength training. Typical intensity: Moderate to high Primary movement types: Lifting, carrying, walking, pushing, pulling, bending Environment: Outdoor, uneven surfaces Duration: 30 minutes to several hours

Provide the ability to track spotting, symptoms + mood. I understand that you can add tags, but having a predefined set would be more user-friendly.

I have tried 2 different Oura rings and consistently the HR monitoring stops during weight lifting and stationary bike. Even if i ask it for HR during the activity directly, the recording is gone afterwards. That is, it responds at the moment but then looking back at the activity it is not available in the zone recordings. if the ring itself can’t handle it, then perhaps it can connect with Garmin or something to keep the zone records right???

On nights where I accidentally leave my ring charging and put it on in the middle of the night once I realize I’m not wearing it, I’d love to be able to manually add the time I feel asleep and woke up to my sleep cycle. This way, the app won’t incorrectly calculate a high sleep debt or low readiness score. One night of incorrect data due to putting on the ring mid-sleep, unfortunately, leaves an impact for days following, making the stats unusable. This situation has happened to me twice this month.

I want to be able to track my subjective well-being and see how it relates to the things Oura already tracks. For example: 1. Daily Mood: Ask users to rate their mood every day on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is “Very unhappy” and 10 is “Very happy”. This simple metric can give a clear picture of the user’s overall emotional state. 2. Energy Level: Similar to mood, ask the user to rate their energy level each day. This can provide insights into fatigue and overall vitality. 3. Stress Level: Users can rate their daily stress level on a scale. 4. Emotion Spectrum: Present users with a range of emotions (happy, sad, angry, relaxed, stressed, etc.) and ask them to select the one that best describes their current state. This could be done multiple times a day for more granularity. 5. Intensity of Emotion: Ask users to rate the intensity of their current emotion on a scale of 1 to 10. This can help capture fluctuations in emotional experiences. 6. Positive and Negative Affect: Users could rate how much they’ve experienced certain positive and negative feelings (e.g., interested, excited, strong, distressed, upset, guilty, etc.) during the day on a scale from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely). This concept is derived from the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). 7. Emotional Changes: Ask users if their emotional state has changed significantly throughout the day, and if so, what events corresponded to those changes. 8. Social Interactions: As social interactions can greatly affect our emotions, asking users about the quality of their social interactions (like “Did you have any particularly positive/negative social interactions today?”) could provide valuable data.

I'd love an option to check SpO₂ levels on demand—similar to how other wearables like Apple Watch or Garmin offer spot checks. This would be helpful during illness, altitude changes, or just for peace of mind during the day.

With Oura rings being able to accurately track sleep cycles, there should be a feature like the popular app 'Sleep Cycle'. This app allows the user to set a wake-up window (15-45minutes long) and will start playing your alarm when you are at your 'prime' to wake up. The app unfortunately calculates this through the microphone, aka listening to when you might rustle and then start playing the alarm softly, gradually getting louder. It works extremely well still, and my sleep is much better waking up within my prime window than at a specific time. Since Oura can more accurately track sleep cycles, they should incorporate this feature. The only 'problems' people have mentioned with it is that this feature may drain the battery and that Oura only syncs with the app when the app is open. I can go weeks without opening my iOS app and all my data is still there. And by setting a wake-up 'window', 30 minutes before the phone can prompt the app/ring at the designated time, then it can send the data, and determine when to start the alarm. It doesn't have to constantly be syncing data the entire night. Also, this feature would be something I would be okay with paying a subscription fee for. Sleep cycle is $40 a year for premium features. Many Oura ring users (and users of wearable technology in general) abhor the current subscription model which locks your data behind a paywall which should be free since the technology isn't offering you any additional services, just providing you with the data it records. Whereas a sleep cycle feature is an additional service one could argue. I still believe wearable technologies shouldn't have subscriptions at all with the high costs of the initial purchase (But I understand that model is smart business for the company to stay afloat - and the cost of Oura is much lower than say Whoop) , but including this feature is one-way Oura can provide a 'service' to the user to better justify a subscription cost if that is a permanent feature for the foreseeable future.