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Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

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Re: Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

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post #103

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The comments referencing quantified scientists do so in a somewhat negative light. But it should be noted that in his research, he points out that the oura is one of the top trackers for sleep[0]. This is not the only video that he praises the oura for being pretty damn good based on other devices. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niLuR68YleI 2min41sec

For sleep phases and mediocre oxygen levels and bad HRV readings. And on his blog he says he does use it for his sleep tracking, so yeah. I'm not saying it's terrible but for sp02 I can confidently say it's terrible. I use actual nighttime pulse oximeters from Wellue which is also a (larger) ring form factor[0]. and I can see the large dips in O2 for example, the Oura will not detect this despite going into the low 8…

The Wellue is a great find, thanks a lot.

Re: Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

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post #15

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From the little bit of research I just did before buying one, most people are reporting that compared to their more expensive trackers, the heart rate, accelerometer, and sleep tracking functionality are all pretty accurate (good sleep tracking being dependent on a high sampling rate, which decreases battery life), but the blood oxygen and "stress" reporting is uselessly inaccurate.

That has also been my experience with this model. I’ve been using it for about a month now. I originally planned on trying to use the accelerometer data over Bluetooth to build a custom control input for Frame smart glasses, but I got busy and never got around to that. But I’ve been wearing it as a health tracker and the heart rate and sleep tracking seem pretty accurate relative to my Apple Watch, and the blood oxyg…

It only samples heart rate every 5min? While I can't get disappointed over a $20 device, that really limits the utility of the heart rate data.

Re: Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That has also been my experience with this model. I’ve been using it for about a month now. I originally planned on trying to use the accelerometer data over Bluetooth to build a custom control input for Frame smart glasses, but I got busy and never got around to that. But I’ve been wearing it as a health tracker and the heart rate and sleep tracking seem pretty accurate relative to my Apple Watch, and the blood oxyg…

It only samples heart rate every 5min? While I can't get disappointed over a $20 device, that really limits the utility of the heart rate data.

It samples heart rate every 5-30 minutes in the background (for long term tracking and sleep), or continuously while you're asking it to do so, same as any common smart watch. There's a command to begin realtime heart rate reporting, and a command to stop it.

Re: Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

#118

How is battery life with Python compared to C?

The python runs on another machine and is just communicating with the ring. You don't run it on the ring itself.

Oh I didn't understand that. I guess what was impressive to me was I thought they had Python running on the ring itself... otherwise the fact the client is written in Python seems incidental.

Re: Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

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post #18

Is there a similar ring with NFC? I have no use for the smart health thingies, which really look like a data driven health gimmicks to me. NFC on the other hand I could find hundreds of applications, from payment to access and transport cards.

I'm still disappointed the Samsung ring didn't come with nfc payments, therefore I didn't buy it.

What an oversight by their executives, are they even doing their jobs, do they even know their market. And the price? Absurd.

Re: Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring

#120

This doesn't work for me on Ubuntu, `scan` doesn't find the ring and even if I use the address from the app, it still fails to connect.

I ran into the same issue. This is the equivalent of doing a rain dance, but after connecting the ring to the official app, and then disconnecting it, my laptop's Bluetooth was able to find it.

Hope you have some luck!

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