Registry/Biometric wearables
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Biometric wearables
DEPLOY tracks 32 makers (including Oura, Whoop, and Butterfly Network), 34 models, and 64 deployments on the record, most recently Stelo at United Kingdom. AI-augmented biometric tracking devices: smart rings, watches, and bands with FDA-clearance verification anchors.
Biometric wearables span smart rings (Oura, RingConn, Ultrahuman, Amazfit Helio), AI-augmented watches (Apple Watch, Google Pixel Watch, Fitbit, Samsung Galaxy Watch, Withings ScanWatch, Garmin), and biometric bands (Whoop). Distinct from AI-primary wearable AI (smart glasses, AI pendants, tracked separately at /wearable-ai): biometric-primary devices treat AI as an inference layer on top of sensor data rather than the primary product surface. FDA clearance is the verification anchor for medical-grade claims (AFib, AHI, SpO2, blood pressure); the verified-vs-claimed asymmetry reads as cleared-by-FDA versus marketed-as-wellness. Whoop's blood-pressure warning letter and Oura's study-first cadence anchor the exemplar pair for this category.
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Companies (32)
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- Oura
Oulu, Finland · $1.3B
- Whoop
Boston, Massachusetts, USA · $1.1B
- Butterfly Network
Burlington, MA, USA · $1.0B
- Neko Health
Stockholm, Sweden · $960M
- Neuralink
Fremont, CA, USA · $650M
- Merge Labs
San Francisco, California, USA · $250M
- Science Corp
Alameda, California, USA · $230M
- Blackrock Neurotech
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · $200M
- Synchron
New York, NY, USA · $200M
- Precision Neuroscience
New York, New York, USA · $120M
- Ultrahuman
Bengaluru, India · $112M
- Happy Health
Austin, Texas, USA · $60M
Models (34)
View all →- Amazfit (Balance / Active / T-Rex / Helio)by Zepp Health (Amazfit)commercial
- Apple Watchby Applecommercial
- Blackrock Neuroport Arrayby Blackrock Neurotechcommercial
- Butterfly iQ+by Butterfly Networkcommercial
- Evie Ring (and EvieMED)by Movano Healthcommercial
- Garmin (Venu / Fenix / Forerunner)by Garmincommercial
- Happy Ringby Happy Healthcommercial
- IpsiHandby NeuroLutionscommercial
- Lingoby Abbottcommercial
- Neko Body Scanby Neko Healthcommercial
- Oura Ring 4by Ouracommercial
- Pixel Watchby Googlecommercial
Verified deployments (64)
View all →- Stelo at United Kingdomby Dexcomannounced2026-07-02
- Neuralink N1 Implant at St. Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto)by Neuralinkoperational2025-08-27
- Samsung Galaxy Ring at Stanford, California, USAby Samsung Electronicspilot2025-04-08
- Neuralink N1 Implant at Miami, Florida, USAby Neuralinkoperational2025-04-01
- Neko Body Scan at Dundee, New Yorkby Neko Healthpilot2025-01-01
- Motif BCI at United States (multiple hotel chains)by Motif Neurotechoperational2024-06-01
- PRIMA BCI at Germany, Europeby Science Corpoperational2024-06-01
- IpsiHand at United States (multiple hotel chains)by NeuroLutionsoperational2024-06-01
- Motif BCI at Germany, Europeby Motif Neurotechoperational2024-06-01
- IpsiHand at Germany, Europeby NeuroLutionsoperational2024-06-01
- PRIMA BCI at United States (multiple hotel chains)by Science Corpoperational2024-06-01
- Cognixion AR-BCI Headset at United States (multiple hotel chains)by Cognixionoperational2024-06-01
Regulations (60)
View all →- EU AI Act Annex III High-Risk Compliance Deadline Extended to December 2, 2027European Union · data protection
- EU AI Act Transparency Rules: Marking and Detection Requirements (December 2, 2026)European Union · data protection
- San Francisco adopts a 45-day citywide interim zoning moratorium on new and expanded data centers (File 261021)San Francisco · permit
- Slovakia recognizes Tesla FSD (Supervised) approval for public roadsSlovakia · permit
- Oakland, California adopts a 45-day urgency moratorium on approvals for new data centers (File 27-0050)Oakland · permit
- Ellensburg, Washington adopts a six-month emergency moratorium on new data center permits (Oct 5 2026)Ellensburg · permit
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland enacts a temporary moratorium on new data center development through January 31, 2028 (Bill 63-26)Anne Arundel · permit
- NRC issues TVA Clinch River Unit 1 BWRX-300 construction permit (first U.S. commercial SMR CP for design; 14-month review)Oak Ridge · permit
- Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates data center developments over TWDB water-use survey complianceTexas · operational restriction
- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes a 12-month data center expansion moratoriumChicago · operational restriction
- Maryland Data Center Accountability Task Force EO (25 MW+ / Large Load; Aligned/Conditionally Aligned/Not Aligned; not a statewide moratorium)Maryland · operational restriction
- Texas Governor directs TCEQ to halt all permits sought by data centers until the ERCOT audit is completeTexas · permit
Incidents (15)
View all →- Happy Ring earns second FDA clearance for at-home sleep testingregulatory_action · 2026-06-15
- Movano Health secures FDA clearance for EvieMED Ringregulatory_action · 2026-06-15
- Butterfly Network receives FDA clearance for AI ultrasound fetal biometric toolregulatory_action · 2026-03-30
- ITC instituted an Oura patent investigation naming the Amazfit Helio Ringregulatory_action · 2025-12-18
- Class action (Rowe v. WHOOP) alleges WHOOP falsely advertised BPI as medical-gradeother · 2025-11-18
- ITC banned Ultrahuman Ring Air US imports/sales for infringing Oura patent 11,868,178regulatory_action · 2025-10-21
- RingConn settled the Oura ITC patent case with a royalty-bearing license (avoided a ban)other · 2025-10-20
- Class action (Lomeli v. WHOOP) alleges health-data sharing without consentother · 2025-08-13
- FDA warning letter to Whoop: Blood Pressure Insights marketed beyond clearanceregulatory_action · 2025-07-14
- Abbott recalls Liberta RC DBS System due to stimulation turning off at 50-day intervalsrecall · 2024-05-24
- Apple disabled Blood Oxygen on US Apple Watch to comply with a Masimo ITC exclusion orderregulatory_action · 2024-01-18
- Withings ScanWatch FDA Class 2 recall: app bug let users run ECG without physician reviewrecall · 2022-12-19
Biometric wearables on the deployment map
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Common questions
How many biometric wearables are deployed?
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY has 64 verified biometric wearables deployments on record, most recently Stelo at United Kingdom. Each is a distinct, individually sourced field deployment, not a claimed unit total.
Which companies make biometric wearables?
DEPLOY tracks 32 verified biometric wearables makers, including Oura, Whoop, Butterfly Network, Neko Health, Neuralink, and Merge Labs, and others. Each is an individually sourced registry record.
Have there been safety incidents involving biometric wearables?
DEPLOY records 15 verified incidents involving biometric wearables, each individually sourced and dated. See the incidents section on this page.
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