Natura unveils Interface, a ring for talking to AI agents
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Natura, known for its HumanPods earbuds, is showing Interface, a ring with a button that sends spoken requests to AI agents such as Claude, Codex or Muse through NatureOS. Early buyers will pay $99, with a free plan or a fee of $9 per month. It cannot be reserved yet: people can only sign up for a waitlist, and shipments are expected around December or January.
The startup Natura, maker of the AI earbuds HumanPods, has unveiled Interface, a smart ring for making voice requests to AI agents (assistants that carry out tasks on their own) without taking out a phone. Users press and hold its button, speak and release, and the request goes to the chosen agent through NatureOS, Natura's app, where results are also reviewed. Replies can come through headphones, on the iPhone lock screen or in the app itself.
According to TechCrunch, at launch it will work with agents and apps such as Meta's Muse, Claude, ChatGPT and Grok Bot; GamesBeat also lists Codex, Hermes and Instinct, plus more than 140 agents in the NatureOS store. In NatureOS, users choose which apps each agent can access, and the app asks for approval before any action that needs it. According to the product page, the ring also records meetings and saves dictated notes, and it only records when the button is used. It also tracks heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages, steps and skin temperature, although Natura says these health features are still in validation.
As the company told TechCrunch and GamesBeat, the ring will cost $99 for early buyers. GamesBeat adds that it costs about as much to make as an Oura ring, which retails at about $350, and that Natura is covering the difference at launch; TechCrunch reports that the company plans to raise the price later. There will be a $9 monthly subscription: TechCrunch says it will come after an initial free period of three to six months, while GamesBeat mentions a free plan or that subscription.
For now there is only a waitlist: Natura will confirm the price, battery life and delivery timing before orders open, and it has not yet detailed what works without a connection to the phone. TechCrunch says preorders are expected to open next month and shipping in December or January; GamesBeat gives January 2027 and a live presentation in San Francisco on November 9. For the moment, Natura cites 6 to 12 days of battery life per charge, depending on use, and 100 minutes for a full recharge.
Natura was founded by Carlo Edoardo Ferraris, who previously founded the tech accessories company Rolling Square. According to GamesBeat, it has about seven employees, was started roughly two years ago and is funded by angel investors and capital from Rolling Square.
It enters a smart ring market with health-focused offerings, such as those from Oura, Ultrahuman and RingConn, and AI-focused ones, such as those from Pebble and Vocci, according to TechCrunch.
Why it matters · analysis and opinion
Until now, talking to an AI agent has almost always meant opening an app on a phone or a computer. Interface bets on reducing that conversation to a hand gesture, and it does so without tying itself to a single provider: users connect the agents they already use and decide what each one can touch. That openness is its main advantage over rings designed for health, but also its biggest dependency, because the real value comes from the agent behind it. Before considering it as a work tool, the final battery life, what works without a connection and the validation of the health features still have to be settled, and the company itself has not closed them yet. For anyone who already delegates tasks to agents, the prudent move is to wait for the confirmed specifications before reserving one.
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