Apple's smart ring technology may not be limited to fingers

Smart rings on fingers, smart bracelets on ankles, and smart lanyards around necks — far beyond the Apple Watch and AirPods, Apple has wide-ranging plans for a new wearable.

Detail from the patent showing ring-shaped and ring-sized smart devices, but the technology can be used for much more

There have been so many Apple patents and patent applications regarding smart rings that there's no question the company is taking this wearable seriously. But for the first time, a newly-granted patent has made it undeniably clear that there is much more to this device idea than putting a ring on a finger.

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