The developers of a biometric AI “digital faithfulness” ring announced in early 2025 have told SEXTECHGUIDE that the project has been shelved.
The announcement of The Ring, a finger ring designed to light up when your Ring-wearing partner becomes aroused, sparked discussion about trust and faithfulness. The device was designed to have a tiny microphone, plus biosensors to capture heart rate, skin temperature and movement.
The idea was that if both partners in a couple wear a Ring each, and one of the devices detects that the wearer is in some kind of arousing sexual scenario, it notifies their partner by triggering LED light patterns on their device.
Basically: if you cheated on your partner, The Ring is going to give you away remotely with a little light show.
The Ring was created by the dating app Raw, which said the device was developed in a small laboratory run by the corporation called Queens Tech. Raw said The Ring was an “intimate bridge between partners’ emotional worlds”, and would be able to connect to an app as well as a partner ring.
The announcement gained media traction in outlets such as MailOnline and the New York Post, and a site was launched where potential customers could submit their email address with a view to reserving a Ring. As of November 13 the site was still live, but more than eight months on from the announcement there’s been no sign of The Ring actually being made.
Now a spokesperson for Raw has told SEXTECHGUIDE that the company has “temporarily paused operations” on The Ring, while the company focuses on fundraising, and suggested that there’d be no further movement without more investment being secured.
Realistically that probably means that unless there are investors out there who are particularly keen on bio-spying on their partner’s arousal levels, The Ring won’t become reality any time soon.
A cynic might wonder if the device was ever intended to make it past vaporware at all. Still, it got Raw a few headlines, eh?
