Ultrahuman in partnership with AI sleep technology company Sleep Cycle has launched the Respiratory Health PowerPlug for the Ultrahuman Ring Air smart ring. This app add-on uses high-resolution audio analysis and biomarker data to help wearers understand how snoring, coughing, and breathing disruptions directly correlate with sleep, recovery, and long-term health outcomes.
According to Ultrahuman, those in the U.S. and UK snore for 40-45 minutes per night without realizing it. What’s more, women snore just as much as men at only nine minutes less on average, but tend to under-report their snoring, which leads to under-diagnosis. Those who snore are at higher risk for stroke while many regular snorers have undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea.
The Respiratory Health PowerPlug, which can be easily downloaded to the Ultrahuman app along with others, fuses Sleep Cycle’s proprietary AI sound SDK with Ring Air’s advanced biomarker tracking. By combining sound classification with biometric signals, Ring Air delivers a deeper, more actionable sleep picture. It can detect snoring, coughing, and respiratory disturbances through validated, on-device audio classification using your smartphone. It reveals patterns, trends, and changes in respiratory health over time and aligns every disturbance with core physiological signals from the Ring Air, like heart rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate, movement patterns, and sleep fragmentation. Each morning, you get a report to help you understand what affected sleep and decide which habits or interventions to try next.
Some behaviour changes you might make in response to the data include reducing alcohol, managing congestion, trialing interventions like side sleeping, pillows, or nose taping, or starting a conversation with a doctor or other medical professional. The idea is that you can respond to trends as they emerge versus waiting until fatigue or poor recovery sets in.
All respiratory audio is processed, stored, and managed entirely on device. No sound files are uploaded to Ultrahuman or Sleep Cycle servers, and you can delete recordings at any time.
The Respiratory Health PowerPlug is now opening to users, with access rolling out via the waitlist in the Ultrahuman app. It’s one of the few PowerPlugs that costs a nominal fee at US$4/mo. or US$40 for the year. Read my review of the Ultrahuman Ring Air and the PowerPlugs experience.