Oura is launching a feature that can let you know if you’re coming down with a respiratory illness. This would have been perfect four years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new feature, Symptom Radar, can’t tell you if you’re getting a cold, but it can warn you if it detects your body is showing early signs of an issue.

Symptom Radar looks for changes in your Oura data to determine if something is training your body. Considering that Oura tracks more than 40 biometrics, Symptom Radar will monitor these metrics over time, including your average temperature, skin temperature, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and inactive time, alongside demographic information like age.

A deviation in these metrics over time could mean that you should rest, which improves immune system responses and allows your body to recover.

The Oura will have three levels of strain:

• No signs: There are no obvious signs in your biometrics of something straining your body
• Minor signs: There are small signs in your biometrics of something straining your body
• Major signs: There are stronger signs in your biometrics of something straining your body

Oura will then highlight the previous night’s biometrics to show a significant deviation from your baseline.

Symptom Radar is turned on by default for Oura members with an active Oura Membership. The feature is available today and will be spotlighted on the ‘Today’ screen tomorrow morning. If you tap on the card to see more details, your biometrics will be showcased.

Symptom Radar can be turned off at any time.