Ultrahuman
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 1 November 2026 · 3 sources
Indian maker of smart rings and health-tracking wearables.
Ultrahuman can't show that the workers who make its products in India earn a living wage, which workers there are very unlikely to.
Also worth knowing
It has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, a hidden, unaudited supply chain in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as India and China, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From press and retailer reports; Ultrahuman doesn't say where its products are made. The rest is shown as where electronics are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| United States | Systematic violations | Below a living wage | Low |
| ChinaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| TaiwanUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| MalaysiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| South KoreaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Close to a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
- Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Ultrahuman's Ring Air is made in India and imported from there, and since late 2024 some rings for US buyers have been made at a Plano, Texas plant run with contract manufacturer SVtronics; in 2025 a US trade judge questioned Ultrahuman's claims about that plant in a patent case brought by Oura. The company names neither its Indian factory nor its component suppliers, and publishes no modern slavery statement, supplier code, audit results or conflict-minerals report, so nothing is known about conditions for the workers who make its rings or mine their metals.
Sources and actions
Sources 3
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- Ultrahuman promises '100%' US Ring Air sales from Texas, despite Oura's ITC challenge (Android Central, 2025) · search the archive · Rings currently imported from India; UltraFactory is an SVtronics facility in Plano, Texas opened around November 2024; ITC judge questioned Ultrahuman's Texas claims
- Ultrahuman opens U.S. manufacturing facility for wearable rings (HIT Consultant, 2024) · search the archive · US UltraFactory based on the company's first operational model in India
- Ultrahuman Smart Ring (JB Hi-Fi Australia) · search the archive · JB Hi-Fi sells Ultrahuman Air and Ultrahuman x Diesel rings in Australia
Company details
- Headquarters
- India
- Last researched
- 1 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Ultrahuman ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/ultrahuman, last researched 1 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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