Oura Labs serves as an innovation hub where members, researchers, and the Oura team can collaborate to develop trailblazing new features that change the way we think about health.
At Oura, we’re committed to continuously advancing scientific and medical research, so we can make a difference in our members’ health and overall lives. Analyzing member feedback and aggregated data is an integral part of our science and product development, both for improving existing features and building new ones.
We’re grateful to all Oura Members who provide thoughtful feedback on our Oura Labs features.
Brain Health Check-In
The way you sleep, move, and handle stress may tell a story about your brain health, and we’re looking to understand what that story may be.
To do this, we’re launching Brain Health Check-In, a new research study that brings short, science-based cognitive tasks from Cambridge Cognition into the Oura App to explore how daily habits and Oura data relate to things like memory, focus, and reaction time.
Participation is fully remote and voluntary. Eligible U.S. members can learn more in the Oura App.
Connect with a Doctor Within the Oura App
A new experience will soon be available for US members to test in Oura Labs: Counsel Health now seamlessly integrates with Oura Advisor, bridging the gap between what your data shows and the deeper medical guidance you might need if something seems amiss.
In partnership with Counsel, an AI-enabled primary care platform that combines medical AI with licensed physicians, Oura enables you to seamlessly get answers to health questions, receive personalized medical advice, and conveniently access urgent and primary care from licensed healthcare providers within minutes right in the Oura App, closing the gap from health insight to health action.
When Health Radar surfaces a signal worth exploring, Oura Advisor will offer to connect you with Counsel, where you’ll have two options:
- Message with Counsel’s medical AI anytime you like, for free. Within Oura Advisor, medical AI from Counsel acts as your personal health translator, helping you spot health trends, interpret lab results, identify symptoms, or provide initial guidance. This new experience within Oura Advisor will instantly analyze your biometric trends and symptoms to build a comprehensive picture of your health so that a human physician can fast-track accurate, personalized medical advice and treatment, if you need it.
- Message with a Counsel licensed physician in minutes. Oura Members can chat with a real, credentialed doctor who can review your concerns andask follow-up questions to deliver tailored treatment plans and fill prescriptions.
When you connect with a Counsel physician, you’re getting medical advice and treatment from a board-certified doctor who already knows your story. By choosing to securely share your Health Radar signals, Symptom Radar logs, or other Oura biometrics, you skip months of introductory appointments and jump straight to personalized care tailored to you. Best of all, your health journey stays entirely your own; every consultation takes place within Counsel’s HIPAA and SOC II-compliant environment built to protect your privacy.
Counsel will be accessible through Oura Labs. Rollout will begin June 16. Counsel will be available in most US states, except: Arkansas, District of Columbia, Kansas, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
How to Opt Into Oura Labs
You can access Oura Labs from the main menu in the upper left-hand corner of the Today tab. There may be a few different features available for testing at any given time, and you can start testing any or all of them.
Why Join Oura Labs?
- Take new beta features for a spin. When you opt into Oura Labs, you’ll be able to test and learn about select new experimental features currently in the research and development phase. You’ll find new products to test throughout the year.
- Provide feedback as you test. We want to hear from you! Your comments and questions are relayed directly to our product and engineering teams. You may even see fast updates as our product team responds to and iterates on your feedback.
- Participate in focus groups and surveys. You may receive outreach from our team (via email or in-app) about opportunities to take part in beta feature testing, focus groups, data sharing, and other research opportunities.
- Be connected to cutting-edge research. Oura researchers and our partner organizations — from athletic teams to academic institutions to members of our Medical Advisory Board — work with Oura to accurately track biometrics in their research. Their findings directly inform our health product roadmap.