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- Image of Prolo Ring Mouse, Courtesy of Prolo Team

The Prolo Ring Makes Your Thumb the New Mouse in 2026

Originally posted on Total Apex Gaming | By David Gilbert | Last updated Oct 31, 2025 4:17 PM ET

Prolo, a New York-based startup, has introduced the Prolo Ring, a wearable device that condenses a computer mouse into a ring. With this clever piece of technology, users are given full cursor control, shortcuts, and over forty natural gestures directly to their dominant hand. Not only that, but the ring also allows people to point, click, scroll, control media, and navigate presentations without ever groping for a separate mouse. Who wouldn’t want to command their computer with a flick of the wrist?

A High-Resolution Touch Surface for Control

For digital professionals, the Prolo Ring is designed to be comfortable and easy to control. Moreover, these individuals can maintain their posture and focus without breaking their flow. Essentially, this device puts a tiny command center right on your finger, as it’s engineered with patented ModTouch

technology, a six-axis motion sensor, and a high-resolution touch surface. While creating a radically compact control layer, this ring is the first device of its kind to enable full desktop navigation.

This new interaction model not only completely replaces the traditional mouse or trackpad, but is ideal for designers, developers, and multitaskers who want to minimize hand travel and wrist strain. After all, why should your hand have to commute all the way to a mouse? Although the Prolo Ring connects via Bluetooth, it’s recognized as a standard input device across Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile operating systems.

The Prolo Ring Puts a Mouse on Your Finger

Video of Prolo Ring Mouse, Courtesy of Prolo Team

Key features of the Prolo Ring include full mouse cursor control via a capacitive touchpad and over forty motion-enabled gestures. The Modstrip, a dedicated macro surface, allows for custom shortcuts. Furthermore, users can get on the Prolo Studio App to customize everything without any coding knowledge. With two distinct interaction zones, the thumb controls the cursor while the index finger handles macros. Additionally, this layered input design’s advanced functionality also packs heat into a very small, ergonomic package.

The Prolo Ring’s minimalist, button-free design comes in three finishes: Champagne Gold, Future Silver, and Carbon Black. While the technology was designed to fit most fingers, it utilizes modular inserts for a universal fit. Internally, it packs a high-resolution touch sensor, an efficient wireless chip, and a responsive motion sensor. Given that a smart algorithm keeps the ring ready to use without manual activation, how does it manage power so effectively?

When it comes to its battery life, the ring can stay powered for up to eight hours of use. Additionally, it ships with a 30-day power case that also acts as a charging dock and travel companion. Ultimately, the Prolo Ring launches on Kickstarter on October 15, as early backers can secure one starting at $129, which is expected to ship in early 2026. Prolo, the company behind the ring, has created smarter, more ergonomic wearable technology that redefines how people interact with digital tools.

This article first appeared on Total Apex Gaming and was syndicated with permission.

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