Luna Band Price, Specs and First Look: $149/₹13,999 With No Subscription

The screenless fitness tracker wars just got a new player — and this one is from India.

Luna, a health-tech company that quietly built one of the more respected smart rings in the market, walked into IFA 2026 in Berlin and announced that its Luna Band is now shipping worldwide. No fanfare, no celebrity partnership, no subscription pitch baked into the price. Just a band, a price tag of $149 / ₹13,999 and an AI health engine that adapts to you personally. If you have been watching the Fitbit Air and WHOOP battle from the sidelines, wondering when a credible third option would show up, this is it.

This is not a hands-on review. The Luna Band is brand new and we have not had it on our wrists yet. What follows is a thorough breakdown of everything we know from the IFA announcement, the official spec sheet and early coverage from reviewers who saw it in person at Berlin.

What Is the Luna Band?

The Luna Band is a screenless wearable that you wear on your wrist or your upper arm. There is no display, no notifications, no tap-to-check anything. It sits on your body collecting biometric data all day and night and feeds it into the LifeOS app on your phone. Luna calls it “a calendar for your body” rather than a health dashboard, which is actually a fair description of what it is trying to do.

Luna already makes a smart ring (the Luna Ring Gen 2) and LifeOS powers that device too, so this is not a company launching a band before its software is ready. The platform has history. The Band is a new form factor built on an already-running AI engine.

More than 100,000 people joined the Luna Band waitlist before launch. The first drop sold out.

Luna Band Specs and Features Every Runner Needs to Know

The hardware is more capable than the price suggests. Here is what is inside:

The optical heart rate sensor is a multi-channel PPG setup with 4 photodiodes and 4 green LEDs plus green, red and infrared LEDs. That is the same multi-wavelength approach that more expensive devices use to improve accuracy across different skin tones and activity levels. Alongside that you get a 6-axis IMU (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope), a skin temperature sensor and SpO2. The full sensor stack covers everything that matters for recovery tracking.

The band is 40mm x 27mm and 11.8mm in height including the strap, weighing 24g. That sits between the featherweight Fitbit Air (12g) and the chunkier WHOOP 5.0 (28g). The nylon strap uses a hook-and-loop closure and straps are interchangeable. Additional colors available include Ember Orange, Atlantic Blue and Glacier Blue.

For runners specifically, the tracking list covers VO2 max, heart rate zones, training load and effort, step count and 60-plus sports modes with auto-detection for running, walking, cycling, elliptical and rowing. It also picks up strength training, boxing and Hyrox automatically. Built-in GPS is not included — it uses in-app GPS via your phone, the same approach taken by WHOOP and Fitbit Air at this price range.

Battery life is rated at 10 days and the charger is included. Full charge in 60 minutes. Water resistance is 5 ATM, so you can swim with it or wear it in the shower without worrying.

LifeOS: The AI That Makes Luna Band Different From Every Other Tracker

The hardware is competitive. The software is where Luna is really making its argument.

Most wearables track your body and show you data. LifeOS tracks your body and then reorganises around your goals. When you add a new goal, the Band changes what it measures, how often it takes readings and how it structures your daily plan. Luna says LifeOS retrains its models around that individual’s body rather than comparing you to a population average. In practical terms, two Luna Bands can function as genuinely different products depending on who is wearing them.

The platform includes Micro Apps for things like caffeine timing, hydration, jet lag recovery, fitness age and circadian rhythm alignment. There is a Peak Score for daily readiness and a feature called Health Clone that builds a longitudinal wellness profile over time. LifeOS also connects to blood markers, food logs, symptom notes and third-party data from Apple Health, Google Fit, Clue and Kindbody.

Voice control is built in via Siri integration, letting you log meals, symptoms and notes hands-free without opening the app. This voice feature is iPhone-only for now. Android users drive everything through the app instead, which is a genuine gap for the first version.

Luna Band Price in India and Globally

The Luna Band is priced at $149 in the US, €149 in Europe and ₹13,999 in India, all inclusive of taxes and shipping. The India pricing represents a slight premium over the dollar price at current exchange rates but is in the same ballpark globally.

It is available now from the official Luna website (lunazone.com) with direct shipping to India confirmed. The Onyx Black color is listed as shipping immediately.

That ₹13,999 price point lands it between the Fitbit Air (expected ₹12,000 to ₹14,000 in India) and the Garmin CIRQA (expected ₹16,999 to ₹19,999). What separates it from both is that LifeOS is fully included with no optional upsell to get the AI coaching, whereas Google Health Premium costs extra and Garmin Connect+ is an additional subscription.

Luna Band vs WHOOP 5.0 vs Fitbit Air vs Garmin CIRQA: Full Comparison

The screenless tracker category has never had this much competition at once. Here is how the four main options stack up for runners:

For a deeper comparison between Fitbit Air and WHOOP specifically for Indian runners, read our Fitbit Air vs WHOOP full breakdown here. And if you are leaning toward the Garmin side of this table, our Garmin CIRQA India launch and price guide covers everything you need.

Who Should Buy the Luna Band?

The Luna Band makes the most sense if you are looking for a recovery tracker that does not punish you financially every year. The one-time price with full AI coaching included is genuinely differentiated. If you have been put off by WHOOP’s subscription model but want something more sophisticated than the Fitbit Air’s more basic coaching, the Luna Band sits in a sweet spot.

For runners training for a marathon or a Hyrox event, the goal-adaptive tracking is interesting on paper. The idea that the Band reconfigures what it measures when you input a race target — say, tapering for a 10-week marathon build — is exactly the kind of contextual intelligence that most wearables claim to have but rarely deliver in a meaningful way. Whether LifeOS actually holds up to that promise is something only extended testing can answer.

iPhone users will get noticeably more out of it at launch because of the Siri voice integration. If you are on Android, the core tracking and LifeOS coaching still work, but the headline voice-first experience is not available to you yet.

Where to Buy the Luna Band

The Luna Band is available directly from lunazone.com, which ships to India. The Onyx Black color is listed for immediate dispatch. Aloe Green and Desert Beige are also available. Interchangeable straps in additional colors can be purchased separately from the same site.

At ₹13,999 with shipping and taxes included in that price, there are no customs surprises to calculate. Luna has made this straightforward for Indian buyers, which is a small but real convenience compared to importing from the US at a converted rate.