diff --git a/playground/pages/Index.vue b/playground/pages/Index.vue
index 5588c20..05409e7 100644
--- a/playground/pages/Index.vue
+++ b/playground/pages/Index.vue
@@ -195,6 +195,26 @@
       </UiButton>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="mt-6">
+      <span class="font-semibold mr-4">useTippy + plain string:</span>
+      <button
+        class="text-sm py-2 px-3 bg-gray-900 text-white rounded-lg"
+        ref="buttonText"
+      >
+        My Button with plain string
+      </button>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="mt-6">
+      <span class="font-semibold mr-4">useTippy + computed string:</span>
+      <button
+        class="text-sm py-2 px-3 bg-gray-900 text-white rounded-lg ml-3"
+        ref="buttonTextComputed"
+      >
+        My Button with computed string
+      </button>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="mt-6">
       <span class="font-semibold mr-4"
         >Tippy component + change content and props realtime using component
@@ -413,6 +433,15 @@ export default defineComponent({
       content: 'Test Vue component',
     })
 
+    const buttonText = ref<HTMLButtonElement>()
+
+    useTippy(buttonText, 'String content')
+
+    const buttonTextComputed = ref<HTMLButtonElement>()
+    const computedText = computed(() => `Counter: ${counter.value}`)
+
+    useTippy(buttonTextComputed, computedText);
+
     const { x, y } = useMousePosition()
 
     const { tippy } = useTippy(() => document.body, {
@@ -494,6 +523,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
       button7,
       target7,
       vueComponentButton,
+      buttonText,
+      buttonTextComputed,
       tippyComponent1,
       log: console.log,
     }
diff --git a/src/composables/useTippy.ts b/src/composables/useTippy.ts
index 4e67263..5f72f8a 100644
--- a/src/composables/useTippy.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useTippy.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import tippy, { Instance, Props, Content } from 'tippy.js'
 import {
   ref,
   onMounted,
-  Ref,
   isRef,
   isReactive,
   isVNode,
@@ -15,7 +14,8 @@ import {
   shallowRef,
   App,
 } from 'vue'
-import { TippyOptions, TippyContent } from '../types'
+import { TippyOptions, TippyContent, MaybeRef, MaybeRefOrGetter } from '../types'
+import { isObject, isString, toValue, isComponentInstance } from '../utils'
 
 tippy.setDefaultProps({
   //@ts-ignore
@@ -24,15 +24,11 @@ tippy.setDefaultProps({
   },
 })
 
-const isComponentInstance = (value: any): value is { $el: any } => {
-  return value instanceof Object && '$' in value && '$el' in value
-}
-
 type TippyElement = Element | any //  TODO: use ComponentPublicInstance
 
 export function useTippy(
-  el: TippyElement | (() => TippyElement) | Ref<TippyElement> | Ref<TippyElement | undefined>,
-  opts: TippyOptions = {},
+  el: MaybeRefOrGetter<TippyElement>,
+  opts: TippyOptions | MaybeRef<string> = {},
   settings: {
     mount: boolean,
     appName: string,
@@ -109,15 +105,15 @@ export function useTippy(
     return newContent!
   }
 
-  const getProps = (opts: TippyOptions): Partial<Props> => {
+  const getProps = (opts: TippyOptions | MaybeRef<string>): Partial<Props> => {
+    const value = toValue(opts);
+
     let options: any = {}
 
-    if (isRef(opts)) {
-      options = opts.value || {}
-    } else if (isReactive(opts)) {
-      options = { ...opts }
+    if (isString(value)) {
+      options = { content: value }
     } else {
-      options = { ...opts }
+      options = { ...value }
     }
 
     if (options.content) {
@@ -173,23 +169,41 @@ export function useTippy(
     return options as Props
   }
 
+  const getOptsContent = () => {
+    const value = toValue(opts)
+
+    if (isString(value)) {
+      return value
+    }
+
+    return value?.content
+  }
+
   const refresh = () => {
     if (!instance.value) return
 
-    instance.value.setProps(getProps(opts))
+    if (isObject(toValue(opts))) {
+      instance.value.setProps(getProps(opts))
+    } else {
+      refreshContent()
+    }
   }
 
   const refreshContent = () => {
-    if (!instance.value || !opts.content) return
+    if (!instance.value) return
+
+    const content = getOptsContent()
+
+    if (!content) return
 
-    instance.value.setContent(getContent(opts.content))
+    instance.value.setContent(getContent(content))
   }
 
   const setContent = (value: TippyContent) => {
     instance.value?.setContent(getContent(value))
   }
 
-  const setProps = (value: TippyOptions) => {
+  const setProps = (value: TippyOptions | MaybeRef<string>) => {
     instance.value?.setProps(getProps(value))
   }
 
@@ -283,9 +297,9 @@ export function useTippy(
     })
   }
 
-  if (isRef(opts) || isReactive(opts)) {
+  if ((isRef(opts) || isReactive(opts)) && !isString(opts)) {
     watch(opts, refresh, { immediate: false })
-  } else if (isRef(opts.content)) {
+  } else if (isObject(opts) && isRef(opts.content)) {
     watch(opts.content, refreshContent, { immediate: false })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 48b62e5..99bacde 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Tippy from '../components/Tippy'
 import { useTippy } from '../composables'
 import { Props, Content, DefaultProps, Instance } from 'tippy.js'
-import { VNode, Ref, Component, UnwrapNestedRefs } from 'vue'
+import { VNode, Ref, Component, UnwrapNestedRefs, ShallowRef, WritableComputedRef, ComputedRef } from 'vue'
 
 export declare type TippyContent = Content | VNode | Component | Ref
 export declare type TippyTarget =
@@ -35,3 +35,11 @@ export interface TippyPluginOptions {
 
 export type TippyInstance = Instance | Element | undefined
 export type TippyInstances = Ref<TippyInstance>[] | Ref<TippyInstance[]> | (() => TippyInstance[])
+
+export type MaybeRef<T = any> =
+  | T
+  | Ref<T>
+  | ShallowRef<T>
+  | WritableComputedRef<T>
+
+export type MaybeRefOrGetter<T = any> = MaybeRef<T> | ComputedRef<T> | (() => T)
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diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7e8047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { isRef, unref } from 'vue'
+import { MaybeRefOrGetter } from '../types'
+
+export const isComponentInstance = (value: any): value is { $el: any } => {
+  return value instanceof Object && '$' in value && '$el' in value
+}
+
+export const isString = (val: unknown): val is string => typeof val === 'string'
+
+export const isFunction = (val: unknown): val is Function =>
+  typeof val === 'function'
+
+export const isObject = (val: unknown): val is Record<any, any> =>
+  val !== null && typeof val === 'object'
+
+
+export function toValue<T>(source: MaybeRefOrGetter<T>): T {
+  if (isRef(source)) {
+    return unref(source)
+  }
+
+  if (isFunction(source)) {
+    return source()
+  }
+
+  return source;
+}
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