Microsoft Band Launches in Coming Weeks

A report by Forbes and confirmed by The Verge suggests that Microsoft will launch its new product in the coming weeks. The device will be named as Microsoft Band and it is going to be available in the retail shop in time for holiday season. The product will be more to a health tracking device rather than a smartwatch.

Microsoft Band will be powered by Microsoft Health which will help you to achieve your health goals. It has a guided workout which can maximize your fitness with a choice of expert-designed workouts that are suitable for your needs. It keeps on constantly learning your fitness level and it will plan your future needs. On top of that, it will keep track on your sleeping habits, monitor your heart rate 24 hours and map the routes that you have run, biked, hiked and save it as your favourites.

Apart from all the features above, the Band will help you to improve your productivity by providing email previews so that you can monitor and preview email activity at a glance and while on the move, Calendar alerts so that you will know where and when you need to be, timer and alarm to wake you up silently as well as Cortana, your very own personal digital assistant.

The Band is designed to work on Windows Phone, iOS and Android. Microsoft is in the process of developing new apps for each mobile operating system to help support its feature and send notifications to the smartphone.

Microsoft Band Launches in Coming Weeks

Microsoft Band App spotted in Mac App Store Hinting New Product?

Microsoft Band Sync is spotted in the Apple Mac App Store. It looks like to be the companion of the rumoured Microsoft’s wearable. The company will named its latest wearable product as simple as Band. Based on the name, Microsoft Band is not exactly a smartwatch, it is rather a fitness band. It is similar to Samsung’s Gear Fit though the design is a bit more conservative and with regular and not curved design.

The app allows you to sync your Band to the cloud using the same Microsoft account running on your phone companion app. On top of that, the app has feature whereby you can do profile settings and the ability to update your firmware. However, there is no further detail about the wearable. Another rumour suggests that the wearable will work on any major platform. It seems like it is true as the company has posted three apps via Apple’s App Store, Google’s Play Store and Windows Phone Store. The iOS App store, it is called Microsoft Band Sync whereas in Android and Windows Phone, it is called Microsoft Health.

Another cool feature from the Microsoft Band includes 24-hour heart rate monitoring and automatic activity counting which is integrated with Cortana on Windows Phone. At the moment, there is no further detail on when the company will launch the product or at what pricing but we expected that it will be soon enough.

Microsoft Band App spotted in Mac App Store Hinting New Product?