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The Microsoft Band is a wonderful fitness device and offers features that the majority of other wearable vendors fail to deliver. One of those is the ability to take runs and bike rides without having to carry along a smartphone just for GPS fa...
Recently, I reported my own beginnings of a Microsoft Band 2 tear. This issue has become more widely reported over the last couple months. I was hoping to avoid the problem myself, but sadly, I recently noted a deeper indention in my Microsoft ...
Available now only on for Android users, a new app called Emotionalyze uses the breadth of the Microsoft Band 2’s sensors and records your emotions to YouTube videos.
Here’s the features so far:
Get instant feedback on how engaged and ex...
Microsoft is pretty proud of the new community properties built into its Microsoft Health mobile app. The leaderboard and activity challenges feature rolled out with a slew of other enhancements as part of the April 2016 Microsoft Band update...
Since the new social function of the Microsoft Band/Microsoft Health requires Facebook users to connect the Microsoft Health app to Facebook, you may not have a ton of friends who own a Microsoft Band or run the Microsoft Health app. I’ve heard...
A new app/service for Microsoft Band owners reads skin temperature and heart rate to detect specific levels of stress that are indicators of domestic violence situations. When the apex is reached, a pop-up will display on the Microsoft Band scr...
One of the more anticipated features in the April 2016 Microsoft Band update is the ability to generate activity leaderboards and fitness challenges. I’ll be digging deep into this feature in an upcoming article, but for now, this feature is es...
One of the new features in the April 2016 update for Microsoft Band is the ability to create a highly customized notification system. Before the update, Band owners often received annoyingly duplicate notifications from apps like Mail because...
Here’s a potential issue that comes up periodically in the Band communities, so I think it’s worth a post.
Due to the position and material of the Microsoft Band 2’s clasp, it can thin attract scratches. I have a few (as shown), but really...
Having important information at hand (or on-wrist) is always a big value and that’s one of the reasons why we constantly carry around our smartphones. But, the pieces of information we need to have handy really doesn’t result in pages and pages...