Microsoft Band, smart bracelet Microsoft

The Redmond Company has just introduced its first wearable: Microsoft Band. The company has made official its smart watches, which accompanied a new service called Health. The goal of both is to help users monitor their health by collecting data from their sports activities.

 Band is a bracelet similar to the Samsung Gear Fit. The team has a black belt and a plastic panel in violet tones which are the different options offered by the device. Similarly, in the inside of the terminal, we find an optical heart rate sensor.

 The Microsoft Band has a rectangular screen 11 x 33 mm with a resolution of 320 x 106 pixels. Microsoft has chosen to enter a list of sensors that allow users to monitor all physical activity. Among them, it will have one to control the heart rate, an accelerometer / gyroscope three axis a gyroscope, GPS (to show details of our location), ambient light sensor, temperature sensor skin, UV sensor, one galvanic skin response (to help us identify stress levels) or microphone, among others.

 Also, the bracelet integrates Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity and is also resistant to dust and splashing water, but not waterproof. Thanks to her, we can see all the notifications that come to us from your smartphone. From messages to incoming calls, to calendars announcements or social networking messages.

 Similarly, we can control our travels through a pedometer. In addition, we will be able to look at the calories burned and monitor our sleep. The truth is that it has nothing to envy to other smart bracelets market.

 As already said the leaks, this team will support terminals running iOS, the operating system for p hones and tablets from Apple, Android, Google’s software, and Windows Phone, the company itself. This strategy of universalizing its wearable to synchronize with other platforms other than yours may harm the ecosystem of the company, but we are sure you will benefit in the long term.

 Despite all these features, one of the features that have attracted most attention is the support of Cortana. If we use this device with Windows Phone 8.1 have the ability to set reminders using Microsoft voice assistant. Moreover, as reports from the company, we can also pay for the products we consume in Starbucks if we associate the device to our own brand of restoration.

 As mentioned at the beginning of the article, this is accompanied by Health Smart Band, a platform that includes a cloud service for users. In this way, they will have an infrastructure that allows combining different health related to obtain results consistent conclusions.

The Microsoft Band is now available in US for $ 200 (about 150 euros). But still do not know when it will come to other markets, but we do not think it takes long to cross its borders.

Microsoft Band, smart bracelet Microsoft