Microsoft has finally launched its fitness tracker, the Microsoft Band. The device was an instant hit and is already sold out at the Microsoft Store. People seem to be swarming the Microsoft Store to get their hands on one. The $199.99 band, which isn't really meant to be a smartwatch since Microsoft wants you to wear it on your other wrist, has ten sensors that can track your workouts, calories burned, heart rate, and sleep. It also offers notifications for Twitter, Facebook, email, messages, and more.
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Detailed review of Microsoft Band & Health
But the Microsoft Band is just one core part of Microsoft's ambitions to create a new platform. At the same time, the company also announced the Microsoft Health platform, and that's what matters.
Microsoft Health is a new platform that operates in the cloud and provides customers and anyone who wants to build a wearable fitness device or offer health-related services a single secure place to store and access health data from any device using the new cross-platform app. Then, the service applies machine learning technology or Intelligence Engine (just a fancy name for their secret algorithm) to the collected health data to generate useful information for users, such as: which workout you burned the most calories in, recommended recovery time based on workout intensity, and the amount of restful or restless sleep.
And that's just the beginning. In the future, as active users upload data through the Microsoft Health app for Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, or Android, there will be more ways to combine your health data with calendar, email, GPS, and other variables. And the algorithm will be able to provide even more useful information, such as the best time to exercise based on your schedule, whether you should eat breakfast to run faster, and whether working too hard is affecting your sleep quality.
