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Sleep quality

Everyone wants a better night’s sleep. Analyze your light and restful sleep, your sleep restoration and sleep efficiency, and number of wake-ups each night with easily-understandable charts.

UV monitoring

Stop guessing when it’s time to apply sunscreen. Your band can notify you when your UV exposure is more than 2 on the UV index. You choose whether or not you want a notification, and how often. Get a real-time reading of your UV exposure at any time by tapping the UV Tile.

Exercise recovery

Don’t work out in vain. The mobile app will recommend how much time your body needs to recover before your next workout.

App compatibility

Microsoft Band is fully compatible with popular fitness apps like MyFitnessPal, Strava, Runkeeper, MapMyFitness, MapMyRide, and more.

Calorie tracking

Measure the calories you burn each day. See how many calories you burn with each workout, giving you greater understanding of which activities earn you the biggest burn.

Goal Keeper

Set goals and track your performance with the mobile app. Microsoft Band notifies you when you meet your goals so you can stay motivated.

Activity Reminder

Your band can remind you to get up and move when you’ve been still for too long. You choose the time intervals on the days you want to be reminded. You can also set a period of time when you don’t want to receive reminders, like when you’re sleeping.

Weight tracking

Get help reaching your weight goals by tracking changes to your weight and seeing it charted over time. Get a current approximation of your BMI, too. Log your weight regularly in the Microsoft Health app, and see your weight history charted over one month, three months, or your history to date. 

Challenge your friends and achieve more together.

Competition and accountability are great motivators for reaching your fitness goals. Connect with your Facebook friends for challenges that let you compete for the most steps, calories burned, and longest run or bike ride. See how you compare to your friends in the daily leaderboards, too. When you’re particularly proud of an awesome workout or a great night’s sleep, share a snapshot of your summary on Facebook and Twitter, and in email and text messages.

Golf

The built-in GPS detects which hole you’re playing and provides distance to the front, center, and back of the green. Automatic shot tracking manages your scorecard. While you play, your band tracks your steps, heart rate, and calorie burn.

Guided Workouts

Download workouts designed by fitness pros like Gold’s Gym, Shape Magazine, and more. Microsoft Band can track your reps, distance, and calories burned. You can also build your own custom Guided Workouts. Create a sequence your workout buddy recommends, and your band will put you through your paces. Share the link so others can download it, too.

Floors climbed

Get credit for taking the stairs. Track the number of floors you climb and find out how many calories you burn for the effort.

Exercise

Track your heart rate, duration, and calories burned during fitness classes, strength training, and more. Select popular options like yoga or weightlifting, or name your own. Your summaries will be grouped by exercise type for better insights into your performance.

Steps

Count your steps every day, set a daily goal, and track your progress. Microsoft Band calculates the calories you’ve burned and the distance you’ve traveled each day.

Explore

Track your heart rate, calorie burn, and more during your hikes. The GPS keeps track of your route on your band’s display and allows you to identify points of interest along the way. Smart alerts remind you to hydrate and refuel. After your hike, see your elevation and a map of your route in the mobile app and web dashboard.

Cortana

Stay productive even when your phone is put away. Reply to text messages, take notes, and set reminders with your voice using Cortana personal assistant if you use Windows Phone 8.1 or later.³Cortana only available with Windows Phone 8.1 update or later; available in English only.

Smart notifications

Use the Microsoft Band app to select the notifications you get on your band. Choose from texts, calls, calendar reminders, and updates from Facebook and Twitter. To turn off notification alerts, simply tap the Do Not Disturb icon on your band.

Finance

Track your stocks right on your wrist, without pulling out your phone. Create a watch list for select stocks in the app.

Cross-platform compatibility

Microsoft Band works with the phone you own. Whether it’s iPhone®, Android™, or Windows Phone, Microsoft Band works seamlessly across platforms.^*Microsoft Band app required. Works with Windows Phone 8.1 update or later, iPhone® 5 or later running iOS® 8.1.2 or later, and Android™ 4.3 or later phones, with Bluetooth. Cortana only available with Windows Phone 8.1 update or later.

Calls

See incoming calls and voicemail notifications on your band. Reply instantly with a standard quick text response like “I’ll call you later” or choose one that you’ve created in the phone app.²Instant quick response does not work with iPhone. To turn off notification alerts, simply tap the Do Not Disturb icon on your band.

Timer/stopwatch

Time your laps or your entire workout with the stopwatch feature. Set the timer to keep track of time, whether it’s keeping up the intensity for a set duration during your workout or a 15-minute power nap.

Weather

Real-time weather conditions and a 5-day forecast help you plan your week.

Smart alarm

Feel your best in the morning. Set the alarm and your band will wake you up at the optimal time during your sleep cycle up to 30 minutes before the alarm goes off.

Facebook

Stay up to date on Facebook without having to check your phone. Get the latest status updates, comments, and photo notifications on your band. Use the phone app to set your notification preferences.

Facebook Messenger

Keep on top of your personal Facebook messages from friends and family without having to check your phone. Change the notification settings on your phone and they will sync onto your Microsoft Band.

Twitter

Tweets, mentions, retweets, messages, new followers. Set your notification preferences on your phone and see it all on your wrist.

Starbucks

No need to reach for your wallet. Pay for coffee on the go with your Starbucks Card ready to scan right from your wrist.

Quick Read

Quick Read helps you read text, email, and other notifications especially when you’re on the go. By rapidly displaying messages one word at a time, your band helps you quickly read a message without the need to scroll.

Music controls

Put your phone away and control your music from your band. The touchscreen displays the song title and lets you adjust the volume, pause and play, and skip forward and back. Any music app you use on your phone connects to your band through Bluetooth.

Microsoft Health

Get actionable insights to help you live healthier in the Microsoft Health web dashboard. Easily-understandable charts about your step counts, workouts, and sleep quality help you get to know your current fitness level and discover changes at a glance.

UV monitor

Your band can notify you when your UV exposure is more than 2 on the UV index. You choose whether or not you want a notification, and how often. Get a real-time reading of your UV exposure at any time by tapping the UV Tile.

Modern design

Beautiful, modern design and cutting-edge technology come together. The satin steel finish is durable and eye-catching.

AMOLED display

The vibrant, full-color AMOLED display is bright and easy to read, and comes with durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 to help protect it.

Curved screen

The curved screen fits your wrist naturally and comfortably.

Watch mode

Set the display on Microsoft Band to always display the time, or only when you rotate your wrist.

Battery life

Get two days from Microsoft Band with normal use. If using the GPS, increasing display brightness, and working out multiple times a day, you’ll need to recharge more frequently. A 30-45 minute charge will get you through your day. A full charge takes about 2 hours.⁴Battery has limited recharge cycles and cannot be replaced. See microsoft.com/band/battery

Bluetooth 4.0

With Bluetooth 4.0, your data syncs to your phone in the background, so Microsoft Band is always up to date. You don't have to log in to get the latest.

GPS Power Saver

Extend your band’s battery life up to four hours when you run or bike with GPS. Toggle on the GPS Power Saver to sample your location in intervals, rather than continuously. Microsoft Health will still map your route in the mobile app and web dashboard.

Auto Pause

Take a break during your run or bike ride without lifting a finger. When you turn on Auto Pause, your band automatically pauses your session when it senses you’ve stopped. When you start again, your session automatically resumes.