Microsoft Band, The Microsoft Fitness Tracker Unveiled

Microsoft is taking a step in the wearable market, in order to compete with the already existing wearables like, Samsung Gear, Apple Watch, Fitbit and so many others, Microsoft has officially unveiled their own smart-band fitness tracker, the Microsoft Band, but what will make it more special !

Microsoft said that this band will track your daily activities like heart rate, steps, calories burned, and your sleeping quality, also, the device can provide you with guided workouts thanks to the companion health App, also another feature, the smart-band is provided with a UV sensor that can tell whether you need to  to apply a sunscreen.

A great step from Microsoft, the company has made the Health App available for Windows Phone, Android and iOS devices !, Matt Barlow, General Manager of Marketing for Personal Devices said “We always insisted that the band had to work not just with Windows but with iOS and Android, "As we built Microsoft Health, we started thinking,  Why should Microsoft Band be the only device that feeds into and benefits from this service?’ We want it connect to any device customers are using to track their health and fitness. We want to remove any and all barriers to providing insights back to customers, regardless of the device they are wearing.”

The Microsoft band is also able to give you email previews and calendar alerts.

According the the new york times, the band will cost $199, not a bad price comparing it with other wearables !

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Three New Activity Trackers By Fitbit

Despite its rough last year, Fitbit is still the market leader in the activity tracking gadgets and wearables, and now, the company is unveiling three new activity trackers that should be available soon.

The three new Fitbit activity trackers are named The Charge, The Charge HR and the Surge, and here is what they do !

The charge is including all the same features as the Force, with the caller-ID function,and the new feature is the automatic sleep tracking, and this mean than you don't have to tell your Fitbit when you're going to bed, so it begin tracking you, the smart band will track your sleep automatically, otherwise, the Charge contains all the same features of the previous Force, and the same battery life of 7 days.

The second tracker is the Charge HR, adds another feature to the the Charge, and it is the heart rate monitor, so if you're a person who constantly working out, this maybe your best choice to track your heart rate goals and burned calories during workouts, the Charge HR has a shorter battery life of 5 days.

And the third activity tracker is the Surge, and this is the full option wearable !, the Surge is provided with a touch screen that can control your music, along with the called-ID features,  and the step counting features, and the great thing, is the included GPS module that can track your runs, not much of activity trackers have the GPS and the heart rate monitor in a one device.

The Charge, The Charge HR and the Surge will cost you respectively $130, $150 and $250.

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