I've been using it all today and I am seriously blown away with it. He talks about it eventually getting Starbucks integration. It's already integrated! It will generate a barcode from the tile and you can pay using your watch. Using it to call, text and receive notifications and it's done awesome. But the heart rate monitor is spot on unlike most fitness watches that use audio to find your heart beat. This is optical and very accurate. Great Day 1 for me!

I am greatly impressed. Workout walkthrough? Ability to dismiss the phone and do stuff directly from the wrist? CORTANA?! I WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO PUT MY PHONE SOMEWHERE ELSE!

Yes, how weird is having 1000 grams in a kilogram, seeing as kilo means "1000". And then continue the same logic using nano, micro, milli, centi, kilo, mega, on every single measurement across the board in all areas of measurement. It makes much more sense to have 16 ounces in a pound. And then have 3 feet in a yard, and 51/2 yards in a rod , 220 yards in a furlong, etc- Do you have micro-inches, or do you simply say "one millionth of an inch" or 1/10^6 inches?

@TrevorReis

9 жыл бұрын

I think that's why he said "...our crazy imperial system" him commenting about him finding kilograms bizarre is because we don't have context for them. So, while we understand the metric system and how everything relates to each-other within it (that's a simple concept), we don't inherently have any idea of what a kilogram feels like to lift, for example. Just like when we see speed limit signs in kph we don't have any concept of how fast that is, we see signs that have 55 and 60 and 75 on them often and know that anything above 60 is highway speed 80 being really fast for most people. But we see kph signs that have like 90 on them and think that's super fast, but we don't really know how fast that is...

@fjoo

9 жыл бұрын

Trevor Reis That's true, experience is needed to make sense of the numerical values. But that's true for any measurement. The relationship between the different units is what doesn't make sense for me. With the metric system, if you know one you know them all. It was just a minor comment in this video, I just hear it so often. ;]

@TrevorReis

9 жыл бұрын

fjaurler I agree, the imperial system is silly especially with ounces as a measure of volume (fluid ounces) and regular ounces as a measure of weight... But yeah the 514 or something arbitrary amount of feet in a mile is dumb. But that's what we get for separating from England pre-metric system and being too isolationist and stubborn to change to the more effective system. But you will never get me off of the Fahrenheit system... Celsius makes no sense in the real world... Only for science.

@fjoo

9 жыл бұрын

Trevor Reis How does Fahrenheit make more sense? They seem equally arbitrary to me. - One is based on human core temperature, and the coolness of brine, while the other is ranged between freezing and boiling of water. - Up here in the north both human core temperature and frozen water is equally useless/full. ;]

@fjoo

9 жыл бұрын

Trevor Reis PS. I'm not really in favor of the old metric system, but the international system of units, which is the modern form of the metric system and works pretty good. It throws out both celsius and farenheit.

Microsoft has really stepped up their game lately. This looks very interesting.

I just got this for an early birthday present, can't wait to try this out! Windows Central

Definitely getting this when it comes out in Canada. MS is doing some good jobs on these

@Cecilia Terrile If you enable watch mode it does that. It displays the time and date without having to turn it on

@Cecilia Terrile 1. By having a separate app, it's easier to update and add new features. 2. There's an option to turn on watch mode in the band. Settings -> Watch mode -> Toggle on/off. It's similar to glance screen in windows phone, the display will be always on showing time and date.

This really does look cool. I'd love one, I don't even run but having one to wear just as a watch would suit me.

@fazrin ghofar It does not require it to always be connected to your phone and you don't need to take your phone with you. It works by itself and you just use the app on your phone to view all your data

Definitely buying one when it comes to Canada!

It apparently already works with Star Bucks. Reading on Engadget, folks are already saying they have used it to purchase coffee. Other than that, this thing looks like a beast of a fitness band.. Can't wait to get one.

Awesome, I'm very impressed and hope to see it on European stores soon and more importantly before Christmas.

great band - picked mine up for £75 reduced from £160 from argos guess they were reduced to make way for the band 2 - works and feels great also love the built in GPS

This is so cool I'm getting one! Go Microsoft!!

Nice work, Daniel. Microsoft built a pretty cool device here. I'll pick myself one for the holidays.

Great video, I'm glad that I saw this. I might consider buying one.

Ah. I remember seeing this ages ago

I really love it. For those who say that cannot play music with it, I can tell you that you can just with Cortana. Just say Play music or Play track, etc etc. And it'll do it.

Always wanted to try a fitness gear. This might be the one! I kinda wish the back button is a bit bigger.

@CeciliaTerrile this one keeps the time on the screen when watch mode is enabled in the settings.

I never knew this existed but now I want one.

The main thing I would love to do is be able to manage my music from it. But that may be app compatibility added later on.

Really cool device, I'm getting it online tomorrow

I love the look of this. Sadly I'm in the UK though, so it may be a while before I can get my hands on one.

My favorite feature is the sleep tracker. Need to know if I ever slept long enough.

I'm in the UK watching this. Green with envy. Looks amazing. Thank you for the video. It has really made up my mind on which smart watch to get for fitness. I may even ditch my iPhone for cortana access!!

@StrickenWithFear

9 жыл бұрын

Well instead of getting rid of your iphone you could get a low end smartphone like the Lumia 530/730 that way you wont have to give up too much and figure out what you like about windows phones if you've never had one.

@sriasvsnvarma

9 жыл бұрын

friend you can add Lumia 535 to the above list suggested by +StrickenWithFear

I didn't understand something, in order to use it should I always keep the Bluetooth of the phone open or should it be like that only for the social functions like E-mails and other phone notifications? I read somewhere it has GPS tracking even when I don't have the phone with me. Can someone explain me please?

I want know If phone not unlock,cortana can use? And screen will on in your bag / pocket?

Have to give a great credit to Microsoft out of so many companies making Smartbands and watches this is the one which really grab my attention. 1) It supports all main platform 2) Customization 3) Using the watch for payment makes sense ? compare to snapping a pic with a watch? "er hem Samsung" Concerns 1) Battery Life 2) Durability

@0M9H4X_Neckbeard

9 жыл бұрын

Battery life on the Microsoft Band is 48 hours, 5 hours with GPS tracking turned on

Looks like a well implemented concept. Works smooth on all it's review videos. Well done Microsoft. Although it is a fitness accessory, reading SMS messages and notifications at that weird angle on your wrist might get annoying after a while, on the other hand you might just get used to it. But overall, a good implementation of a wearable.

already ordered mine cant wait

definitely getting this for Christmas 🎄 either from my wife or myself 😏

I see you've got the bluebuds x too.. So whats your opinion on jay birds fitness band, the new fitbit charge hr, and now the microsoft band? I geuss in terms of Windows phone.. since I plan on going back to windows phone once another model comes out. I believe the fitbit and jaybird ones do not have a windows app and not sure if they will.

Nice looking device and I hope it will come to Norway one day ☺

Excellent review.. really excited about it... however, the battery life is something I am concerned.. I feel my apt is becoming a charging station everynight with my smart phone, notebook, tablet and now even watch/fitness device!! all having to be plugged in

Looks nice, great review - is there any voice control if you use an iPhone or Android device? I assume Cortana will only work on a Windows phone.

I think that looks awesome!

only available in the US and the app isnt available in Canada either..even if i got one from the US not sure I could make it work

Can you give your thoughts on the data (graphs, charts, times, heart rate monitoring) for the App along with the band? Useful? Buggy? Good information?

Danny I'm thinking of getting an Microsoft band but I heard about the moon crawler what are your opinions on it and should I wait to see if it becomes available

does it have a speaker inbuit for notification tone?

Can you stop the music playback on the Microsoft Band that it's playing on the phone ?

Bought one today. High quality. Bye bye fitbit flex. Liking it so far.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but it seems that the display is designed to be viewed ergonomically from wearing the band w/ the display on the underside of your wrist. Wearing it on the topside of your wrist looks incredibly difficult to see display output straight up and down without contorting your arm in an uncomfortable, and unnatural fashion. Maybe there is a vertical display orientation option?

It looks cool! But can i use it without connected it to th phone?

Do you think it can display other characters other than in English? For example, Japanese or Chinese, during the display of notification?

Hey do you have any idea, when this band launching in India n also windows 10 for mobiles which working on 8.1 currently. I am eagerly awaiting.

hamburger menu is awesome, i only wish they did it well in onedrive app, rn it basically almost repeats the interface

Starbucks integration in a health and fitness device..........what? I don't even...

@TrevorReis

9 жыл бұрын

It's not health and fitness ONLY. Though that is it's marketing focus.

@TrevorReis

9 жыл бұрын

***** You work for Starbucks?

@Hadgerz

9 жыл бұрын

I somewhat doubt it improves grip strength. I highly doubt a diuretic is appropriate pre-workout energiser lol reminds me of a quote from an old web series I used to watch: 'stop exhaling with every lift! When the body is under stress, it produces its own oxygen!'

Is this water resistant, sweat when hot? I mean after have experimented.

@CeciliaTerrile 2. That option is available too! Check next video by w central

do you still have cortana if you don't have a windows phone?

Want on... Lets hope MSFT get these out in the UK soon....

I'd love to buy this. The only smart/band/watch thingy that has ticked my interested. Too bad it's too expensive for me currently. It would be so awesome to use this with my Lumia 820.

@nephisomerville397

9 жыл бұрын

its a third of the cost of it's competitors...........

@ram0889

9 жыл бұрын

Nephi Somerville While true, I don't think Rares means it's too much. It simply means Rares doesn't have the monies to buy one just yet. I think it's a perfect competitive price.

@raresmacovei8382

9 жыл бұрын

Nephi Somerville True, I just don't have the money for it. I would buy it if I could.

Looks really great, but I think it's wise to wait for V2 or even V3. Microsoft has never made something like this before, and there's no doubt that they still have much to learn in order to make the device better.

Wishing there's wireless trigger for snapping photos on the windows phone 8.1

So the small/medium/large size refers to the screen size??

Can it control the Musicplayer? How about the battarylife?

What about sleep? U didn't touch any information about is sleeping is it automatically? Do u have to press button to sleep do u press button when u wake how the sleeping works n must u press for every action u do? Is it not automatic like the BASIS?

wish it was in Canada. that looks great.

Microsoft sure is upping their game.

what is the name of your ringtone messages? and where can I find it? thanks

Looks like a great start. I wonder how well it will do on the market.

+Windows Central, does it work with Lumia 925?

@CeciliaTerrile 1- I don't see big difference the app is not that large 2- You can turn watch mode on it displays the time and date when screen is locked in low power screen

Wait, so can you receive a call and then talk on the watch, or do you have to physically get the phone out and talk on the phone?

i wish the icons and time rotated vertical when on the wrist.

You lived in my town. Huntington. That's cool.

Connected Apps soon. This thing has been in development for 3 years, and they didn't even bother to talk to any companies early so that they could have at least 2 or 3 sister apps to go along with it? And while it can be worn either way, and they even show in their long video of it being worn either way, MS's intended way is the screen on your inside wrist. It's only obvious as well since you can't read the damn thing the other way, anyway.

@SeraphX2

9 жыл бұрын

So you really think they patented a general idea in April, developed tested and manufactured the hardware and software for one of the most (what some people are calling) sophisticated fitness bands in only 6 months? You're drunk.

@SeraphX2

9 жыл бұрын

The watch was partially designed by the surface team. Also, I got the 3 year number from a Windows Central article. They usually have inside stats.

@SeraphX2

9 жыл бұрын

That's the only reason I said 3 years.

@TheEVGuy85

9 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. They need to get this up and running if they really are serious about keeping this device around. Nike+ is a must in my book.

@BrandonBlanchard

9 жыл бұрын

MTGlassExplorer J Nike+ is highly unlikely, they're partnering with apple on their watch.

Hello. Please help me to find a size and weight of the packaging box?

Awesome video definetly getting one

Just one question: Are most Microsoft products using magnetic charging?

Very complete video! Thank you!

Just a tip. Use your Bing points and get 5% off the Microsoft online store.

any music control/playing apps or options?

Eager to try it!

So, what do we call this? It tells time, but is it considered as a smart watch? Or do we just call it a smart band, which happens to tell time and track health data??

I like very much the fact that is not a square screen, large looks better.

OH MY GOSH I WANT SO BAD!!!! Here's a question, does it work with iPad?

Please what is size band on hand? Height x width? Thanks.

It looks better than I would have expected at that price point. Bluetooth though I see as an issue. Sitting in the car is exactly when you'd like to have a band on your wrist interacting with your phone... but if it's paired with your hands free - it aint gonna work... or is it?

seems like a proper smart wearable

I going to buy it as soon as it will come to my country! I hate smart watches, i have a cool Tissot watch, but today is the day when everything has changed!

it's looking great!

Please get them to the UK soon

Great Review! Would love own one of this :(! I am usually told why having iPhone and iPad I want so bad a Microsoft band... Well, keep wanting since it is not available in my country yet :/ and gonna keep on waiting probably since I really don't like iwatch and love PC more than Mac.

Is Singapore have it?

What is "general notification" do?

Does this band run Windows CE? I wonder.

Does Windows Central have anything to do with Android Central?

This js fantastic. I might buy one if I had the money

can you send texts with cortana on the band?

@Careyy Price Definitely buying this when this comes to Finland

To bad Verizon STILL has not sent out the update to our HTC 8x phones for 8.1. Cnet claimed they would be out by Oct 24th, I have yet to get a Update notice on my 8x, even manually checking every 24 hours.

does the band work without the phone?

Looks cool.

I think I see a design flaw already... where the charger plugs in, wouldn't sweat and gunk build up in there when you are running around and sweating?

Let say, im using it for running with gps on to track my route. Will i need to bring along my phone? Does it need to always be connected to the phone?

@0M9H4X_Neckbeard

9 жыл бұрын

No, the band has its own GPS built in. You don't have to bring your phone with you.

Would it work with limits lumia 535 ????