The smart band, will be available in the US in limited quantities at MicrosoftStore.com, for $199.
The Microsoft Band comes with 10 smart sensors for 24-hour heart rate monitoring, calorie burn measurement, advanced sleep quality tracking as well as guided workouts curated by Gold's Gym, Shape, Men's Fitness and Muscle & Fitness.
Microsoft has also launched a new platform called Microsoft Health that includes a cloud service for consumers and the industry to store and combine health and fitness data to create powerful insights. The new Microsoft Health app will be available on Android, iOS and Windows Phones.
It will unite data from different health and fitness devices and services in a single, secure location. Once stored in Microsoft Health, users can combine the data generated from different devices and services like steps, calories and heart rate to receive insights from Microsoft's Intelligence Engine on workout, diet and sleep.
Microsoft has already partnered with UP by Jawbone, MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal and RunKeeper for the health app.
While smart watches from these firms are not dedicated to healthcare or athletics, most of these support apps like pedometer and heart rate monitor to help users monitor various bodily functions.
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