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My 3rd B2 died this week. It was replaced twice during the past year. I have been Band 1 and Band 2 user for the past two years and now have to deal with something all together new. Leaning towards Garman Vivosmart HR+ or Fitbit Charge HR 2, or nothing. At this point, the thing I miss the...

Have you ever seen MS sales charts? There's nothing less than in millions. Band product is less than roundoff error for them. I'm guessing, from business perspective, it really wasn't worth the effort and the reputation damage by having all the issues were more than enough to simply kill it.

I used it continuously for 6 months or so. I was able to determine and correlate good night sleep with certain pattern (e.g., drinking, eating times, activities before sleep, daily exercise and so on...). It was uncomfortable on my wrist and now that I know what most likely determines a good...

I think its on a life-support and the plug is just about ready to be pulled...... There are too many alternatives (e.g., Garman to Samsung to new Fitbits). I also read this week that Xbox's fate maybe in jeopardy too.... The best thing MS can do is to either sell or spin off the HW business...

When workout, run, cycling or walk is selected and being used, cannot access the other tiles on Band while in exercise mode. The only way is to stop and go out and then start a new session, resulting in fragmented data for the workouts. It would be great to be able to exit without stopping the...

Just got my 2nd replacement (3rd overall) B2. In both cases, it just died. Have not had any strap split issue but I wear it loosely. I have a Microsoft store at the nearest mall and all I can say is that they are great about simply replacing Band. No muss or fuss. They just swap it out. My...

I've had Band 1 and Band 2 pared with my iPhone (6+) for over 1.5 yrs. It does pretty much everything its supposed to do, except Cortana integration with iOS. No keyboard. Frankly, I don't care about Cortana and Band working together so never really explored it. For all I know, it may work...

Make sure that Calendar is turned on for notifications. I get reminders and buzz from B2 at the set moments. Also list of appts on B2

Recently, I've noticed that my B2 stays at 100% charge at the end of the day, when I have not charged the unit. The function of B2 all seems fine except for the indicator providing false reading. I'm using B2 with iPhone 6+ and the latest firmware. Did notice once that on its own, the...

New FW was pushed onto the B2 today and it has heart rate zone indicator during workouts. Its color coded orange and red, depending on the HR at the time of the reading. After the workout, upon syncing, I was expecting the stats of minutes spent in 70-80% zone, 80-90% and 90-100% zones, to be...

Band 2 is just fine with iOS. You'll need to setup the notifications on iOS side and it will push all the notifications that you get on the iPh screen onto your Band (you have to enable notification on Band too, but as for which notification to receive is done on iOS side). Calendar reminder...

I thought it was supposed to tell you the points of interest. Did I get that wrong? It would be much more informative and meaningful if it gave you heads up and let you know what's about to come up, in terms of POI. After all, it knows where you are and the direction you're headed....

I was hoping that the latest FW update will allow me to get rid of (hide) the social tile on MS Health app.... Sadly, not.

I have been using Band 1 and 2 since Christmas 2014 with iPh 6+, always on the latest iOS. What do you want to know? Yes. So do all other notifications. The problem is the number of notifications on Band. Only holds the latest 5 (I think...) and there are more than that at times at once.

Just noticed that my B2 is not tracking floors. Are you experiencing the same (some firmware update that disabled) or unique to me? If its the latter, then its a HW problem, I think.... Thanks in advance!