The Microsoft Band 2, in conjunction with the Microsoft Health mobile app, now lets you choose which apps send you notifications. You get notifications from only the apps you care about most.

Microsoft rates the Band 2 at about two days of battery life ... Just some of the apps that you can download for Android Wear devices. OK, so you can’t play Tetris on your Band.

The Microsoft Band 2 is a work of engineering art ... Hiking will track elevation changes, and the Golf app offers a score keeper and you can even download golf course maps for thousands of golf ...

Most expect Microsoft to announce a second-generation Microsoft Band at its event in early October. If so, images of the Microsoft Band 2 may have leaked ... the Starbucks app is still there.

The Microsoft Band app hooks into Volvo’s ... that consumers will actually be able to use in a few months. The Band 2 Volvo app will be out this spring.

Here’s how it works. The Microsoft Band 2 was the inspiration for a new third-party app designed to assist skydivers. Developer David Vescovi created an altimeter app that is designed to assist ...

To do all this, you pair your Band 2 with either an iPhone, Android phone or Windows phone. And you need to download the Microsoft Health app to do this, which acts as the band's syncing hub.

In the Microsoft Health app add the Windows Central tile. It’s still slim pickings, but with the full release of the Band 2 there should be more tiles inbound and it’s an area well worth watching.

If you own a Microsoft Band you’ll be excited for the Band 2. If you don’t and you’re ... and Shape magazine that are available on the app. In a way, it has a personal coach that can help ...

The original Microsoft ... I could download the next session of my flat-stomach routine. If you prefer to go at your own pace using your favorite fitness app, the Band lets you connect many ...

Why, exactly, has Microsoft made another fitness tracker? If you ask Microsoft why the company is making the Band 2, as I have over ... Microsoft’s platform for app developers.

The golf features are a big part of the Microsoft Band 2 setup as well, with the Golf tile playing a prominent part of the main app line-up. The premise is simple: like dedicated golf smartwatches ...