A wearable Microsoft Band 2 will now be more stylish in design with its curved screen as seen in leaked photos. A newer model of the Microsoft Band fitness tracker will be expected to be released on Oct. 6.

The curved screen of Microsoft Band 2 is definitely a most welcome change according to Slashgear. The band now will be more comfortably fit to the contours of human wrists. The underside of the display look less curved than the screen itself. But any curve is better than none at all. It is expected with a new metallic construction on a certain part of the front display panel that reflects the new motif of the wearable tracker and also some new functionality such as measuring elevation when climbing or descending flights of stairs or when in a steep terrain. It has physical buttons on the side which look oddly more pronounced than in the current version. It has adjustments to the new location of the battery which is now under the display instead on the sides. One thing on the band that has not changed is the thickness of the device. The clasp is thick that makes the Band 2 also thick on both top and bottom ends.

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It has a new fitness tracker called Envoy. It has 10 sensors for biometrics. It has a galvanic skin sensor to determine stress levels. It has a UV sensor that measures sun exposure. It has an optical heart rate sensor, a three-axis accelerometer, a gyrometer, an ambient light sensor, and a skin temperature sensor. It has a GPS radio to track routes. It has a microphone to dictate notes on the run.

Venture Beat reported that there is a Microsoft Health app from the Redmond giant on Windows Phone, iOS, and Apple. It can also monitor sleep. Microsoft Band 2 is more low key which makes it different from Microsoft's hardware products such as the Surface Pro or Hub or HoloLens. It looks more tacky.

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