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As a developer, I'm very interested in the band2. Personally, I think bands are a better format that, say smart watches. The MS band looks to me, a general pur
by steaminghacker 11y ago
As a developer, I'm very interested in the band2. Personally, I think bands are a better format that, say smart watches.
The MS band looks to me, a general purpose device rather than a dedicated fitness product. I see a lot of potential for it. Like all things, the dedicated fitness devices will be displaced by general purpose ones.
I'm interested in developing products for the Band to work under Android, but there's no access to the microphone nor any voice recognition provided (that i can see in the MS Android SDK).
Voice control is, in my view, essential for wearable devices like the band.
Anyone know if this might become available or if there's an unofficial way to access the mic.
- doublerebel 11y agoI totally agree, I far prefer a standard watch to a smart watch. A band can be simpler and more durable, it's too bad this one isn't more water-resistant for swimming/surfing/etc. I wonder if there's a way to coat it to seal it? Or is the limitation due to the touch interaction? Is there another dev-friendly optical HRM band with a mic?
- com2kid 11y ago> Anyone know if this might become available or if there's an unofficial way to access the mic. Mic access is restricted for privacy purposes. There is no remote way to turn on the microphone. Thank you for the suggestion though! I'll talk to the SDK team about it, our first priority is user control, but of course we want to make the device as powerful as possible!