Microsoft's new activity tracker is here, and it's still called Microsoft Band

A new Surface and new Lumia smartphones might be what everyone's waiting to hear about at today's Microsoft event, but the company made it clear it's still chugging along in another area: wearables.

The new Microsoft wearable is once again called Microsoft Band. It looks slightly sleeker than last year's Band, and now has Cortana integration. Like last year's Band, it offers GPS, sleep and calorie tracking, guided workouts and smart notifications.

It's available for pre-order today, and costs $249.

The original Microsoft Band was introduced last fall, and along with it, Microsoft Health, a software platform for all of the data that the activity-tracker recorded. The Band was packed with sensors, let you pay for Starbucks from your...

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