Microsoft to Refund Band Owners as It Ends Support for Fitness Tracker’s Apps, Services

Microsoft Health Dashboard web page may be shut down on May 31
Microsoft Band apps will also be removed from app stores
Microsoft Band customers will keep to set alarms and track day by day fitness

Microsoft is finishing the guide for its “Health Dashboard” programs and offerings for its smart-band fitness tracker. It will refund all users whose gadgets are nonetheless beneath warranty. The company is presenting $79.Ninety-nine (roughly Rs. Five,700) for Band 1 proprietors and $175 (roughly Rs. 12,400) for Band 2 gadgets.

“On May 31, the ‘Microsoft Health Dashboard’ web page will be shut down, and Microsoft Band applications might be eliminated from the Microsoft Store, Google Play, and Apple App Store,” the software massive introduced via a blog post on Friday. Active Microsoft Band users, who’ve used the band and completed information sync to the “Health Dashboard” between December 1, 2018, and March 1, 2019, also are eligible for refunds via the enterprise. It is to be claimed to utilize August 30.

Although the web-linked functions will not be available, the users can maintain to set alarms and track each day’s health records, activity records, and sleep analytics. “Functionality may be limited to what’s available on the Band tool. Resetting the device after the service has been discontinued will make it impossible to install the device once more,” the post stated. Users have been advised to transfer their statistics using the export gear on Microsoft’s support website online earlier than May 31. Introduced in 2014, Microsoft Band came with smart-watch and pastime-tracker features, evolved by the Windows-maker. A second generation changed into also released. In 2016, its manufacturing became discontinued for its often criticized awkward and uncomfortable layout, the media said.