Microsoft Band 2


Renders of the Microsoft Band 2 have surfaced online, a month before the new wearable is due to be unveiled.

Unverified images of the band have been picked up by Spanish Redmond watchers Microsoft Insider. Although the renders look on-the-money, it's important to take the leak with a big pinch of salt.

The renders look like the Microsoft Band and the Samsung Gear Fit's love child, with a curved screen and chunky plastic strap. Unfortunately, that's also the marriage of one of the world's first wearable devices and the world's ugliest which makes the renders simultaneously look dated and unwieldy.

Microsoft's chief operating officer Kevin Turner confirmed that Microsoft was working on a second iteration of its fitness tracker back in July last year. And rumour has it that the Microsoft Band 2 will be unveiled alongside a bevy of other new hardware at a 6 October 2015 event.