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microsoft jumps into the fitness tracking craze and nintendo wants to watch you sleep I'm Bridget Carey and this is your seen that update Microsoft has revealed its fitness wristband it's simply called Microsoft band and there are quite a number of features packed into this thing first off it pairs with windows phones as well as Android and Apple's iPhone the band puts a big focus on health with continuous heart rate monitoring it has built-in GPS to map your distance travelled in a workout and the screen shows you step-by-step workout tips and guidance through several apps where it overnight and it will track your sleep quality there's even a UV monitor thrown into the mix to tell you if you need to apply sunscreen now apart from health the band is a tool for glancing at missed messages from texts and social media as well as reminder alerts so you can leave your phone in your pocket and that is the main marketing angle Microsoft's going for here you won't miss out on life if you want to leave your phone in your pocket although it works with multiple phones having windows 8.1 gives you the extra perk of being able to use the voice command system Cortana you just speak your commands into your wrist with the built-in microphone and you can reply to messages or set reminders with all these features microsoft says you can get two days of battery life out of it but running the gps will drain it faster it's available now for two hundred dollars we're seeing more devices that want to track your quality of your health and your sleep and even Nintendo wants to track your sleep the gaming giant is working on a system that you would put on your nightstand to track the quality of your rest based on how much you're moving at night you don't wear anything it just sends these radio frequencies toward your body to measure breathing and heartbeat and that photo really doesn't reveal much but uh who sleeps with their arms like that Nintendo says the system would give you feedback each morning and it will likely sync with your smartphone and also your game systems like the Wii U and 3ds now this isn't the first health device from Nintendo remember it also has the fit meter to track your steps and calories burned during a workout and that syncs up with the week you in other news Motorola's mobile division is now officially owned by Lenovo the purchase from google has been finalized according to strategy analytics the combined operations of lenovo and motorola make it the third largest smartphone vendor in the world behind Samsung and Apple the Motorola brand is pretty strong in many countries like the US so future phones will still carry the name motorola that's your tech news update you can always find more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey