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job owns old activity trackers looked more like jewelry than advanced pieces of tech but this is no longer the case with the up to the company's newest activity tracker is more discreet than earlier models and it adds a clasp to help it stay on your wrist although it stills falling off a few times even though it's incredibly difficult to put on the up to does everything we have come to expect from an activity tracker it can track the steps you take distance traveled and calories burned it could also track your sleep at night although it's not automatic instead you must double tap the top of the band and when a light appears press and hold to enable sleep mode I had some trouble with this gesture and found it to be unresponsive on multiple occasions and I frequently had to tap the band several times to get it to work but one of the best things about the up is the software the jawbone mobile app is colorful powerful and frankly it's one of my favorites aside from activity tracking there's food drink and mood tracking and you can create teams to compete with others the app also provides you with smart coaching recommendations challenges and feedback I was challenged one day to walk more than nine thousand steps another notification reminded me to swap out chips for crackers which would help aid in my weight loss it's this sort of feedback in smart coaching that makes the up shine ask for battery life you can expect to get around seven days which isn't bad although the up24 could last double this the tracker is also water resistant and can be worn in the shower but not while swimming while the up two lacks more advanced features seen on the recent competitors like heart rate sensor or even a display it's still one of the better activity trackers out there and that's because of the attractive price point and superior software the up two is available now for a hundred dollars in the US for more information be sure to check out my full review over at CENTCOM I'm Dan Graz ever seen it and that was a first look at the jawbone up to