In fact, that’s a telling indictment of the entire SmartBand experience: price and promise pointed towards a neatly-packaged tracker that would integrate into your life and leave you fitter without any fuss. The result was an entirely different reality. It feels just a little too much like Sony couldn’t decide what it wanted to make here. Given how little the ‘Band itself can be used for, besides buzzing for notifications and basic music controls, it needs a in-app experience to ape the competition. ‘Paired back’ can be brilliant, but not at this price.
Sleekly styled step tracking; Comfortable enough to wear 24/7; Fairly accurate;
Poor battery life; Lack of a display makes notifications meaningless; Partner app fails to motivate;