I found another great Microsoft Band app available for Windows Phone. Band Companion app is free and then you pay for which ever features you want to use. One of the features is you can view the battery status of the band on the device as it adds the battery percentage to the lock screen, something the Band doesn’t do. This component costs £1.29 which is pretty expensive for one feature but it’s the only app I know that does this.

You can use the app as a remote shutter for the Windows Phone camera, you get the shot ready on the phone and then use the action button the Band to trigger the shutter. This component is free and it works pretty well. Another feature is the ability to send notes to the Microsoft Band, unlike some other apps it doesn’t need its own tile taking up space on the Band. You can send notes to the SMS, Mail or Notification tiles. This feature costs 79p.

You can find the app in the Windows Phone Store.

– Battery status: now you can see battery percentage all the time on your Band instead of only when you plug it in

– Remote shutter: use your Band as remote shutter to take as many photos as you like, you will get vibrations when the photo is taken and Cortana will even say cheese if you like before taking photo

– Send notes: yes, there are other apps that can send notes on your Band, but Band Companion is the only one that can send it to SMS, Mail or Notifications tile so that you have space for other important tiles

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