The Microsoft band will be great for anyone who wants a watch to help them in their work and social life, as well as their fitness. Effectively, this watch could become your personal wrist-side Personal Assistant.

Steps taken and workouts can be tracked, and if you’re looking to add some gym work to your routine you can have tailored workouts delivered, and the watch will even track your reps during the session.

Your sleep is assessed for quality as well as hours spent counting sheep, and your heart rate and calorie burn will be constantly monitored.

On top of the fitness benefits, you’ll also see meeting invites, calls and text messages on your wrist. Finally, you can rely on Microsoft’s ‘Cortana’ – effectively Google with a voice – to give you updates on weather, directions and more.

All this is £169.99 – you can pre-order here ahead of the imminent release from Microsoft.