Although Microsoft is likely hard at work behind the scenes on their Band, third-party developers are busy trying to crack their code. Earlier, we saw Pimp My Band by one of the lead developers at Venetasoft, which lets you customize the background image. Now, Venetasoft proper has their app called Band Sensor Monitor. Band Sensor Monitor lets you get the values for the various Band sensors, including ones that are technically not active yet like the Galvanic skin sensor, which measures your body temperature. By simply installing Band Sensor Monitor and flipping a few toggle switches, the values are streamed directly to this app in real-time. Want to see what it is all about? Watch our hands-on video!

More interestingly, you can also stream your Band's values to another Band Sensor App, even across the internet. The system works through a broadcast/receive system based off a private, app-generated PIN. The system works by sending the updated values to the SignalR server hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud that in turns, pushes them to the connected apps. David Lorenzin, one of the developers at Venetasoft, tells us that "streamed data is completely anonymous and not saved anywhere for total user privacy." Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more