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Gear 2 receiving pics

Will I be able to receive picture or email attachments on the great 2?

Joell27 said:
Will I be able to receive picture or email attachments on the great 2?
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Not from what I have read about it so far. I believe it has the same notification system as the original gear, which means I am just hoping it will give me my work Outlook emails on the watch, which stopped working after the latest update

I was able to recieve pics via MMS, unable to send any at the moment. Share button is shaded out.
As for emails. Still havent been notified through the watch and cant send anything as of today.
Update: (Some) emails come through but only text shows up. Still can't send or forward.

Joell27 said:
Will I be able to receive picture or email attachments on the great 2?
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I have received emails with pictures/images and the pictures have not come through on my Gear Neo

When I get pic messages...they show up on my gear 2
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Whatsapp on Gear S2

Anyone know if whatsapp is available on the s2???? I like the look of the S2 but kinda wanna wait for the LG Urbane 2 for the Google support
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squeakywipers said:
Anyone know if whatsapp is available on the s2???? I like the look of the S2 but kinda wanna wait for the LG Urbane 2 for the Google support
When I grow up, I wanna go to Bovine University!
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not avail. there are limited apps right now. but stock msging app works fine.

riz_zo said:
not avail. there are limited apps right now. but stock msging app works fine.
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Thanks [emoji2]
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Whatsapp not available? This Review says something different....

straylight23 said:
Whatsapp not available? This Review says something different....
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I don't use Whatsapp... and I actually dispute some of the info in that article (Hangouts works just as good as FB Messenger and Whatsapp from what I understand)... but I think I can clear up the confusion.
On the Gear S2 there is no Whatsapp app available to download and use. However, when you get a notification for Whatsapp on your watch you can still view the message in your notifications window and reply to the message with an emoji, a dictated reply, or a typed out message.
What it comes down to ultimately meaning, you can reply to messages, you can not initiate them.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, as I've said before, I do not use Whatsapp.

supersoulfly said:
I don't use Whatsapp... and I actually dispute some of the info in that article (Hangouts works just as good as FB Messenger and Whatsapp from what I understand)... but I think I can clear up the confusion.
On the Gear S2 there is no Whatsapp app available to download and use. However, when you get a notification for Whatsapp on your watch you can still view the message in your notifications window and reply to the message with an emoji, a dictated reply, or a typed out message.
What it comes down to ultimately meaning, you can reply to messages, you can not initiate them.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, as I've said before, I do not use Whatsapp.
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Thats right! :good:
Btw: I have a S2 Classic

Has anyone noticed that sometimes when receiving an image on Whatsapp, the notification shows the image on the watch, but not always.
What gives?

eugenedfourie said:
Has anyone noticed that sometimes when receiving an image on Whatsapp, the notification shows the image on the watch, but not always.
What gives?
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For me it never shows, but the person pic profile sometimes shows, others don't

Hi,
I noticed the same thing on my gear S2, wherein the images show up sometimes but not always.. the same for the person's display picture as well..
Any fix to this??

There's a problem with the WhatsApp notifications, it only shows the last message for each person, instead of each and every message.

WhatsApp on Gear S2..
straylight23 said:
Whatsapp not available? This Review says something different....
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One can get WhatsApp notifications and even reply from Gear S2 but not start a session from Gear S2 or any gear at all. There is no app like the messenger app.

Whatsapp photos

Is there any way to receive in the notification app also the photos when whatsapp arive?
I succeeded geting images for several times but most of the time i am only get a message that a photo is attached without the ability to watch it.
Any ideas?
Thanks

This may be helpful to you: https://youtu.be/7TDgQCCfN-o
It's my app. It works with both S2 & S3
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Excellent..tnx

tipztv said:
This may be helpful to you:
It's my app. It works with both S2 & S3
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Need to buy, oh oh, any way thanks

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Please remove.
This is not relevant to the Gear S3.

[email protected] said:
Is there any way to receive in the notification app also the photos when whatsapp arive?
I succeeded geting images for several times but most of the time i am only get a message that a photo is attached without the ability to watch it.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Same here, sometimes the photo is viewable but most of the time it just shows a photo attachment.

Found the 'bug'
[email protected] said:
Is there any way to receive in the notification app also the photos when whatsapp arive?
I succeeded geting images for several times but most of the time i am only get a message that a photo is attached without the ability to watch it.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Hey,
After a few tests I think that i found the issue.
It seems that only PNG files are able to show up in a notification of whatsapp on the Gear S3.
Yust had contact with Samsung to report this.

no way to send a text?

I can reply to texts sent on my WiFi only gear s3 but there is no app to text people? This is a huge deal to me as it was one of the #1 uses I had for my old moto 360 (at work its easier to hide a watch than a phone when texting)
Edit: figured it out. Guess it is in the phone call app. Odd that it isn't separate.

You can. Go to Messages app in the phone. It's preloaded in the watch.

I think his problem is the same as mine. with android wear you could say text so and so and it would do so, or go to the messenger app or texting app of your choice and go about it from there. With Tizen you can request with s voice to text but it says sms isnt available (wtf?), so you need to go to the contacts, search through and find the one you want and then initiate it from there

NyPlaya513 said:
I think his problem is the same as mine. with android wear you could say text so and so and it would do so, or go to the messenger app or texting app of your choice and go about it from there. With Tizen you can request with s voice to text but it says sms isnt available (wtf?), so you need to go to the contacts, search through and find the one you want and then initiate it from there
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Yeah on android wear I had dextree messenger. All I did was hop in the app and it had all my texts for every number on my phone shown. On the gear s3 I have to go into contacts, find the contact I want, then select text. Just seems like an individual texting app would be nice to have and I was shocked there wasn't one

S voice to text works. You can say something like "Text John Doe hello" and it'll send it. Not sure what's wrong with yours.
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nascar48 said:
Yeah on android wear I had dextree messenger. All I did was hop in the app and it had all my texts for every number on my phone shown. On the gear s3 I have to go into contacts, find the contact I want, then select text. Just seems like an individual texting app would be nice to have and I was shocked there wasn't one
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Again, there IS one. The app is called Messages in your watch. Are you saying you can't find that app on your watch?
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I have the phone app but not the messenger app. And when you ask s voice to text someone it says SMS service is not available
To clarify I'm OK a US model of the classic

I have it on my Canadian wifi version. See pic. https://goo.gl/photos/mPP86DAgK5wzBoAD8

I have but can send sms only.. with my old LG watch r I can say "send whatsapp message Luisa hello"
This not possible in gear s3 and I think and hope Samsung can fix

yuzaman said:
I have but can send sms only.. with my old LG watch r I can say "send whatsapp message Luisa hello"
This not possible in gear s3 and I think and hope Samsung can fix
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thats android wear though....s voice is the abomination that further makes google now shine more than it already does
also bendez1985, what phone do you have it paired with? I am curious if it will only show for those connected to a samsung device for some reason

NyPlaya513 said:
thats android wear though....s voice is the abomination that further makes google now shine more than it already does
also bendez1985, what phone do you have it paired with? I am curious if it will only show for those connected to a samsung device for some reason
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s7 edge.

bendez1985 said:
s7 edge.
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wonder if that has anything to do with it since I am using a nexus 6p.....

bendez1985 said:
I have it on my Canadian wifi version. See pic. https://goo.gl/photos/mPP86DAgK5wzBoAD8
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Yeah my s3 frontier (US) does not have that app. I do use mine with a nexus 6 so that could be why.

is possible see new samsung voice bixby in gear s3? i think this will improve gear s3 so much

Gear S3 & Sony Xperia Z5 Premium

I'm planning to buy a gear S3 but I'd like to know what are the limitations and problems if i use it with a Z5 Premium, I can't get full answers with other threads. I can't even test with demo versions in Samsung stores as they have no bluetooth comms(only for show). Will there be full capability with messaging, calls and notifications? Can I access my phone's music list via the watch? What are any other limitations? I don't care about the S health and pay tho. Thanks in advance!

zgmfx20 said:
I'm planning to buy a gear S3 but I'd like to know what are the limitations and problems if i use it with a Z5 Premium, I can't get full answers with other threads. I can't even test with demo versions in Samsung stores as they have no bluetooth comms(only for show). Will there be full capability with messaging, calls and notifications? Can I access my phone's music list via the watch? What are any other limitations? I don't care about the S health and pay tho. Thanks in advance!
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You will be able to get sms notifications but you won't be able to view them later with the built in sms app. When I had a different phone from my s8 sms and calling was the only thing I didn't get. When you want to make a call with someone you have to on wifi. Also the stock email app on the watch o ly works with Samsung devices other than that that's the only major difference. Apps like textra makes getting messages better on the watch were you can reply to group messages with ease.

zune70 said:
You will be able to get sms notifications but you won't be able to view them later with the built in sms app. When I had a different phone from my s8 sms and calling was the only thing I didn't get. When you want to make a call with someone you have to on wifi. Also the stock email app on the watch o ly works with Samsung devices other than that that's the only major difference. Apps like textra makes getting messages better on the watch were you can reply to group messages with ease.
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What about music streaming when using the phone as source? Will i be able to use it?

zgmfx20 said:
What about music streaming when using the phone as source? Will i be able to use it?
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You can change the music and pause it and change the volume through the music app on the watch that's basically it. It works on alot of music apps if not all from what I tried. It's basically a remote to change your songs on your phone

zune70 said:
You can change the music and pause it and change the volume through the music app on the watch that's basically it. It works on alot of music apps if not all from what I tried. It's basically a remote to change your songs on your phone
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I see, thanks a lot! You said i can't make a call with my phone, but can I receive calls via bluetooth? Will the name of the caller appear in the watch?

zgmfx20 said:
I see, thanks a lot! You said i can't make a call with my phone, but can I receive calls via bluetooth? Will the name of the caller appear in the watch?
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I have a Samsung device so I can't make a call and answer on my watch if I want to. For non Samsung phone you will have to use your phone to answer or your watch has to be on wifi to make calls from it. When you get a call from your phone it will show up on your watch too. For on samsung phone you can click to answer it but it will tell you to check your phone to answer it