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Hi, im in love with this watch. But before I buy it, I need to know how its going with apps. Is there anywhere to see what apps which are available for the gear S2? Or can any of you who got it, give some kind of point of view on the amount and quality of the apps?

nkolsen said:
Hi, im in love with this watch. But before I buy it, I need to know how its going with apps. Is there anywhere to see what apps which are available for the gear S2? Or can any of you who got it, give some kind of point of view on the amount and quality of the apps?
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With the "Samsung Gear" App, you can go to the "Samsung Gear Apps" Store.
I count 152 apps in category"Top Free"
and 300 in "Top fee-based".
I'm waiting for good apps...
Screenshot from the store:
http://fs5.directupload.net/images/151022/2kt25rtd.png

keffi said:
With the "Samsung Gear" App, you can go to the "Samsung Gear Apps" Store.
I count 152 apps in category"Top Free"
and 300 in "Top fee-based".
I'm waiting for good apps...
Screenshot from the store:
http://fs5.directupload.net/images/151022/2kt25rtd.png
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Okay, thank you.
So its more than the 25 that someone posted But cant see anything in the gear manager if you havent got a connected device :-/

keffi said:
With the "Samsung Gear" App, you can go to the "Samsung Gear Apps" Store.
I count 152 apps in category"Top Free"
and 300 in "Top fee-based".
I'm waiting for good apps...
Screenshot from the store:
http://fs5.directupload.net/images/151022/2kt25rtd.png
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Yeah, but how many of them are really apps? For like 1 normal application You get like 30 watchfaces. With kinda sucks.
To answer the main quesiton - there are few apps atm. Like translator, file manager, text viewer, some 'making notes' apps, like four mini games (flappy bird, pong, cube runner and some firefly), maps + navigation using google maps, calculator,YT streamer to watch movies - that one is a little pointless, but looks cool - and that's like really all of it.
Some of them are just ported from GearS - there are working, but are not compatible with bezel and not really design for circle screen. Still You can use them, that's for sure.

KubixRevan said:
Yeah, but how many of them are really apps? For like 1 normal application You get like 30 watchfaces. With kinda sucks.
To answer the main quesiton - there are few apps atm. Like translator, file manager, text viewer, some 'making notes' apps, like four mini games (flappy bird, pong, cube runner and some firefly), maps + navigation using google maps, calculator,YT streamer to watch movies - that one is a little pointless, but looks cool - and that's like really all of it.
Some of them are just ported from GearS - there are working, but are not compatible with bezel and not really design for circle screen. Still You can use them, that's for sure.
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OK. So its more or less just as poor as for the gear 2.....

KubixRevan said:
Yeah, but how many of them are really apps? For like 1 normal application You get like 30 watchfaces. With kinda sucks.
To answer the main quesiton - there are few apps atm. Like translator, file manager, text viewer, some 'making notes' apps, like four mini games (flappy bird, pong, cube runner and some firefly), maps + navigation using google maps, calculator,YT streamer to watch movies - that one is a little pointless, but looks cool - and that's like really all of it.
Some of them are just ported from GearS - there are working, but are not compatible with bezel and not really design for circle screen. Still You can use them, that's for sure.
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Thanks for the information. So if I understand correctly.. there's now a Gear S2 application that lets you navigate using Google Maps instead of Nokia Here maps?

I haven't found Google maps please let me know where if it exists
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rawdaddymagraden said:
I haven't found Google maps please let me know where if it exists
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Hi, in the Samsung Gear Apps you find the "Maps for Gear" or "HERE"

talalalal said:
Thanks for the information. So if I understand correctly.. there's now a Gear S2 application that lets you navigate using Google Maps instead of Nokia Here maps?
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It is using Google Maps API, yes. But not the app itself. On the watch You can see Your position on the map, even screens from street view (not really dependable) and instructions similar like with Here Navigator.
You need to open the main on the phone as well.

KubixRevan said:
It is using Google Maps API, yes. But not the app itself. On the watch You can see Your position on the map, even screens from street view (not really dependable) and instructions similar like with Here Navigator.
You need to open the main on the phone as well.
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Thanks for this! Do the instructions appear in relation to your gps location (i.e. real-time turn by turn directions)/

talalalal said:
Thanks for this! Do the instructions appear in relation to your gps location (i.e. real-time turn by turn directions)/
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Yes, as I said before - the same way like in Navigator (see example below), but with yellow background and a little more info.
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USA Gear S2 Sport Update!

Here is it folks and here is the change log!
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About time!! Good news for the folks living USA.

galaxy4mylife said:
Here is it folks and here is the change log!
View attachment 3634578
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Just checked and it's downloading now.

Did you try to pair the gear with new firmware with iphone? It's working?

Just got this update on my s2 classic.
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Just relieved i won't have to read anymore hyberbolic complaints.

I feel exactly the same!
My Classic now updated to R732XXU2BPA4

supersoulfly said:
Just relieved i won't have to read anymore hyberbolic complaints.
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It's just temporary. In a couple of months it'll be "Samsung's abandoned the Gear S2 - no updates since February."
This is my third Gear. Samsung gets the os and s/w stable and then leaves it there. That includes Samsung provided apps that run on the watch. It's rare that third parties update their apps too. When the Gear S3 comes out it'll have features the Gear S2 doesn't and that won't be pushed down. That's just the way it is. If people don't like that approach they shouldn't buy a Gear. *****ing to fellow owners who can't change that via this forum is just futile.

supersoulfly said:
Just relieved i won't have to read anymore hyberbolic complaints.
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They're coming... from the S2 3G owners now. ?
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Just upgraded my Classic. Nice that they added a notification when the watch is disconnected but I like the functionality of Brrr (under Utilities in the app store, be sure you add the widget to your list otherwise it won't work) better: the vibration is stronger and there is a vibration when the watch reconnects as well.
Everything else is great, the unread notification colored dot is especially welcome.
Fred

Just got the update here in TN for my Gear S2 Classic!

Just got the update here in NC for my Gear S2 Classic!

Display Timeout
I just got the update in KS for Sport edition - went through and set watch to 5 minute display timeout. Turned watch off and back on to reboot and it still only stays on for 7 seconds when I bring it up to look at. Frustrating!!
Update - if I press the home/back button while bringing up to look at, it will stay on. HOWEVER, as soon as I rest my arm, the display goes off. Not at all what I was hoping for. I want it to stay on for 5 minutes even if I look away no matter what!!

How do I check for the update? I have a S2 3G with a nexus 6. Is it just in the gear manager?
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ignore or delete this post, I found it.

Anyone getting a hoover over remote control looking app on their phones since the update? I updated this am and this app keeps popping up on restart. Sorry no way to send pictures right nowl.

kbboykin said:
Anyone getting a hoover over remote control looking app on their phones since the update? I updated this am and this app keeps popping up on restart. Sorry no way to send pictures right nowl.
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It's probably peel smart remote. Open up the app then go into setting and turn off the notification or whatever it's called.
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I am finding that the little dot that shows that there is an unacknowledged alert is only working for some notifications. For instance, it is not working for Textra or Business Calendar. Anybody else seeing this behavior?
Fred

Another finding - I have Display Timeout set to 5 minutes, Gestures turned OFF and Always on set to ON. What I am finding is that if I move the watch to look at it (gesture), it comes on and will stay on for 5 minutes then turn off. Although completely bass akwards of what I would have thought, it is doing close to what I want. I am open to hearing what others are seeing. Thanks.
Update: This was noticed, while NOT on my wrist, had it sitting on a desk and would see it go off after 5 minutes but could get it going again by shaking. On my wrist, it is hard to tell, as I'm moving around to much.

jstn76rs said:
It's probably peel smart remote. Open up the app then go into setting and turn off the notification or whatever it's called.
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Thanks. But I uninstalled that app about 1-2 weeks ago.

BarryH_GEG said:
It's just temporary. In a couple of months it'll be "Samsung's abandoned the Gear S2 - no updates since February."
This is my third Gear. Samsung gets the os and s/w stable and then leaves it there. That includes Samsung provided apps that run on the watch. It's rare that third parties update their apps too. When the Gear S3 comes out it'll have features the Gear S2 doesn't and that won't be pushed down. That's just the way it is. If people don't like that approach they shouldn't buy a Gear. *****ing to fellow owners who can't change that via this forum is just futile.
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And yet... Here you are!

White Light - the simplest "flashlight" app (free)

The app turns the screen white, cranks up the brightness to 100%, and keeps it this way until the user presses the back or home button. The display of the Gear S2 can actually get pretty bright, producing enough light to see everything in a 4 x 4 meter room. Here is the source code:
Code:
<html><body style="background-color: #ffffff;">
<script>
tizen.power.request("SCREEN", "SCREEN_NORMAL"); // won't work properly without this line
tizen.power.setScreenBrightness(1);
setInterval(function(){tizen.power.request("SCREEN", "SCREEN_NORMAL");}, 10000);
window.addEventListener('tizenhwkey', function(){tizen.application.getCurrentApplication().exit();});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Off topic:
This is my most popular app by far (2,610 downloads since Mar 29, 2016). Surprisingly, only 7 people rated the app. I was wondering why I don't see the comments on the app store page, and it turned out they only show comments that were posted by users who live in the same country (I live in Canada and no one from Canada rated the app, hence no rating). That's why if you live anywhere but USA and Germany most apps in the app store will have no rating, which is stupid :silly:

install hangs
hi - I've tried to install your app on my gear s2 classic but it hangs at the 100% mark. I know some installs can take a bit of time - the longest I waited was 10 minutes though which I think should be sufficient? Can you lend any advice to what the issue might be? thanks! :fingers-crossed:

I would factory reset the watch (there is a quick reset option), because the problem is not in the app/apps. 7000 people installed the app so far and no one complained.
If you are not installing from the app store, make sure you have this line in the config.xml:
Code:
<tizen:privilege name="http://tizen.org/privilege/power"/>

Finally a flashlight app that stays on if you move your arm. (auto wake). love it, will rate you. #Belgium

Great app, thanks a lot for sharing
I have just one little issue with it: leaving the app will not reset screen brightness to the original value

Joschi75 said:
Great app, thanks a lot for sharing
I have just one little issue with it: leaving the app will not reset screen brightness to the original value
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Thank you! The next update (coming some time next week) will fix this issue

The update has been submitted to the app store and is awaiting approval (usually 2 days). Here is the updated code:
Code:
<html><body style='background-color: #ffffff;'>
<script>
tizen.power.request('SCREEN', 'SCREEN_NORMAL');
originalBrightness = tizen.power.getScreenBrightness();
function terminate(){tizen.power.setScreenBrightness(originalBrightness); tizen.application.getCurrentApplication().exit();}
tizen.power.setScreenBrightness(1);
setInterval(function(){tizen.power.request('SCREEN', 'SCREEN_NORMAL');tizen.power.setScreenBrightness(1);}, 10000);
document.addEventListener('tizenhwkey', terminate);
document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', terminate);
</script>
</body></html>

Where I can download?

joaquinballes said:
Where I can download?
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From the app store.

I'd like to have this when I get a Gear S2

How to find in app store
Hi
Sounds like a useful app. I search for "white light" in apps store but only find one for phones.
How can I find the app for the s3 gear?
On the watch I found an app called torch. Is that it?

Hi Eveman,
I have not released a version for smartphones, so the apps you found must have been developed by someone else.
If searching under GEAR tab in Samsung Galaxy Apps store brings no results, I can only suggest trying it again in a few days. Once I tried searching for my Always-On apps and it brought no results, tried again later - and it worked.
Please let me know if that helped.

I have the app, thanks works great. Do you know the shortcut I would use in GWD to make it a button (like com.samsung.weather is for weather)?

Hi andrewtac, thank you very much for your feedback! Try this and let me know how it works: 55V5m8QGTw.WhiteLight

parshakov said:
Hi andrewtac, thank you very much for your feedback! Try this and let me know how it works: 55V5m8QGTw.WhiteLight
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Thanks, worked! New to the watch, love it. Especially showing it off to my apple buddies.

I cannot find this app in the Play store for Android anywhere. Can you put a link up so I can use this flashlight app. I love this app and my new pixel 7 pro didn't copy it. I'd like to have this app on my phone because it works and that's all it needs to do. Pixel 7 pro and everything thereafter is going to be 64-bit architecture, so update it to that and please put a link here so we can get the thing.

Justjim2012 said:
I cannot find this app in the Play store for Android anywhere. Can you put a link up so I can use this flashlight app. I love this app and my new pixel 7 pro didn't copy it. I'd like to have this app on my phone because it works and that's all it needs to do. Pixel 7 pro and everything thereafter is going to be 64-bit architecture, so update it to that and please put a link here so we can get the thing.
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You must be confusing it with some other app, because this app was developed only for smartwatches running Tizen OS (that is, Samsung watches released before 2021). I might develop a Wear OS version of the app some time in the future, though there is already a built-in "flashlight" app that works pretty well.

Can't find speedometer

Hey there, on Samsung's official videos, we can see a speedometer (like this : https://youtu.be/r2sXbVjrEck?t=17s) which use GPS to track the speed of the user but I can't find it on my Gear S3, I got the Altimeter/Barometer but not the Speedometer. I bought it yesterday in France, everything works fine expect for this. Does anyone have an idea of what could I do to recover this functonnality?
Thanks !

_Nexus8_ said:
Hey there, on Samsung's official videos, we can see a speedometer (like this : https://youtu.be/r2sXbVjrEck?t=17s) which use GPS to track the speed of the user but I can't find it on my Gear S3, I got the Altimeter/Barometer but not the Speedometer. I bought it yesterday in France, everything works fine expect for this. Does anyone have an idea of what could I do to recover this functonnality?
Thanks !
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There is a Speedometer app in the Gear Store
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I am interested in this too. Nothing in the galaxy app store looks like the app that is displayed in the official Samsung video. The speedometer app in the video looks like a Samsung Electronics LTD app, just like the stopwatch and the timer apps.

Same here!! Spotify, Samsung Pay and the Speedometer all still unavailable. Poor. Loving the watch though.

Gtaldridge said:
Same here!! Spotify, Samsung Pay and the Speedometer all still unavailable. Poor. Loving the watch though.
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Samsung said that Spotify will come in mid-december, I hope others apps will come too like this Speedometer and Samsung Pay
On Samsung Gear Store, there's nothing but themes for the watch with Speedometers
I think it's not cool for Samsung to show things which are not there in the definitive version of the watch Especially when people buy it for these functionnalities

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On Samsung Gear Store, there's nothing but themes for the watch with Speedometers
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Not true. There are two apps, one is called "SpeedLimit", which looks good and free, however only has Km/h option but does also offer road speed limits (where supported on Open Street Maps). The second app is called "Speedometer MPH-KM/H" Not as attractive but offers MPH and costs £1.35
No sign (yet) of the Speedometer app that appeared on Samsung's launch videos.
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Speedometer app is now in the galaxy store.

specularius said:
Speedometer app is now in the galaxy store.
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I couldn't find it maybe it's market dependent. Can you share the link to it on the Gear Store?
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apprentice said:
I couldn't find it maybe it's market dependent. Can you share the link to it on the Gear Store?
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It appears to be market dependent. It is available in the United States.

specularius said:
It appears to be market dependent. It is available in the United States.
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This is nuts. Only making apps available in certain markets doesn't make any sense. I bought the Frontier so I could run Samsung Pay and now Samsung says it isn't available in Canada even though I can have Samsung Pay on my Phone?? As you said, none of the apps in the app store look like the speedometer apps on the advertising. You watch, Spotify will come out for the US and no one else??

The Speedometer app was only just released. It's available in Australia.
EDIT: I saw it in the Galaxy Apps store yeste4rday, but it's not showing now for some reason.

Now it is mia in the United States. If I search for "Speedometer For Gear", it does not show up. If I check "my apps", it is listed there.

It's back in the USA, as of today. This time it loaded fine and is working.
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TheFletch said:
It's back in the USA, as of today. This time it loaded fine and is working.
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It's also in the UK. I just downloaded it.

The Speedometer is out in France since a few days, I downloaded it and it's cool to use but the GPS make some latencies sometimes
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Hope Spotify will come fast, I really need it to change the musics, it's not really fun to use the bezel to switch musics in a playlist containing 200+ musics x)

Is the app there, because I just got the gear sport and I don't see that app.

General Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 gets new straps, faces...

FYI, a few items for our Samsung Galaxy watch 4 :
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 gets new straps, faces, but still no Google Assistant
There are a bunch of new Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 straps available as well as new faces and features. Still no Google Assistant, though.
www.androidauthority.com

let's see....

Further update....No update yet for me on the Watch 4 firmware, however just got a Samsung Wear update a little while ago, gives native Do Not Disturb and Bedtime Mode Sync, previously had to use the excellent DND-Sync from here: https://github.com/rhaeus/dnd-sync

Galaxy Watch4 Series Levels Up Holistic Wellness and Customization With New Update
New Galaxy Watch4 series update empowers users to reach their goals with enhanced health and wellness features, and express themselves with more personalization than ever before
news.samsung.com
"Users can purchase the new watch straps beginning late February."
It is interesting that, based on their front photo, the Link Bracelet (metal) looks similar to the one I bought from Aliexpress months ago. It is greater-than-lug width and has the gap filler. Although the links are not as fancy (and have no idea about the clasp, since it is not shown).

hello everyone,
galaxy watch 4C update in France today : R890XXU1EVA8
have a good day.

Out in South Africa as well. Busy downloading now.
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Installing in the UK on my watch.

Has anyone get the update for the LTE version?

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Has anyone get the update for the LTE version?
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Downloading now

Thanks. I'm downloading it now, too.

is it me or they fix this finnaly? i mean it is bit less annoying now but still there who knows why xD
Annoying digital clock getting in the way all the time
Hi all, I tried to look for a thread of this issue but could not find one. Any time I use Google Assistant or get a notification for which I need more than 5 seocnds to read, I get this annoying digital clock screen which covers the...
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dont forget to turn on wifi so you dont need to dowload it 3 times like me

just installed this on my watch, still google pay not supported as default payment option, still no google assistant. lets see if the watch still crashes on low lte signals

Just got notified
LTE in Australia
Update:
Update completed with no issues (so far)

update. watch is still getting hot with 2 bars left alone on lte (standby mode), after under 5 minutes of turning off bluetooth on the phone

I need my memory refreshed. How do I delete watch faces I do not want on the watch?

ronaldheld said:
I need my memory refreshed. How do I delete watch faces I do not want on the watch?
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by pressing in the center of the watch, the dials are visible. press the cross to delete the dial.
cordially

anyone using aod and custom watchface if yes pls check how is it working? After update my two watchfaces just stop updating time when in aod i mean hands are staying in place or just works like for 2 min

Yes I can confirm, update today 9.2.22 Czech Republic!

@berni502 Yep, my WatchMaker watchface isn't updating time when on AOD. Reboot brought no change.

gavelis said:
@berni502 Yep, my WatchMaker watchface isn't updating time when on AOD. Reboot brought no change.
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omg xD so after update we cant use aod on any watchface besides system ones xD and system ones are not exacly safe becouse they are lacking aod brightness controll? Nice