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Hi guys,
After buying an S7 edge (switched from iPhone), I'm looking to sell my Apple Watch and get the Gear S2 but have a few questions for all you fellow owners:
1) for a WhatsApp notification, does it vibrate and show you the message on the watch face?
2) do all push notifications come through to the watch? I used to have the Flashscores app on my iPhone and it used to notify me on my Apple Watch of any football goals and final scores etc.
3) are there new apps being released weekly? I've read that the tizen app store isn't as supported as android wear?
4) how accurate is S Voice in comparison to the OK Google thing?
5) is there a way to control Spotify on the watch?
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bobster260189 said:
Hi guys,
After buying an S7 edge (switched from iPhone), I'm looking to sell my Apple Watch and get the Gear S2 but have a few questions for all you fellow owners:
1) for a WhatsApp notification, does it vibrate and show you the message on the watch face?
2) do all push notifications come through to the watch? I used to have the Flashscores app on my iPhone and it used to notify me on my Apple Watch of any football goals and final scores etc.
3) are there new apps being released weekly? I've read that the tizen app store isn't as supported as android wear?
4) how accurate is S Voice in comparison to the OK Google thing?
5) is there a way to control Spotify on the watch?
Thanks guys [emoji4]
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So I've had this watch for about two months so I hope I can help ya with some of your concerns.
1: when any notification arrives on your phone, your watch will vibrate and will only show up on your screen if you raise your wrist to check the watch. That's good.
2: anytime your phone gets a notification, it will show up on your watch. If you don't want a specific app to bother you, you can mute the notifications for the specific app!
3: unfortunately I've been somewhat disappointed with the app development for tizen. Slowly more and more apps are coming out, but definitely not as fast as they should be. My main reason this doesn't concern me much is that the watch as it is comes with the essential apps such as messenging, GPS, and email. Heck you can get a third party YouTube app which is nice. Whatapp is not on the app store but you will still receive notifications on your watch and should be able to respond from your watch.
4: s voice is terrible in comparison to Google. But it's "okay"
5. I'm actually unsure of Spotify. I can try to test for ya. I'll get back to ya. Edit: just made an account and yup you can control spotify or any music playing on your phone.
Hope this was coherent enough for ya
ATalkingRock said:
So I've had this watch for about two months so I hope I can help ya with some of your concerns.
1: when any notification arrives on your phone, your watch will vibrate and will only show up on your screen if you raise your wrist to check the watch. That's good.
2: anytime your phone gets a notification, it will show up on your watch. If you don't want a specific app to bother you, you can mute the notifications for the specific app!
3: unfortunately I've been somewhat disappointed with the app development for tizen. Slowly more and more apps are coming out, but definitely not as fast as they should be. My main reason this doesn't concern me much is that the watch as it is comes with the essential apps such as messenging, GPS, and email. Heck you can get a third party YouTube app which is nice. Whatapp is not on the app store but you will still receive notifications on your watch and should be able to respond from your watch.
4: s voice is terrible in comparison to Google. But it's "okay"
5. I'm actually unsure of Spotify. I can try to test for ya. I'll get back to ya. Edit: just made an account and yup you can control spotify or any music playing on your phone.
Hope this was coherent enough for ya
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Thank you so much for this buddy, really appreciate it
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So I initially bought this watch on release and unfortunately had to return it due to massively overspending that month. I only had time to have a quick play with it but I loved the screen and the look (Classic) and am now really tempted to repurchase.
One thing I did note at launch was that the selection of apps was pretty woeful, basically everything was a watchface and there wasn't even Spotify, Uber etc. at least not in the UK app store. Has this situation changed at all? Is there any way of seeing a list of current available apps?
Secondly, one of my main reasons for buying would be tracking distance, pace and calories for runs using the watch as a standalone - can anyone tell me how reliable this is and if it works well?
I will post here what I have already said elsewhere on the Gear S forums, because it's relevant to your question,
People complain about there being more watch faces and not enough apps on the Galaxy Store...
well firstly there are hundreds of apps on the store! but just how much do you expect to be doing on your watch? I mean essentially it's for time and date function, relaying of notifications, messaging, call taking/making, health tracking, weather, news and navigation. All these functions are covered out of the box.
So what are you expecting? Microsoft Office? Minecraft? Photoshop? Hello... it's a watch!! and considering that you will be looking at the time more than anything else on the watch, having a huge choice of watch faces is not only a GOOD thing, it's essential!
Now I have downloaded various apps:
Voice Memo
Guardian News
Speedometer
Gear Navigator
Calculator
Cooking Timer
Xenozu (YouTube videos)
Spotify
Gear Browser
Flashlight Premium
Brrr (disconnect warning)
Yelp
Stopwatch
Timer
Hangman
And you know what? I hardly use any of them! So I wouldn't worry about the app situation.
Also, Spotify is available in the UK
and S-Health will track your performance and upload to your Samsung account, so it will sync with your phone(s) when reconnected.
Is there a way to look at the App Store for the Gear S3? I read variously about '10000 of faces and apps' but also about limited apps. So I'd like to see what apps are available.
You can browse the App Store through the Samsung Gear app.
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sejtam said:
Is there a way to look at the App Store for the Gear S3? I read variously about '10000 of faces and apps' but also about limited apps. So I'd like to see what apps are available.
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it is more like "10000 of faces and some apps", there are really too many watchfaces since there is a easy to use designer (http://developer.samsung.com/gear/design/watch-designer) but app section is indeed limited.
Don't be fooled by the numbers, there are probably less than two dozen apps by major developers. The vast majority of apps are watchfaces. Tizen has relatively small library and that is likely to remain the case for the foreseeable future.
If you're concerned about app selection, the S3 isn't for you. The key to not being disappointed is to think in terms of what tasks you want the smartwatch to perform, and making sure the watch can do it.
Best Samsung Gear S3 Apps and Games are below including latest best apps for Gear S3 by Under Armour:
-Endomondo App
-Map My Run app
-MyFitnessPal App
-Uber App
-Fruit Ninja Games
-Sleep As Android App
-Glympse Location tracker Apps
-White Light and Here WeGo App
-Find My Car App
-Flipboard News Briefing App
-Gear for Nest App
-Pear App
-Camera Gear App
-Samsung S Health App
-Rolling Hams Game
-AwayYouGo App
I have one of these and it really is a beautiful watch and feels like a quality product. It also works really well. HOWEVER, just as evryone else is saying, the APP Store is VERY limited ... which is a shame given that Samsung have done such an excellent job on the watch. Why they didn't include a Compass; I have no idea. Also, why they (or someone else - "Here Maps" ???) have not brought out a REAL standalone Mapping App I feel is a HUGE mistake. Even if you could only download a 50sq mile area and keep that updated (or change it when you travel) it would make a huge difference to the watch. Anyway, great watch ....
Main problem is Tizen Eco System with only Samsung in position of playing "God"...
Blabla only trusted blabla "Authority" bla blabla...
Dear user, According to Tizen security policy all the apps should be from signed trusted authority. Tizen does not allow any side loaded app and any other format installation as a policy. All app installations supported via Tizen Store only. Stay tuned on Tizen community for further updates. Thanks, Tizen team
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On the other hand...
Users are scared to sideload apps...
I mean we have this funny situation with Mobiles more then 4 years...
Examples.
Video Calling apps are generally blocked...
Funny contracts with 'Operators in my opinion... to get more money...
imo, Skype, etc. are working fine with help of ACL...
Cool apps known from Android world... like TCP IP stuff...
not allowed...
Shell not allowed...
They are scared users can do tooooo much...
Btw...
I have just for fun edited my old S8530... bada handset... to enter Gear S3 or S2 store...
I am able to download TPKs... because they use same mechanism since years...
And I have no Gear watch.
NO idea why they force users to use Gear Manager... to explore the big "big" world of Tizen...
Tizen Store and also Gear store is simple Server... "HTTP crap"...
No idea why they not allow to use Computer and visit Website to check whats new.. or amazing...
Best Regards
Edit 1.
Added 2 Screenshots...
Taken with my good old Wave II (GT-S8530)... with old Kona Version...
No idea, 3 years minimum or older...
Only added Model SM-R760 to .ini :angel:
I can not see all, but few...
Samsung do some minor changs to their Shop site... but in main it is ever the same SH.T...
qaxx said:
You can browse the App Store through the Samsung Gear app.
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I think that reply, and the others in this thread, miss the point. In order to use the "Gear App" you have to have a Samsung Gear watch to pair the phone to. Otherwise the app will not run.
I believe what the OP was asking, and certainly what I want to know, is.... is there a way to browse the "many" downloadable watch faces BEFORE you buy the watch? That would require some sort of online access to the download site WITHOUT using the app..
Can anyone answer this? I'm considering buying one of these, but I don't like ANY of the faces that come with the watch, so I'd like to see what's available for download before buying the watch.
Thanks in advance.
I have the Frontier, and I love it. Just remember...it is a WATCH....not a tablet of computer. The available apps are more than enough for my needs, and the watch looks like a watch, which is more than i can say about Apples kiddy/candy looking effort IMHO. Battery life is now excellent, and it feels like a quality product.
Robin M said:
I think that reply, and the others in this thread, miss the point. In order to use the "Gear App" you have to have a Samsung Gear watch to pair the phone to. Otherwise the app will not run.
I believe what the OP was asking, and certainly what I want to know, is.... is there a way to browse the "many" downloadable watch faces BEFORE you buy the watch? That would require some sort of online access to the download site WITHOUT using the app..
Can anyone answer this? I'm considering buying one of these, but I don't like ANY of the faces that come with the watch, so I'd like to see what's available for download before buying the watch.
Thanks in advance.
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alot of the devs post their watchfaces on google plus
Hi there
I am going to be retiring my 2nd Gen Moto 360 and buying a Samsung Gear S3 in a couple of days. I've never really seen one in person because smart watches aren't really popular where I live but the pictures look good online, I also love the fact that it doesn't have the annoying flat tire that my Moto does.
I am not sure if it uses the exact same Android Wear OS as my Moto (heard Samsung has its own interface) but is there a way to install custom watchfaces from facerepo to it? I always use facerepo for all my Moto watch faces which can be imported using different applications like Watch Maker, Facer, etc. but I haven't seen any faces for the Gear S3 specifically, just the Gear Live watch.
Am I missing something? Are we stuck with the stock watch faces Samsung provides?
And what about the "custom ROMs" I see here? I'm a fan of modding and installing custom ROMs on my Android devices but I've never really seen one for a smart watch before.
Thanks for your time.
1st, the S3 is a Tizen watch, not android wear, and so will not run android apps. Including google maps and assistant.
2nd, if you have Watchmaker, there is a companion app, call appropriately, Watchmaker companion. It allows faces from facerepo to be loaded to your S3. I'm using it and it works well. the only caveat is that sometimes I have to load a face twice to have the units converted correctly.
Also, Facer has a similar companion app.
3rd, since it's a Tizen watch and not open source, I would personally stay away from custom roms until more experimentation is done (on other peoples watches) unless you want a $350 brick on your wrist or are totally OK risking that.
Hey all,
I would like to make my own watch faces for my Gear Fit2 (Pro). Any idea how to start getting into this?
Bill
lionheart001 said:
Hey all,
I would like to make my own watch faces for my Gear Fit2 (Pro). Any idea how to start getting into this?
Bill
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I'm too new here to post a URL apparently..
If you google "Samsung Gear Watch Designer" you'll find the watch face designing tool.
If you find out how to modify an existing watch face that came preinstalled, please let me know! I'd love to modify the Activity Sparkles watch face to have a date on it.
feliciasnh said:
I'm too new here to post a URL apparently..
If you google "Samsung Gear Watch Designer" you'll find the watch face designing tool.
If you find out how to modify an existing watch face that came preinstalled, please let me know! I'd love to modify the Activity Sparkles watch face to have a date on it.
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Is there any way to add play/previous/next buttons on the home screen?
lionheart001 said:
Hey all,
I would like to make my own watch faces for my Gear Fit2 (Pro). Any idea how to start getting into this?
Bill
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1. Download Gear watch designer (just google for it)
2.Download Java
3. install them
4. open gear watch designer, tab projects and own author and distributor certificate (by connecting your fit gear 2 pro and logging in to your samsung account)
5. Start playing around
Do you know de app IDs? Im trying to open the timer with a button and don't know how.
Thanks
If you like you can search for Digital Black by Shivam Acharya.
Where can I download the app Gear Watch Designer? I only found a link to the new version Gear Watch Studio, but this app is not compatible with the Gear Fit Pro 2.
Man thanks for your help!
Download link for GWD
digidigi123 said:
Where can I download the app Gear Watch Designer? I only found a link to the new version Gear Watch Studio, but this app is not compatible with the Gear Fit Pro 2.
Man thanks for your help!
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Here : https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-watch-design/studio/overview.html
Click "See previous versions", you will see there.