Hello!
I was wondering if someone who owns the device already would let us know what applications are available right now. I read somewhere that there is nit too many besides some watchfaces. Samsung claimed 10000 apps, maybe for S2 but are they compatible for S3?
Specifically the most used apps on my Android Wear are like remote phone camera control Pixtocam, loyalty cards barcode display Wear Codes, Glympse, Backcountry navigator, Endomondo, Nest, Shazam...
Are the apps equivalent to any of those available?
From what I could find in the Gear store...
kufel said:
Pixtocam
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No but there are a few other camera control apps
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loyalty cards barcode display Wear Codes
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No but there is an app called FidMe that looks like it does the same thing.
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Glympse
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Yes
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Backcountry navigator
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No. There are a couple of navigator apps but not that one
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Endomondo
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No
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Nest
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Yes
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Shazam
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No
Ok, thanx!
Endomondo is a bummer as it was available for Gear S....
Other than that-is there a decent selection of apps? S2 had almost nothing at launch that's why i switched to Android wear a year ago. Now i am finally returning lg urbane 2 under recall so i have a chance to try s3
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Ok, thanx!
Endomondo is a bummer as it was available for Gear S....
Other than that-is there a decent selection of apps? S2 had almost nothing at launch that's why i switched to Android wear a year ago. Now i am finally returning lg urbane 2 under recall so i have a chance to try s3
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It looks like a lot of the S2 apps are compatible with the S3 so there is already a decent number of available apps and watch faces.
That's good news, might be a keeper then!
Thanx for checking.
One app I would really like is Spotify but it's not there. I haven't seen anything for the S3 that I want and the choice is limited at the moment. Gear navigator is a must app, most turns show up as street view using Google maps, it cost £1.99.
I am not sure about 10000, but there are a ton of apps on the Gear Store. Some are rubbish but there are some equally useful ones too. People complain that there are more watch faces than apps, this is true, but it's not a bad thing! The watchface after all is the thing you look at most so having a choice that suits your taste is essential.
I installed:
Here Maps
Navigator Companion
Yelp
Calculator
Gear Browser (Full function web browser!)
Flashlight Premium 2 (Torch)
Brrr (This cool utility makes the watch vibrate like crazy when you leave your phone behind!)
Guardian News
My Notes in Gear (excellent notes and To-Do List that syncs with your phone)
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Got the watch, it's awesome.
FidMe is for the phone only though, for the phone I use Beep'n'Go... Loved the WearCodes... Hopefully someone will come up with a similar app for Tizen
ITNV said:
From what I could find in the Gear store...
No but there are a few other camera control apps
No but there is an app called FidMe that looks like it does the same thing.
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No. There are a couple of navigator apps but not that one
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is it possible to acces to gear store without the watch please ? I want to see all the applications available
Thanks,
Yes. Use Samsung Store - there is a tab called Gear
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Yes. Use Samsung Store - there is a tab called Gear
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On a computer ? I don't find any way
On the phone.
Ok thank you. You need a samsung phone ? Or I can access to it from every android phone ?
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Got the watch, it's awesome.
FidMe is for the phone only though, for the phone I use Beep'n'Go... Loved the WearCodes... Hopefully someone will come up with a similar app for Tizen
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Save your barcodes as images, send to Gear. I've added Starbucks barcode, it scans from watch without a problem.
Is there an app available to control Philips Hue lights?
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Is there an app available to control Philips Hue lights?
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Yes, it's $2.49 USD
Starbucks code?
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Save your barcodes as images, send to Gear. I've added Starbucks barcode, it scans from watch without a problem.
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Hi, what image size did you use for picture of the Starbucks code? I'm sending the screen shot of the Starbuck barcode to the Gallery on the S3 but when displayed on the watch code does not fit the screen
Thanks
hey i would like to know what is the reason why I am not able to find the camera controller or camera gear and App launcher widget apps from the gear app store.
I have a Samsung Gear s3 and phone i have a Oneplus 3
Is there any apps to see movie showtimes and reviews? Sort of like Flixster with Rotten Tomatoes for your cell phone.
Hello,
I just purchased a new Gear S3. I love this device. I install all necesary apps on my Nexus 6p (Samsung gear app and some drivers).
Watch an phone getting along great but problem is that on Gear app store I can not see all the apps, nor the watc faces, anly those for free so I can not purchase any of premium ones.
Is there any way tho change my location to any other country to be able to see all the apps?
Thank you so much for help an take care.
Vladimir
You can install fakegps from the Google Apps store. I notice my weather app on my watch changes when I use this on the phone.
Swordfish
Hey guys,
i just bought my first smartwatch and am pretty excited about it.
Anyway I was searching what apps are available to download for my S2 and saw that Yelp made an app called Yelp for Gear. I was trying to search for this app but nothing popped up in gear store and it seems like for some reason they took it down from the store.
Now I know that you can sideload apps just like the phone so i am wondering if there is a website like apkmirror where they store all the apps (but for our s2) so you can download and sideload them yourself?
Thanks in advance!
Sorry.
In Tizen World most users are scared to backup... so also "sharing" backups.
This is also big difference to Android...
Best Regards
Hi
I have installed the watchamker apk but when I choose any watchface I have to install the watchmaker companion and it is not possible to get it and I got the attached message of this application is no longer avialable or is not supported in this country or device.
Please advice
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I have installed the watchamker apk but when I choose any watchface I have to install the watchmaker companion and it is not possible to get it and I got the attached message of this application is no longer avialable or is not supported in this country or device.
Please advice
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Same problem. I asked dev for advise and respond me this:
Apologies - Samsung removed the Companion App for WatchMaker from Galaxy Apps Store.
This was due to Samsung requiring a change in our business model so that we should sell watches on the Samsung platform, as well as on Google and Apple.
We are working closely with Samsung to get this resolved as soon as possible and have already submitted a new version for Samsung to review.
Once the new version is approved, it will work exactly the same as the current version and will not force any additional purchases.
Updates will be posted on this thread below :
https://plus.google.com/102436534884531510368/posts/3X1NhGstaVk
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Is there any other good apk for watchfaces??
Guys I don't get it. I had an LG watch in 2014. I was very happy with watchmaker and there were even bigger communities for watchfaces. All faces were free from the community, very few were priced. I installed the samsung gear watchmaker app (3 swiss francs), and most of the faces cost 1 franc (just the same as on the galaxy app store). Am I missing something? If I buy the premium app (4 swiss francs) from the google play store, do I get all the paid watchfaces for free or how does it work?
Paid Watchmaker app is just to possibility use infinite faces in the app, not to have infinite paid faces free
Hello everyone,
I am writing here because I cannot seem to find any information over the internet.
Is there an app in the Gear store that can read txt,doc,pdf and if there is - is there a easy way to transfer the files to the gear?
I searched for a whole day and while I find some applications that claim to be able to do so, also I found app in the tizen store, I am not sure if the tizen store is the same on the gear S3 and if I can preview pdf,txt and doc files on the gear.
This is really important when buying it.
Thanks in advance!
Common people it can't be that hard to check the store why is nobody responding...