In using outlook. Com for e-mail but I would like more than just a notification in the gear. What do you guys use? I am not saying much luck with the stock e-mail app.
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muddychief said:
In using outlook. Com for e-mail but I would like more than just a notification in the gear. What do you guys use? I am not saying much luck with the stock e-mail app.
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Are you on a Corporate Exchange Server for your Outlook? The email on watch for Gear 1 was broken, again, from the last update. I recommend Cloudmagic, as it brings the email text to my Gear again. Give it a shot.
muddychief said:
In using outlook. Com for e-mail but I would like more than just a notification in the gear. What do you guys use? I am not saying much luck with the stock e-mail app.
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I just switched from K9 (only thing useful on my last watch) to the stock email app on my Galaxy S3 (running 4.2). I can now read the entire contents of emails once I open the notification and can refer to them in the email app. BEST FUNCTIONALITY *EVER*!! It's really useful to just pull up the email without pulling out the phone (or even having the phone on me). My boss is tech resistant, but even he thought it was really cool.
BigDanInTX said:
I just switched from K9 (only thing useful on my last watch) to the stock email app on my Galaxy S3 (running 4.2). I can now read the entire contents of emails once I open the notification and can refer to them in the email app. BEST FUNCTIONALITY *EVER*!! It's really useful to just pull up the email without pulling out the phone (or even having the phone on me). My boss is tech resistant, but even he thought it was really cool.
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I`m usig also the stock email function but I do not see any email vi this app - please help me !
peter7 said:
I`m usig also the stock email function but I do not see any email vi this app - please help me !
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There are a few things that could be amiss. Are you using one of the supported phones? Do you have the notifications for email turned on in the Gear Manager?
I've heard that "starting over" will sometimes work. Unpair the watch from the phone. Factory reset the watch. Uninstall Gear Manager. Reinstall Gear Manager. Pair the watch to the phone. Re-enable notifications. ymmv.
Good luck.
I changed the custom rom and now it is working great
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I've read different reviews and I'm a bit puzzled since I still don't have the watch i ordered weeks ago.
I have a S6 and I read that even with a Samsung phone you need to download android Wear to be able to respond to Gmail emails? Is this true? I was under the impression i can reply to emails and delete them without anything installed.
Also with the Calendar is it true you can't create calendar events?
Thanks
arf8 said:
I've read different reviews and I'm a bit puzzled since I still don't have the watch i ordered weeks ago.
I have a S6 and I read that even with a Samsung phone you need to download android Wear to be able to respond to Gmail emails? Is this true? I was under the impression i can reply to emails and delete them without anything installed.
Also with the Calendar is it true you can't create calendar events?
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Not sure about GMail but replying to Samsung's inbuilt email app is possible. However, typing an email reply on the tiny keyboard is a bit of a chore. It takes patience.
It is true that you can't set up calendar events directly from the watch. This is a big disappointment but it is possible it could be included in a future update.
apprentice said:
Not sure about GMail but replying to Samsung's inbuilt email app is possible. However, typing an email reply on the tiny keyboard is a bit of a chore. It takes patience.
It is true that you can't set up calendar events directly from the watch. This is a big disappointment but it is possible it could be included in a future update.
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Thanks for the quick reply, I assume you have the watch. I don't use the inbuilt email app i think the app is an envelope with @ logo in it. I use Gmail so I read that if you want to reply to a Gmail email you have to install Android Wear which I'm not sure if this is true or not. If you can test this I would appreciate it and by reply I mean voice recognition response not typing on the watch keyboard. I have a hard enough time on the phone fat fingering everything so now way I could do it on the watch, this is where i miss my blackberry.
Very disappointing on the calendar event. This is one of the reasons i ordered this watch along with the phone call option.
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arf8 said:
I use Gmail so I read that if you want to reply to a Gmail email you have to install Android Wear which I'm not sure if this is true or not.
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Android Wear is an operating system used by other smartwatches. It can't be put onto the Gear S3.
You are incorrect! Android wear is an app in play, look it up, this is what one user said he installed to get more functionality out of the S3 with google apps.
arf8 said:
You are incorrect! Android wear is an app in play, look it up, this is what one user said he installed to get more functionality out of the S3 with google apps.
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Yes, but it can only be used if you are pairing with an Android Wear smartwatch. it won't do anything for gear S3.
Not according to an S3 owner who posted this. I don't have the watch yet so I can't say for sure that is why I started this thread. According to him he installed it to gain more functionality to the gmail app. I'll test it myself when the watch finally arrives and post my own results here. Cheers
Android Wear APK include library for notification action on the Android OS. I do not know why Google do not include directly this library in the master OS but they are on the Android Wear phone app. So just install it to have this feature. No need to connect any Wear watch on the phone
dersie said:
Android Wear APK include library for notification action on the Android OS. I do not know why Google do not include directly this library in the master OS but they are on the Android Wear phone app. So just install it to have this feature. No need to connect any Wear watch on the phone
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So what exactly does it add?
Notifications are already passed to the watch.
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- Mark as read
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I tested now, and it is actually correct. By installing Android wear(and not doing anything else), I suddenly can reply to GMAIL e-mails from the S3 without using the Samsung Mail App.
I do not whether Android Wear app adds anything but indeed in the Pebble sphere, one would add the Android Wear app to gain additional features. Depends if they are hooking to the APIS's enabled by the app.
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Add buttons for notifications action like
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ga123 said:
I tested now, and it is actually correct. By installing Android wear(and not doing anything else), I suddenly can reply to GMAIL e-mails from the S3 without using the Samsung Mail App.
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Thanks for the confirmation, so going back to my original question, by default if you do not have Android wear installed, you cannot reply when receiving Gmail emails? is this correct?
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I have the watch and I'm able to reply all natively without installing any Android wear apps.
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Thanks for the confirmation, so going back to my original question, by default if you do not have Android wear installed, you cannot reply when receiving Gmail emails? is this correct?
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I have the watch and I'm able to reply all natively without installing any Android wear apps.
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I understand you can reply to the native Android email client, but are you able to reply to Gmail app is the question?
sorry, i wasn't clear...it's through the gmail notification on the watch but strictly through the notification, If you've swiped the notification away then you can't and you'd have to go through samsung's email app.
arf8 said:
Thanks for the confirmation, so going back to my original question, by default if you do not have Android wear installed, you cannot reply when receiving Gmail emails? is this correct?
Cheers
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I understand you can reply to the native Android email client, but are you able to reply to Gmail app is the question?
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Ok that makes sense, thanks for the clarification.
Yeah, just confirming you can reply, archive, etc, from the Gmail notification or just reply or delete in the native app (no archiving). The only thing the native app adds is the ability to look at your inbox, and reply to one of those emails. Once you've replied or swiped away the Gmail notification, there's no way to get into Gmail.
What I didn't realize, is that there is no way to initiate an email! Only reply. Strange...
When you say native app i assume you mean native email app on the watch correct? I don't use the native email client from android OS. I use google but i assume you mean watch native email app.
I apologize for all the questions, this would be easier if i had the watch but its on backorder.
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ga123 said:
I tested now, and it is actually correct. By installing Android wear(and not doing anything else), I suddenly can reply to GMAIL e-mails from the S3 without using the Samsung Mail App.
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My friend how you install Gmail on S3. I have android wear installed too, but just the default email, not the real Gmail icon.
For some reason I don't have it on my watch. Want there supposed to be an app for messages? I'm on the Wi-Fi version paired with the Google Pixel XL.
samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00061442/
I also dont have the messages app.... I'd like to know if it is regional or the phone version or some other reason...
I have a HTC one m8, Android v6.24
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samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00061442/
I also dont have the messages app.... I'd like to know if it is regional or the phone version or some other reason...
I have a HTC one m8, Android v6.24
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I believe you need a samsung phone to have the messages and email apps on the watch. It's one of the limited functions of using the Gear S3 with a non samsung phone.
You can use other messaging apps like Textra, they just don't fully work the same. You will get messages though.
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You can use other messaging apps like Textra, they just don't fully work the same. You will get messages though.
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Textra seems to be an s2 app. I cant find any messaging apps for s3.
Well it's not going to install on the watch either way. However Textra does work. Download it on your phone and enable notifications in Gear Manager. I know it works as I have used it. However unless you use stock Samsung apps you don't get full use of the app. It's the same thing I'm dealing with for emails. I hate the stock app, but can't fully use a substitute because that is how Samsung has designed the system to be.
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Well it's not going to install on the watch either way. However Textra does work. Download it on your phone and enable notifications in Gear Manager. I know it works as I have used it. However unless you use stock Samsung apps you don't get full use of the app. It's the same thing I'm dealing with for emails. I hate the stock app, but can't fully use a substitute because that is how Samsung has designed the system to be.
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Ahhh I see. Yes, have found that gmail allows notifications to be replied to and read whereas the android mail app only allows a short preview/header of emails with no reply option.
Try Bluemail email app. Shows full email. They're quick to respond and the phone app is very customizeable and full featured as any email app.
Aqua Mail also has a setting for Smart Watch Enhancement which includes Gear.
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Well it's not going to install on the watch either way. However Textra does work. Download it on your phone and enable notifications in Gear Manager. I know it works as I have used it. However unless you use stock Samsung apps you don't get full use of the app. It's the same thing I'm dealing with for emails. I hate the stock app, but can't fully use a substitute because that is how Samsung has designed the system to be.
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I tried this and it worked a handful of times yesterday. Somehow I am not receiving notifications anymore from Textra and I am getting prompted to switch to the stock messaging app. Any idea why this is happening? Any recommendations on a solution/s? Thanks!
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I believe you need a samsung phone to have the messages and email apps on the watch. It's one of the limited functions of using the Gear S3 with a non samsung phone.
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not true... I have a mate 9 and have the stock message app on my watch.
gear s3
Is it possible to trick the samsung default messaging app to show all your texts and let the watch show you messages while in reality I would actually be using textra as the default app?
same boat here... using the new galaxy watch with pixel 2 XL. would love to get a messaging app on the watch.
There are only few good apps available on Gear S3. Very difficult to find best apps. Any suggestions?
Depends on what you're looking for, for me some of the best are Gear navigator, gopro remote app , flashlight app, uber , find my car , memory vault and chat hub
I'm looking for a complete app for running where i can set the time goal for km and so on...any advice?
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I'm looking for a complete app for running where i can set the time goal for km and so on...any advice?
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Not sure how many of your boxes it will tick, but I have the Endomondo app on my S3. Works well as a companion to the phone app.
I like Whats History app because it keeps a history of my WhatsApp messages received by the gear. Otherwise, I can see only the last message from a contact (if more were sent)
Hi there
I just got a Galaxy watch and I'm using an OnePlus 6.
As far as I can tell, if you don't have a Samsung device connected to the smartwatch, you won't get access to SMS app on the Galaxy watch.
Idk if it is because of the messenger app that isn't Samsung's it if I'm using a not Samsung device with the watch.
Either way, I'd like to be able to use the messages app on the watch.
For that, I'm thinking that one solution might be too install the Samsung message app on my OP 6.
Is there a way to make the app work on my device?