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!!!! This is a Beta Version, some Features are not yet available !!!!
SWApp Link will make your SmartWatch and your Phone communicate.
It can use 3 different ways of communication:
* Bluetooth (not yet)
* Push Notification between devices
* SMS
The user will be able to choose what to use. If more then one is enabled, the app will try to use any of them in this priority order: BT, Push then SMS.
What it does:
Remotely or Locally enable Call Forwarding between devices, Call Notification (get notified when other device receive a call), SMS Forwarding.
(For example if you forget your phone home, you can remotely set your phone to forward all incoming call on the smartwatch)
When getting a Call Notification, allow to reject call, take call or make the linked device reply with an SMS
When getting a SMS Notification, allow to make the linked device reply with an SMS
Make the linked device place a phone call
Compose an SMS to be sent by linked device (with a button to use Google Speech to Text) (not yet)
Make Linked device play a ringtone to be able to find it or flash light in silent mode (silent mode not yet)
Interphone: Establish a phone call between devices and put remote on loud speaker. Will allow to communicate with people near the phone
Microphone : Establish a call to hear sounds around remote device
(For both it’s the linked device that initiate the call: the linked device doesn’t ring)
Get linked device status (Battery level, Memory…) (Only battery lever so far)
Be notified in case of low battery on linked device
Remotely Activate Phone lock with password (for example if you forget your phone and don’t use a password)
Activate “Lost Mode”: Lock linked device and display a message (for example: “I have been lost. I belong to Pierre Martin. Please call me on +…..”) (not yet)
Remotely Take a Photo and get it (not yet)
Use linked device as a webcam (not yet)
Get Remote device GPS Location and show it on google map
Remotely control music playing (not yet)
Synchronize Audio mode on both devices (for example: you enter a meeting, if you set your watch on Silent mode, your phone will be set to Silent too) (not yet)
Night Mode (dark screens) (not yet)
Beta available on Google Play Store:
http://www.swapps.fr/swapplink.html
XDA:DevDB Information
SWApp Link, a App for the Android General
Contributors
cyrilp
Version Information
Status: Beta
Created 2014-04-08
Last Updated 2014-04-08
Prett nice. Gonna mess wuth it on my gear then on my gear 2 in a couple weeks
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Interesting app. Unfortunately crashes often and looses BT pairing. How can I help to troubleshoot? I have an Omate Truesmart and a Galaxy gear with a Galaxy Note 3. Also, app is quite confusing. Is there a good guide to follow to understand each settings?
Thanks
Hi,
I'm interesting to buy the new gear s3 frontier Bluetooth version and I have few questions:
1. I saw that gear s2 don't let you make calls on the watch (I mean you can talk to the watch like in the movies), also send messages through the watch like for example Huawei watch let you.
Is the gear s3 is capable to do that?
2. I'm using OnePlus 3 and I saw that this phone is not on the list of supported phones Samsung posted, but online people said that the gear s2 working fine with the OnePlus 3, if making calls and messages is available in the gear s3 can I do this with my OnePlus 3 ?
3. Because this is Tizen OS and there is no play store, Galaxy apps have apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Google now etc?
Thanks a lot
Adigal said:
Hi,
I'm interesting to buy the new gear s3 frontier Bluetooth version and I have few questions:
1. I saw that gear s2 don't let you make calls on the watch (I mean you can talk to the watch like in the movies), also send messages through the watch like for example Huawei watch let you.
Is the gear s3 is capable to do that?
2. I'm using OnePlus 3 and I saw that this phone is not on the list of supported phones Samsung posted, but online people said that the gear s2 working fine with the OnePlus 3, if making calls and messages is available in the gear s3 can I do this with my OnePlus 3 ?
3. Because this is Tizen OS and there is no play store, Galaxy apps have apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Google now etc?
Thanks a lot
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Hi yes you can make calls, write and send messages straight from the watch without the need to use your phone.
Gregbusa said:
Hi yes you can make calls, write and send messages straight from the watch without the need to use your phone.
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Thanks, this with the OnePlus 3 too?
And about the galaxy apps?
And what is the limitations with different phone and not Galaxy?
Someone ? Please ?
Sorry I use a galaxy s6 at the moment so I'm unsure about the phone your asking about. whatsapp works through my watch which was installed using play store. I dont think it matters where the message apps are installed from as all notifications from the phone are managed through the phone in the gear app.
Is anyone able to make calls on the watch with a non-Samsung Phone?
Doesn't work on the LG V20.
--EDIT working after restart
klau1 said:
Is anyone able to make calls on the watch with a non-Samsung Phone?
Doesn't work on the LG V20.
--EDIT working after restart
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Apparently, The gear S3 is compatible with any Android phone with at least Android 4.4 AND 1.5 G Ram... If your phone does not meet these specifications then the Gear App will not be available from the google play store.
I can't answer calls with my watch. I have the LTE version and using Bluetooth only. When I get a call, I try to answer it with my watch but my watch says to check my phone but nothing shows up on my phone. I can decline a calls but not answer them. Any ideas?
Edit...I'm using a Nexus 6p
yesnikki said:
Apparently, The gear S3 is compatible with any Android phone with at least Android 4.4 AND 1.5 G Ram... If your phone does not meet these specifications then the Gear App will not be available from the google play store.
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Apparently, The gear S3 is compatible with any Android phone with at least Android 4.4 AND 1.5 G Ram... If your phone does not meet these specifications then the Gear App will not be available from the google play store.
Not true, Gear is working on my Samsung Galaxy S3 is running Android 4.3.
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Apparently, The gear S3 is compatible with any Android phone with at least Android 4.4 AND 1.5 G Ram... If your phone does not meet these specifications then the Gear App will not be available from the google play store.
Not true, Gear is working on my Samsung Galaxy S3 is running Android 4.3.
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My answer was to a question regarding NON-samsung phones... and I was just saying what I had read... maybe I should have said... Allegedly and not Apparently.. in my original quote.
You can always learn from others who have the device.
Make and receive call doesn't work for me (sending sms work good). Phone Xioami redmi 3 Pro, Cyagenmod 13 (Android 6.0), Samsung gear s3.
What are the problem?
It doesn't work on my Moto G4 either running Marshmallow. It just says check phone.
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Tel864 said:
It doesn't work on my Moto G4 either running Marshmallow. It just says check phone.
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Mine is hit or miss. Sometimes when I click reply, it will ask me to check the phone. Sometimes I can reply. This is with almost all messaging apps that I have (whatsapp, viber, hangouts) I have a nexus 6p with MM.
However, I noticed that the reply works better if the messages are shorter. In other words, if you get a message that is short, the reply button is already visible and you can just hit it while looking at the whole message on the watch.
When you have longer messages that would require you to scroll down on the watch before seeing the "reply" button - it will ask me check the phone.
Again, all scenarios are hit or miss but the reply on watch works better with short messages. I was able to reply on watch with longer messages too but rarely.
Just my observation - Also I have seen this behavior in two different Gear S3s (different phone/accounts)
I can't speak about the Gear Classic or BT only Frontier. But the Frontier LTE is absolutely capable of making and receiving calls and texts when paired with any phone or no phone at all.
It is also possible to handle email and other notifications when connected to a non Samsung phone. But the process isn't particularly elegant.
The Tizen app library isn't extensive. But the number of tasks that can be efficiently performed on a 1 inch screen is fairly limited also. Still, if that's important to you, LG's upcoming Android Wear watch is worth consideration.
I've owned my S3 for a couple of months. It's my primary phone, I no longer carry a smartphone. It handles my calls and texts, filters email, provides time/date/weather, runs a few convenience apps (ie. calendar, timer, calculator, reminders). The watch is remotely connected to an LG smartphone (with no SIM) that never leaves the house.
Without doubt, the Gear S3 is the most capable, feature laden watch on the market. But that is subject to change on February 10th.
My S3 Bluetooth-only can process calls and text messaging fine with the Pixels.
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My S3 Bluetooth-only can process calls and text messaging fine with the Pixels.
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Are you using hangouts as your default SMS app? Because for me, I can send NEW messages without an issue but when I receive one, sometimes I can reply on the watch itself but most of time (like 90%) it asks me to check my phone (again REPLY) which is super annoying.
warpgatex said:
Are you using hangouts as your default SMS app? Because for me, I can send NEW messages without an issue but when I receive one, sometimes I can reply on the watch itself but most of time (like 90%) it asks me to check my phone (again REPLY) which is super annoying.
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I use Verizon Message Plus on the Pixel, and the default Message app on the S3.
warpgatex said:
Are you using hangouts as your default SMS app? Because for me, I can send NEW messages without an issue but when I receive one, sometimes I can reply on the watch itself but most of time (like 90%) it asks me to check my phone (again REPLY) which is super annoying.
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Since I am a Google Voice user, I use Hangouts exclusively. After installing the Android Wear app, I receive and can reply to all Hangouts messages but I cannot initiate one. Furthermore, text and emoji work, but not MMS. I too wish Tizen handled Android notifications better.
afblangley said:
Since I am a Google Voice user, I use Hangouts exclusively. After installing the Android Wear app, I receive and can reply to all Hangouts messages but I cannot initiate one. Furthermore, text and emoji work, but not MMS. I too wish Tizen handled Android notifications better.
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Lol .. Im exactly the opposite. I can only initiate text but cant reply.
Im a project fi user.
Some question I wish to know as I'm planning to buy Gear S3 Frontier in the future.
For example, I'm using Huawei Mate 9.
1. I'm confused in people saying making call and receiving SMS don't work, and some say work, exactly which one is true? Is it that you can accept call but can't start call from the watch?
2. Any one that uses What's App, Wechat, Hangout, specially Facebook Messenger etc, are you able to do reply to these apps(like in notification area)? Like not only the quick message, to be able to type manually on watch and reply (Voice or Keyboard)?
3.In relation to question 2, how well it work with remote connection?
Thanks.
I have a Pixel and a Pixel XL. I can initiate and answer calls fine on my non-LTE S3. I can start and respond to messages as well. I haven't tried the other apps you mentioned.
I'm on a htc 10, lineage OS and I'm unable to initiate calls or send SMS with s voice
I have HTC ONE M8, answer to both of your questions is yes it's working fine, connected via Bluetooth, phone calls sms replying as well as initiate call or sms. WhatsApp and other can receive and reply but cannot initiate new message.
(Didn't tested when connected to same WiFi network.)
wasim9283 said:
I have HTC ONE M8, answer to both of your questions is yes it's working fine, connected via Bluetooth, phone calls sms replying as well as initiate call or sms. WhatsApp and other can receive and reply but cannot initiate new message.
(Didn't tested when connected to same WiFi network.)
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Are you on stock rom? When I used a custom sense rom the gear manager keeps crashing however with lineage os it works but I can't initiate calls
wasim9283 said:
I have HTC ONE M8, answer to both of your questions is yes it's working fine, connected via Bluetooth, phone calls sms replying as well as initiate call or sms. WhatsApp and other can receive and reply but cannot initiate new message.
(Didn't tested when connected to same WiFi network.)
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Ah that's good to know. As for what's app or facebook messenger. Reply is all I need. Hardly initiate message on watch.
Thanks guys. Good to know it's working well with other phone.
Two more things I wish to know.
1. If I accepted a call with watch, can I redirect it to phone directly on watch or I have to manually go to phone and choose to not use Bluetooth in that caller screen?
2. If I have a Bluetooth headset connected to my phone for example. I answer call using watch but can the call go through headset instead? What if i accepted the call using the Bluetooth headset button instead of watch. Will the audio re route properly?
Thanks
raypro112 said:
Are you on stock rom? When I used a custom sense rom the gear manager keeps crashing however with lineage os it works but I can't initiate calls
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Yes I'm on stock rom (switched back to stock due to same issues)
I am using Xperia Z5 initiate calls works fine from watch by finding contact and tapping phone icon on watch, using s-voice its very hit and miss. Can initiate texts from watch by going to contact and tapping the envelope button, initiating texts with s-voice requires samsung phone ('send text message to xxxx' gives 'sms service is unavailable) can reply to texts, etc but only while notification is present, after notification cleared have to start from scratch. Its all pretty poor overall tbh.
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bibiner said:
Two more things I wish to know.
1. If I accepted a call with watch, can I redirect it to phone directly on watch or I have to manually go to phone and choose to not use Bluetooth in that caller screen?
2. If I have a Bluetooth headset connected to my phone for example. I answer call using watch but can the call go through headset instead? What if i accepted the call using the Bluetooth headset button instead of watch. Will the audio re route properly?
Thanks
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Can't help enough as not tested in detail.
In Bluetooth settings headset gives both options for phone audio and music
But watch gives only phone audio (so music sound can't come from watch, only music control possible)
And
If I select phone and music both for Bluetooth headset, then watch disconnect by itself as it wants phone audio.
veletron said:
I am using Xperia Z5 initiate calls works fine from watch by finding contact and tapping phone icon on watch, using s-voice its very hit and miss. Can initiate texts from watch by going to contact and tapping the envelope button, initiating texts with s-voice requires samsung phone ('send text message to xxxx' gives 'sms service is unavailable) can reply to texts, etc but only while notification is present, after notification cleared have to start from scratch. Its all pretty poor overall tbh.
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The way notifications reply work seems similar to my pebble. Except I can't type manually on pebble. Thanks for info
bibiner said:
The way notifications reply work seems similar to my pebble. Except I can't type manually on pebble. Thanks for info
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You can use on screen KB, handwriting recognition (us english only), smileys, canned response or s-voice to reply.
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veletron said:
You can use on screen KB, handwriting recognition (us english only), smileys, canned response or s-voice to reply.
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Btw. When you set the reminder, are you able to set for example. Today February 1. And I wish to remind myself to buy something on February 3. Can I do that? I hear it's strictly within the day only.
How many languages to the watch support tho? Does it support Japanese by any chance?
Does it have auto brightness?
I can say now that I went back to full stock rom, everything is working fine now. I can make and answer calls. I wished someone had told me earlier. I been calling Samsung support for days and they havent been anymore useful then the manual, telling me I needed the lte model to answer calls
On my mate 9, I can Not make a call through the watch neither reply to message text... Things I was able to do with my S6.
Probably due to emui and his special dialer.
But I can read SMS and email anyway
booster33 said:
On my mate 9, I can Not make a call through the watch neither reply to message text... Things I was able to do with my S6.
Probably due to emui and his special dialer.
But I can read SMS and email anyway
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Oh Dang. The inability to make a call due to mate 9 might be deal breaker. Are you able to view incoming caller name/number and accept call? Had you try third party dailer to see if it work? Since you have mate 9 and gear s3. Are the reply options from notification work? Like manually type or hand writing reply incoming What's app, hangout and Facebook messenger. And also, do the music player remote control work with stock music player? Do it display the current track playing properly?
Thanks
Just to be clear, there are two versions of the Frontier, one has an LTE radio. The LTE model is able to handle calls, texts, and run apps like Spotify without being connected to a phone. The BT model must be tethered to a phone in order to do these functions. Both models need to be connected (via BT or cellular) to a phone in order for notifications (ie. Hangouts, email) to pass through.
Gear S3 with Mate 9
bibiner said:
Oh Dang. The inability to make a call due to mate 9 might be deal breaker. Are you able to view incoming caller name/number and accept call? Had you try third party dailer to see if it work? Since you have mate 9 and gear s3. Are the reply options from notification work? Like manually type or hand writing reply incoming What's app, hangout and Facebook messenger. And also, do the music player remote control work with stock music player? Do it display the current track playing properly?
Thanks
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I know this question was from weeks ago but as I also have a S3 with a Mate 9, maybe I can help a little bit:
Everything works, including getting all notifications and asnwering them from the watch, and making and receiving calls in the watch. I have the S3 BT only model. My Mate 9 is with stock rom. Samsung Gear Manager working perfectly.
I have just one issue: sometimes, when I make a call using the phone, the call is automatically routed to the watch, without my permission, and it seems there is not any configuration or parameter to force all calls to not be routed to the watch. Of course it is easy to bring the call back to the phone (using the BT button in the dial), but as I initiated the call from the phone, it should not be redirected to the watch at the beginning. And this is something that happens eventually, not allways. It seems to be some kind of bug. I read about the same issue in other threads (S3 with other non-Samsung phones) here in XDA but could not find a definitive solution yet. If somebody can help on this, I would appreciate.
quangtran1 said:
I have a Pixel and a Pixel XL. I can initiate and answer calls fine on my non-LTE S3. I can start and respond to messages as well. I haven't tried the other apps you mentioned.
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I'm using a Pixel XL as well and I'm planning to buy one. What limitations do you encounter when pair to the Pixel? Samsung Pay is also one of my reasons to buy this. Is it fully functional?
UPDATE:
Samsung Pay fully functional. But there are limitations if you use Gear S3 with non Samsung phone and BT headset (mine is Level U Pro ANC).
1. Call profile could only be activated either on the watch or level u pro, but not both simultaneously. If you choose to keep call profile on BT headset, you can use the headset for calling, but you cannot initiate call or answer call from watch. If you choose to keep call profile on watch, you cannot use BT headset for calling. That's also the case with car BT.
2. You can receive and reply to SMS on watch. But initiating SMS is a different story. No built in SMS so on watch so you can use watchface with messages shortcut to initiate sms, BUT all sms you initiate thru the watch WILL NOT REFLECT on the sms thread on the phone itself (Android Messages).
3. You cannot see your SMS history as well.
Hi, I can't get any notification from Phone SMS (Messages) apps on my Huawey Watch 2 LTE, I tried to reset all settings but no way. Can you help me out?
Did you install the "messengers" app in your watch? Not the facebook one.
Hello, do you mean messaging from Google? It's already installed. I don't see any Messengers app for Wear. Can you send me the link?
I also do not get any notification from calls on the phone, do you know why?
Are you sure right connected via android wear app with your smartphone and pairing went well to your watch? If you get zero notifications it´s a connection issue between the devices. If all correct try to clear the data / caches of your notificated apps on your watch or reset the pairing on your smartphone and pair it again.
I do get all notifications but phone calls and SMSs, what should I do?
Go to your play store in your watch, scroll down and see if there is an messagers app allow you to install in watch.
The app "Feel the Wear" will allows you to do what you are after
Hello AstroDigital, thank you for the tip, the app Feel the Wear solved the issue on the sound side, I get now the vibrations for calls and SMS but still no visual notification on the smartphone, do you know how I could also get the visual feedback?
Hi guys, when someone is calling me on my new Huawei Watch GT 3 on WhatsApp, first it appears a quick notification screen with the contact name and whatsapp logo on top, and under it it says incoming voice call, but after one second that screen switches to another one where it says Unknown number and I have the option to reject or answer the call. How can I fix this issue? I want that when somebody is calling me on WhatsApp to be able to see the name of the contact on the watch too and not just "Unknown number". On normal calls it's good without problems. Thank you!
I have the same issue but no idea how to fix it.
It is working perfectly only if the watch is paired with an....IPhone.
I have same issue
I am having the same issue with amazfit and huawei GTR 3. Is it related to Samsung phones? I am using Samsung S23 Ultra with my watches.