Samsung today unveiled a new consumer version of its Gear VR headset during Facebook’s Oculus Connect 2 keynote. Unlike the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition for Galaxy S6 which the company released earlier this year, this new version will be compatible with a greater range of devices, including the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 edge+, S6 and S6 edge. Unfortunately, compatibility does not […]
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Nokia HERE for Gear app coming to Samsung Gear S2
Nokia HERE is already available for the Samsung Gear S smartwatch. It should come as no surprise then that Nokia today announced that it is coming to the new Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch.The preinstalled Samsung Maps app will integrate with HERE for Gear app when turn-by-turn navigation is required. HERE for Gear will work in companion mode. As soon as […]
Samsung Gear S2 3G launch limited to U.S. and Korea
When Samsung unveiled the new Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic smartwatches, it unveiled a 3G-enabled variant of the former. The aptly-called Samsung Gear S2 3G comes with an integrated e-SIM with voice support. While the Gear S2 will launch across a range of global markets, including Canada and the U.S. on October 2nd, the Gear S2 3G will launch in only […]
Pre-order your Samsung Gear S2 at Best Buy Canada
Samsung unveiled its latest smartwatch just before IFA 2015 kicked off. While it did not announce pricing and availability for the Samsung Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic at the time, it later revealed that the new round smartwatches would arrive in Canada in early October. Best Buy Canada has now begun to take pre-orders in anticipation of that launch. It’s […]
Tizen Developer Conference 2015 set for September 17-18 in Shenzhen, China
The latest Samsung smartwatch, the new Samsung Gear S2, is the latest to be powered by Samsung’s own Tizen operating system. With enhancements such as the new Rotary UX and SDK that uses the new smartwatch’s rotating bezel, Tizen is establishing itself as a worthy adversary for Google’s Android Wear and Apple’s WatchOS. Fresh off its Tizen Developer Summit in India in […]
Samsung working on iPhone compatibility for Gear S2 smartwatch
The Samsung Gear S2 is the first in the line of Gear smartwatches to be compatible with more than just the company’s own smartphones. Its latest smartwatch works with a range of smartphones running Android 4.4 or higher and with at least 1.5GB of RAM. It turns out that Samsung’s compatibility options don’t stop there. Much as Google recently did with […]
Samsung Gear S2 compatible with Android 4.4+ smartphones
Samsung’s line of Gear smartwatches have to date been only compatible with Samsung products. That is changing with the new Samsung Gear S2 that was formally introduced just ahead of IFA 2015. The new information surfaced today as part of the release of new developer tools including the Samsung Gear SDK as well as development guidelines and assets for the new Rotary […]
Samsung unveils Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch
Samsung teased back at Galaxy Unpacked 2015 that it would formally unveil its round Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch on September 2nd at IFA 2015. It looks like it decided not to wait and today formally announced the much anticipated smartwatch. The Samsung Gear S2 comes in a versatile, circular design with an intuitive, custom UX and advanced features that enable […]