Tapping with two fingers and holding them there brings up a list of recent apps swiping an app to the right lets you close it, much like on a smartphone. Double-tapping with two fingers launches a quick-settings menu that lets you see the battery percentage and control the brightness and volume. You can also swipe down from the top to return to the home screen at any time. We like that the screens loop, so continually swiping left (or right) will eventually return you to the home screen.
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The fourth screen has the Pedometer, Exercise, Heart Rate and Controls, while the fifth screen has a link to the apps menu, Camera, Settings and Music Player. Swipe again to the right, and you get Notifications, Logs, Dialer and Contacts. Swipe to the left, and the screen shows icons for WatchON Remote, S Voice, Find My Device and Voice Memo. The home screen shows the time and date, as well as shortcuts to the camera, pedometer and settings.
#S gear 2 features android
Out of the box, the watch supports updates from the SMS, the phone, the email client, Gmail, your calendar, Google Now, Google+ and Google Hangouts, but many of these, including email and Gmail, are unchecked by default.Įven though Samsung switched the Gear's underlying operating system from Android to Tizen, the Gear 2's interface is very similar to that of the original Gear, and fairly intuitive to navigate. The Notifications menu allows you to choose which services should send alerts to the watch. Gear Manager's Settings menu lets you control a handful of features, such as the app that launches when you double-press the phone's power button (it's S Voice by default). Like the Gear Fit, the Gear Manager can sync fitness data from the Gear 2 with the S Health app on the S5.
#S gear 2 features install
The Samsung Apps menu lets you download and install third-party watch apps in categories such as Entertainment, Finance, Fitness and Social Networking. For example, by tapping on the Camera app settings icon, we were able to set the watch camera to automatically transfer its pictures to the phone. You can also change the settings for individual watch apps by tapping the gear icons next to their list in My Apps. You can reorder or remove apps from Favorites, the top-level menu on the watch. My Apps shows you the list of preloaded and third-party watch apps.
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#S gear 2 features pro
However, the Galaxy Mega on Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile the Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition the AT&T Galaxy S4 Zoom the Verizon Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 and the Verizon Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 are not supported. That includes such phones as the Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5, as well as the Galaxy Note 3. CompatibilityĪs of this writing, the Gear 2 is compatible with Samsung devices running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean or higher, WVGA display and at least 1.5GB of memory. While there was a bit of glare from the glossy display, the Gear 2's screen was readable in all but direct sunlight. There are five brightness settings on the Gear 2's display, with a sixth outdoor mode, which only remains active for 5 minutes. Still, the Gear 2's display quickly came to life whenever we raised our wrist. Because the Steel's display consumes so little power, it can stay on indefinitely, but the Gear 2's screen can stay on for a maximum of 5 minutes. It's much more stunning than the 1.26-inch, 144 x 168-pixel, LED-backlit e-paper display on the Pebble Steel, but that luminousness comes at a price. Like the original Gear, the Gear 2 has a 1.63-inch, 320 x 320-pixel Super AMOLED display that's vibrant and crisp.