Which app is better for replying to SMS? i used to have LG G watch with hangouts but i assume that gear S works better with native Note 4 SMS app?
bogdan_wrc said:
Which app is better for replying to SMS? i used to have LG G watch with hangouts but i assume that gear S works better with native Note 4 SMS app?
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I like being able to edit my messages on the Gear S. Android Wear was a nightmare for me in that sense. Plus I can keep messages. On Android Wear they are dismissed upon reply.
A keyboard helps too.
So which app si better? Native SMS from Samsung or hangouts?
Does the Gear S even have a hangouts app?
bogdan_wrc said:
So which app si better? Native SMS from Samsung or hangouts?
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It really depends on what you like. I only use Hangouts to talk to my friends who are on it, not for SMS.
The way Samsung's SMS app works with Samsung phones and devices is unique and has features you don't really notice until you try something else.
sweets55 said:
Does the Gear S even have a hangouts app?
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Not natively. Only iOS gets any official Google apps outside of Android, which is pretty lame.
What are the different features from each one? The major ones. On both of them you can answer with the keyboard?
bogdan_wrc said:
What are the different features from each one? The major ones. On both of them you can answer with the keyboard?
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Just try them both out and see for yourself. Some people prefer one and others prefer the other. But with the Gear S, only Samsung's SMS works fully.
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Anyone have any luck on getting a different messaging app to work with the GS? I love and use ChompSMS and it is my default app, but it will not allow me to respond on my GS. Only the default messaging app will allow that.
almulder1092 said:
Anyone have any luck on getting a different messaging app to work with the GS? I love and use ChompSMS and it is my default app, but it will not allow me to respond on my GS. Only the default messaging app will allow that.
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It suck but looks like Samsung blocked us Gear S users from using anything but their own sms app to send.
Don't think they do it on purpose. Most probably a compatibility thing as the gear s uses tizen.
Same issues that the gear 2 watch series have.
I use chompsms with my gear s
It works like a charm
The sms poppes up and i can reply to it.... no problem
But i cant compose a message on the gear
But who cares... all i need is to see the text message and if i choose so. Reply quickly to it
So i think its all good
Has anyone figured out how to reply to Hangouts on the Gear S?
So far, there is no way to reply any app that is not from the Samsung, namely, only the stock Messages and Email apps are capable of replying.
That sucks... LOL I hope someone makes a decent app or work around
Notifications For Gear allows you to reply to hangouts. The app needs some polishing though.
Yeah I tried that... The app opens up on my phone though
This is what I liked about Android Wear.
Although hangouts worked on Android wear, if you used the stock or any other messaging app it didn't
DXL007 said:
Has anyone figured out how to reply to Hangouts on the Gear S?
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There is now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/themes-apps/exclusive-to-xda-alpha-release-gear-t2941977
This is ALPHA code so consider yourself warned.
So I ended up buying the Gear S after having tried both the Gear 2 and the Gear Live and was fully aware that Samsung made it tough as possible to reply to SMS from the watch unless you use the stock messaging app on your phone (which blows). Does anyone have any advice on the best way to use the Gear S to respond to texts without using S Voice or the stock app. I currently use either Hangouts or Google Messenger and am happy to use pretty much anything other than stock.
Thanks in advance
richmondimage said:
So I ended up buying the Gear S after having tried both the Gear 2 and the Gear Live and was fully aware that Samsung made it tough as possible to reply to SMS from the watch unless you use the stock messaging app on your phone (which blows). Does anyone have any advice on the best way to use the Gear S to respond to texts without using S Voice or the stock app. I currently use either Hangouts or Google Messenger and am happy to use pretty much anything other than stock.
Thanks in advance
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There is an app for that! lol
In all seriousness tho, if you read the apps section you will see a beta in the works and there is another app in the google play store (yes the google play store) Its called notifications for gear s and it allows you to reply to all incoming notifications I believe.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pacosal.gear.notificationsgears&hl=en
Would anyone be interested in the BBM app for Gear S if I was to get it developed and possibly sell it in the gear apps store. Please reply if you are interested. If I get enough interest I will possibly offer it for free.
bbm is dead. If you managed to get a WhatsApp client running would be a completely different story.
That and skype would be on fire.
seven2099 said:
bbm is dead. If you managed to get a WhatsApp client running would be a completely different story.
That and skype would be on fire.
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How much would you pay for whatsapp? However you hardly need whatsapp anyway as with notification for gear s app you don't need whatsapp as the notifications app allows you to respond to whatsapp messages and start new messages/conversations
jp98 said:
How much would you pay for whatsapp? However you hardly need whatsapp anyway as with notification for gear s app you don't need whatsapp as the notifications app allows you to respond to whatsapp messages and start new messages/conversations
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It's not really a good supplement for real WhatsApp app.
If you were able to do something that could playback voice messages, take calls and send voice messages it would seriously rock.
I'd easily pay 5 bucks for it
seven2099 said:
It's not really a good supplement for real WhatsApp app.
If you were able to do something that could playback voice messages, take calls and send voice messages it would seriously rock.
I'd easily pay 5 bucks for it
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Thanks for your response. If I get enough interest I will look closer at getting whatsapp developed as well.
seven2099 said:
It's not really a good supplement for real WhatsApp app.
If you were able to do something that could playback voice messages, take calls and send voice messages it would seriously rock.
I'd easily pay 5 bucks for it
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Hey does anyone use whatsapp on android wear? Just wondering if it is full app with full capabilities and if you would recommend it and if it isn't, would you prefer the same as what's on android wear or would you rather we worked straight from the original android app? LMK your thoughts on this
jp98 said:
Hey does anyone use whatsapp on android wear? Just wondering if it is full app with full capabilities and if you would recommend it and if it isn't, would you prefer the same as what's on android wear or would you rather we worked straight from the original android app? LMK your thoughts on this
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I don't know what changes were made since a few months ago to WhatsApp but I've used it - like 2 months ago and it was no different than the integration we have at the moment on the Gear S.
seven2099 said:
I don't know what changes were made since a few months ago to WhatsApp but I've used it - like 2 months ago and it was no different than the integration we have at the moment on the Gear S.
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Thanks for your input
If you made something similar that could let you for example use your watch as a Bluetooth playback device and microphone, kind of how calls are taken on the Gear S, it would be just as good. That would work with Skype, WhatsApp or any other call/voice/sound based service - allowing you to take, make and receive calls on the device.
Then all you'd need to do is integrate that with messages and you'd have gold.
Worth real money for something like that.
I have a Huawei phone, which doesn't sync with the Samsung Messages app. Is there another app I can download to the tablet that will allow me to send SMS using my phone? I use the standard Google Messages SMS app on the Huawei and have no desire to switch. Thanks.
I've a P30 Pro, I use Tablet Messenger for Google Messenger and WhatsApp, works really well.
dodgebizkit said:
I have a Huawei phone, which doesn't sync with the Samsung Messages app. Is there another app I can download to the tablet that will allow me to send SMS using my phone? I use the standard Google Messages SMS app on the Huawei and have no desire to switch. Thanks.
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You can try Pulse. It looks and works like Google messenger but allows sending and receiving from multiple devices once your phone is set up as the main device.
https://messenger.klinkerapps.com/overview
I use the google voice app with my google voice number
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tcfiero said:
I use the google voice app with my google voice number
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Same here...even get to use it for phone calls...not that i want to...since i use the tablet to "escape". :silly:
Google Voice isn't available in the UK ? maybe when Pulse gets RCS support, that may be the answer ...
Mighty text
Wish RCS was more open... would be nice if iphones could use it too.
Been using Mightytext for years and works well across many device families.
Is RCS available to mighty text yet?
have google released the RCS APIS ?