I understand there is a music player. You can control the music from the music player on your phone or on your watch, but I use Spotify most of the time and don't actually have any music on the phone itself. Right now I have the Gear Live and it works great for media control. Anything that would pop up controls on my lock screen, for instance: I also get controls for video too like Netflix when I'm streaming to Chromecast. I've been unhappy with the very limited cards interface of Android Wear and was looking at the Gear S but I really need media controls.
Also will the Gear S only work with Samsung Messages? Can I use Samsung Messages on the watch while using something else on my phone? Right now I'm using the Google Messenger app they just released with the beautiful material design look.
I would love it to have basic Bluetooth music controls also which is a MUST. Very few ppl still use the stock music apps and not online services.
That way we can control other devices and stereos also.
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Hm. So the Media Controls app doesn't seem to have made it to the Gear S even though it is on the Gear 2 and all of the others. Not sure why it isn't there.
The Gear S will only work fully with Samsung's messaging app on the phone. Hangouts functionality beyond notifications is locked down to Android Wear and Android devices by Google.
So there is no Spotify control on gear s? ?
I control Spotify flawlessly from my gear s. It's a wonderful feature.
Actually there is one. Stock music player is the basic bluetooth media controller.. just click 3 dots on the bottom right of the widget. Then you have option to 1 control device and 2 control music on the gear. Choose control device. Now you can control the media with your gear s.
I call samsung as samsuck but its not that sucks to remove basic bluetooth media controller. Hope it helped =)
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The Gear S will only work fully with Samsung's messaging app on the phone. Hangouts functionality beyond notifications is locked down to Android Wear and Android devices by Google.
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Stock Gear S (EU version at least) fully work with Hangout. You can answer by canned answer or by Keyboard or by Voice Input You must install also the Wear app even if you have not a Wear Device, (answer API are in Wear app and not on phone app)
Otherwise there are app on store for extended notification wich works for Gear S with not last firmware (from specific operator).
The Gear Notification Extender app in the Play Store let's me use forward and backward and pause controls when I'm listening to Google Play Music from my phone.
After gear,gear2, moto 360 and gear S I can tell you this: tiezen is way ahead of android wear and you could do so much more with gear S than with all other watches. It looks so nice. It's a very nice product. Works well.
One thing I miss from moto 360 - qi charging. So convenient, so simple ( I charged my watch even in my car). If samsung could implement in a future product qi charging, they will get -again- my money.
P.S. Put a screen protector as soon as you can, the curved glass is prone to hits and scratches even more than an normal watch
Can you list a few things that Tizen on Gear S is better than Android Wear?
I had no experience with Android Wear but heard the quite opposite opinion from owners moving from those watches. I know aside from SMS and Email, you pretty much can't respond to any other notifications on Gear S.
Notifications Gear S will allow you to be able to reply to some apps. One of them is hangouts. It's 1.50 in the play store. It's a little buggy but better then nothing. Qi charging would be nice. The battery dock is kind of a pain. Nice that it has a built in battery to it though.
Didn't have the first gear, but yeah!
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Can you list a few things that Tizen on Gear S is better than Android Wear?
I had no experience with Android Wear but heard the quite opposite opinion from owners moving from those watches. I know aside from SMS and Email, you pretty much can't respond to any other notifications on Gear S.
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Android wear...no phone aps except answer/reject. Notification only from Google cards and a few apps. Very limited functionality. The plus..is simple and is working. P.S. My moto 360 did not always reconnect with my phone. Gear 2/gear s always within the range of bluetooth. But if you are really interested you can find a review with wear/tizen compared, or YouTube video.
P.S.2 media controller from gear S works with the default player...I can control poweramp or neutron from my watch. As far as I know on wear you must use Google music for that.
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Notifications Gear S will allow you to be able to reply to some apps. One of them is hangouts. It's 1.50 in the play store. It's a little buggy but better then nothing. Qi charging would be nice. The battery dock is kind of a pain. Nice that it has a built in battery to it though.
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I had no idea the charging dock had a small battery in it. What is the purpose for that? Other than to transfer trickle charge from the small battery to the main battery in the watch. Hey, I guess I just answered my question...lol
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I had no idea the charging dock had a small battery in it. What is the purpose for that? Other than to transfer trickle charge from the small battery to the main battery in the watch. Hey, I guess I just answered my question...lol
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So you can take the dock with you. Power on go.
Yep. Basically a travel charger without cords.
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Android wear...no phone aps except answer/reject. Notification only from Google cards and a few apps. Very limited functionality. The plus..is simple and is working. P.S. My moto 360 did not always reconnect with my phone. Gear 2/gear s always within the range of bluetooth. But if you are really interested you can find a review with wear/tizen compared, or YouTube video.
P.S.2 media controller from gear S works with the default player...I can control poweramp or neutron from my watch. As far as I know on wear you must use Google music for that.
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this is my exact experience with Android Wear as well..
At this point, Android wear is pretty useless, compared to what the Gear S can do/ or does...no comparison
calinormy said:
Android wear...no phone aps except answer/reject. Notification only from Google cards and a few apps. Very limited functionality. The plus..is simple and is working. P.S. My moto 360 did not always reconnect with my phone. Gear 2/gear s always within the range of bluetooth. But if you are really interested you can find a review with wear/tizen compared, or YouTube video.
P.S.2 media controller from gear S works with the default player...I can control poweramp or neutron from my watch. As far as I know on wear you must use Google music for that.
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This is simply incorrect. I have a Moto 360 and a Gear S and the 360 interacts with most third party apps. As a matter of fact, it does so in a much more refined manner than the S. I can "like" posts, respond to them and choose to just dismiss or delete them......something the Gear S is not capable of, and on a lot more apps than the Gear since the Gear only truly supports Samsung apps well (even then not fully ie you cannot truly delete an email from your S even if you use the Samsung email app on your phone).
And yes, you can control Spotify and other music apps on the 360 as well.....something I can't do on my S.
As far as phone functionality, of course, it's better on my S......since it's actually a phone.
I found out that you can control Google Play Music using the music player thingy on the Gear S, but it just doesn't show the album art. The next, pause, previous, etc all work though.
Yes, you can select whether you control the music in the Gear itself or on the phone. It also controls volume. So far I've used it to control Milk, Beyond Pod and Google Pay Music on my phone.
I'm thinking about getting the Gear S to replace my second line. I'm currently using a Moto 360, can anyone give me their thoughts. I've looked at on the store, but I do like that it can stand alone. Thanks for your suggestions.
well, there is a complete forum for all the Samsung Gear Watches here on xda,, and one on Android central too, so you should probably read as much as you can, then go to the store and see how you like it.
personally, I prefer the samsung watches alot more than the Android Wear stuff, as they DO alot more with your phone than the Android wear stuff does at this point; no sound from any android wear watch, cant make or receive calls on them, and so on.
the simple answer is if you want a watch that is more of a watch than a smart watch, then Android wear is a better choice. if you like to tinker, and interact more with your phone/watch, then the samsung gear stuff is more for you.
Any chance to get Pocket cast on gear s? Or at least companion app to control pocket cast from gear s?
Thanks
Can anyone with a Gear Fit 2 list the top 10 most popular faces right now? I think the Gear App Store shows this correct? I don't own a Gear Fit 2 yet, so I can't access the Gear App to take a look. Anyone kind enough to list what they are? Thank you!
I use free watchfaces to need simple time and date and special faces to have extra functions.
For example:
1. I go mountains and use Altimeter and Barometer. It shows altitude very accurate.
2. I like control my phone and have access to phone's camera remotely so I use Phone Remote Watch.
3. Need calendar sometimes I installed Calendar Fit.
4. Need access to files, transfer pictures, music, ringtones, video and even texts from phone to Fit2 I have installed Filesmaster Watch.
It plays all media files and can open bigger text files . Extreamly usefull watchface.
Actually, you need a few watchfaces to do more then only track the time. I got about 20 watchfaces now
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I use free watchfaces to need simple time and date and special faces to have extra functions.
For example:
1. I go mountains and use Altimeter and Barometer. It shows altitude very accurate.
2. I like control my phone and have access to phone's camera remotely so I use Phone Remote Watch.
3. Need calendar sometimes I installed Calendar Fit.
4. Need access to files, transfer pictures, music, ringtones, video and even texts from phone to Fit2 I have installed Filesmaster Watch.
It plays all media files and can open bigger text files . Extreamly usefull watchface.
Actually, you need a few watchfaces to do more then only track the time. I got about 20 watchfaces now
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Are those the top 4 most popular on the Gear App right now? Doesn't the Gear App show a list of most popular? Sorry I should have said Paid watch faces.
Hi everyone,
IIRC WearOS can display currently played song name on iDevices using their official app.
Interestingly enough, iOS has no implicit way to receive NSNotifications sent by MPMusicPlayerController.system in background.
My suspicion is that WearOS watch sends a periodic BLE heartbeat/ping to request media player state updates from app.
Is there anyone here able to confirm or smash my theory?