I want buy the gear s. But I don't know if is possible used skype and whatsapp to answer the messages .... and for the calls? The gear s can answer the calls like a hands-free. ? Answer messages and messages from skype and whatsapp ( with keyboard. , not with voice) and calls is possible with this watch or with other smartwatch?
no smartwatch out there can do this (except for the windows one maybe for skype). Skype and WhatsApp are proprietary and therefore closed when it comes to those services.
Anything else that makes calls through android API like notifications, Gear S can handle somewhat but that's about it.
seven2099 said:
no smartwatch out there can do this (except for the windows one maybe for skype). Skype and WhatsApp are proprietary and therefore closed when it comes to those services.
Anything else that makes calls through android API like notifications, Gear S can handle somewhat but that's about it.
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Have to disagree. Both have Android Ware watch apps on AW watches. But Gear S is a dead end. No one is interested to develop apps for it or Tizen in general.
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Have to disagree. Both have Android Ware watch apps on AW watches. But Gear S is a dead end. No one is interested to develop apps for it or Tizen in general.
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wait a second. those aren't full apps for AW. They are using the AW sdk and apis to allow you to respond to messages / accept calls.
I have an AW watch and its definitely not a full fledged app. The skype one just lets you answer messages, but beyond that taking calls doesn't apply to AW really so I guess you can see it as an app but honestly, its not.
There are at least apps. Features can come later.
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so it's great that with Gear Notification Extender that I can receive and reply to Hangouts messages. Is there a way however to initiate a message to a hangout subscriber?
What I've been doing thus far is keeping a notification for them on my watch and simply replying to that same notification. However, is there a way to simply initiate a conversation that will hit their hangouts app. another more clean and simple way using just my Gear S ?
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so it's great that with Gear Notification Extender that I can receive and reply to Hangouts messages. Is there a way however to initiate a message to a hangout subscriber?
What I've been doing thus far is keeping a notification for them on my watch and simply replying to that same notification. However, is there a way to simply initiate a conversation that will hit their hangouts app. another more clean and simple way using just my Gear S ?
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I just bought one and would love this feature. Handouts handles all my texts and my Google voice number is my primary number.
No Hangout app for Gear, so.....
You will need Hangout app on the watch. Since Hangout is from Google and Tizen is a competitor to Android OS, there is no way in hell that Google will produce anything for this OS.
I got Moto 360 last Friday and I'm already "meh" about it. All it really does is show the notifications and give you the default actions. Gear S looks really sexy and after watching some videos, it seems it can do a lot more. However, there are a few things I can do with my Moto 360 that are very useful to me:
1. While driving/in a meeting, I can text/reply to e.g. my girlfriend. I can say simply "Ok Google, text my girlfriend I'm on my way". Can I do that with Gear S (don't care if it's S Voice)?
2. Can I retain the same functionality from Android wear in terms of notifications? I.e. reply to a text message, dismiss a Hangout message, etc?
2. I use Google Keep for note taking - does tha work on Tizen/Gear S? If not, what are some good Note taking apps?
Thanks a ton!
1. You can use S Voice and say "Hi Gear" to get it going.
2. If you get the app Gear Notification Extender (GNE) from the Play Store you can reply to and dismiss Hangout messages. GNE also lets Google Maps update to your watch and vibrate every time there is an update. Like when I'm driving and using Maps every time the directions update my Gear S will vibrate and display the new directions on the watch. I find this useful when I'm using my phone to stream music and don't have the maps on the screen at the time. So it's like having a second screen for your phone while your using it.
3. Don't know about note taking as I don't take notes on the Gear S. I saw some note taking apps in the Samsung store tho. It sucks we have to use a separate Samsung store. None of my Google Play credits transfer over.
Thanks for the answers. How is S Voice? I've used it only a few times on my Note 4, it seems to take much longer to recognize what I'm saying (e.g. I'd say "weather tomorrow", then wait 3-4 seconds for it to recognize my voice vs. Google that seems to recognize it immediately).
I've heard of this GNE app, hope it works fine. Anyway, I just ordered the Gear S from Amazon and it'll be here tomorrow.
Deusdies said:
1. While driving/in a meeting, I can text/reply to e.g. my girlfriend. I can say simply "Ok Google, text my girlfriend I'm on my way". Can I do that with Gear S (don't care if it's S Voice)?
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Yes. When the G-S' display is on you can say "Hi, Gear" and tell it what you want it to do. Also, if you're trying to input something using the keyboard you can invoke voice by long-pressing the settings button and selecting it as a text input option. Coming from a Gear I I'm impressed (so far) with S Voice's performance (speed and accuracy) compared to the OG.
2. Can I retain the same functionality from Android wear in terms of notifications? I.e. reply to a text message, dismiss a Hangout message, etc?
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Sort of. All the G-S' inbuilt apps are designed to work with their Samsung equivalents on your phone (EG: Samsung's Mail client, Messaging client, etc.). If you're using those the comprehensiveness of managing, creating, and responding to notifications is light years better on the Gear. If you're using GMail, Hangouts, etc., you'll get notifications in the same generic way all non-Samsung apps get them. They appear in a list you swipe left from the home screen to access. You'll see them and sometimes with great detail. But you won't be able to respond from your Gear. There's a "show on phone" icon in the notification message (as well as Smart Relay which displays what you're looking at on your Gear on your phone when you pick the latter up) but if you're a Google Apps user you're better off with Android Wear.
2. I use Google Keep for note taking - does tha work on Tizen/Gear S? If not, what are some good Note taking apps?
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You can launch the voice memo app with S-Voice and it starts recording immediately. Whatever it records it transfers to the phone and also transcribes it. If I need to use whatever the note is in another app I just paste it there. For getting lists on my phone I use Exchange tasks. They show up in the calendar app. A lot of note/task apps for the Gear require their own companion app which I loathe. I want to use notes/tasks where I normally use them and not have to introduce another app to keep track of just to get notes/tasks to my Gear. For those using Google's apps there are some third party apps in Samsung Gear Apps store but none seem too highly rated.
Bottom line is if you're an "all in" user of Google's stuff you're better off with Android Wear. If you're a MS/Samsung user you'll get a lot more functionality with the Gear family.
3) "Notepad+" app have keyboard and voice input to take note in Gear.
almost every other note app have a keyboard and voice input.
With "GearTasks" you can add Task/Note by keyboard or voice in Google Tasks.
I got the moto 360 for a few days then returned it to the store. Personally i think its a joke compared to the GS
In every way! Sure more google apps no doubt. But its a watch!!!
And the android wear system is horrible in my opinion. Tizen u get more controll. Gs beeing a phone on its own is a winner for me
Just the fact that i can leave my phone at home and get all my notifications and calls fowarded to the watch is what makes the Gear S miles ahead of any other wearable in my opinion...including the apple watch. And if set up correctly it does it all seamlessly
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Hi there, I'm looking to buy a cheap smartwatch purely for replying to messages while at work, where my phone is not an option, however most messages I receive are through Viber, and not Hangouts. I'm wondering if Minuum, or any of the other keyboard options allow typing wherever voice input is available, or if somebody could at least confirm compatibility with Viber.
Thanks!
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Hi there, I'm looking to buy a cheap smartwatch purely for replying to messages while at work, where my phone is not an option, however most messages I receive are through Viber, and not Hangouts. I'm wondering if Minuum, or any of the other keyboard options allow typing wherever voice input is available, or if somebody could at least confirm compatibility with Viber.
Thanks!
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Nope sorry viber is voice input only the only thing minuum is good for is using apks from apps designed for normal android and for apps that have keyboards in them like all of appfour wear apps
Viber is in the Android Wear marketplace on Google Play.
With help from this and other forums and buying 2 great watch faces (wishing for apps instead of watch faces), I have my Gear Fit2 functioning rather well. I can get notifications (installing but not attaching Android Wear may have made notifications finally work), connect to my Google Calendar (great watch face), get to a dozen -- or so apps that are on other gear products (another great watch face), get incoming call information, reject the call, send a canned text and call back a missed/rejected call but I do not have the green answer icon and no amount of typing or swiping will answer the call. Any suggestions?
LG GS4 phone
Are you talking about picking up a call from within the watch? That can't be done, only reject or reject with quick reply..
Answer only available on Samsung phones
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Are you talking about picking up a call from within the watch? That can't be done, only reject or reject with quick reply..
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Yes, accepting a call was supposed to be available even though you cannot use the watch to communicate verbally. I found a post that mentions the answer feature was only available on Samsung phones for the S3 so I suspected this is true for the Fit2 as well.
Such nice hardware is so wasted by the limits imposed by Samsung. If it were not for the wonderful watch faces by Stefan Thomas (qooapps), I would have given up on this watch. I hope Samsung will release other API's for independent developers.
i have the same problem
i have nokia 7plus and i can`t answer, but when is paired with s9+ i can answer
what is the problem?