I've looked all over and some sites tell me Duo is not compatible with Galaxy Wearable and others say it is, what is the truth? I have a Galaxy Watch 3 connected to the Duo, I am able to get notifications, use Samsung Pay, and adjust the stock faces and settings. I am Not able to download new faces or access the store at all. I am wondering if I am missing something or is wearable just not 100% compatible with Duo?
Hey! I ran into the same thing, moving from a Samsung phone to a non Samsung phone for the first time with my galaxy watch was an adjustment. If you open the galaxy wear app and click discover at the bottom and click view more it will take you to a visibly different version of the watch app store. You can buy new apps, access your purchased apps, works totally fine.
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So. ..I may just be painfuly slow but I can't figure or how to install opera. Just set my gear up about an hour ago and looks awesome but I can't figure out how to get opera mini. Searched for it in the gear app store but couldn't find it anywhere. Only see gearweb.
Help?
New s6 edge on t-mobile if it matters...
Thanks in advance!
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So. ..I may just be painfuly slow but I can't figure or how to install opera. Just set my gear up about an hour ago and looks awesome but I can't figure out how to get opera mini. Searched for it in the gear app store but couldn't find it anywhere. Only see gearweb.
Help?
New s6 edge on t-mobile if it matters...
Thanks in advance!
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On my device (phone) it's the second entry under "Gear Essentials" (make sure you scrolled down to the bottom of the categories) Cant immagine it matters, but I'm on a SGN4 so it *could* be device-specific but I rather doubt it.
Also, dont get your hopes up. It's great for a few things, but the number you immagine and the number that work are VERY different... mostly because webpages dont always resize, so you have to scroll over every few words. it takes ten minutes to read three lines... (but for other things where you only need to see one or two quick things, like checking your subs on a forum to see if you need to take your laptop out at lunch, it's great!)
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On my device (phone) it's the second entry under "Gear Essentials" (make sure you scrolled down to the bottom of the categories) Cant immagine it matters, but I'm on a SGN4 so it *could* be device-specific but I rather doubt it.
Also, dont get your hopes up. It's great for a few things, but the number you immagine and the number that work are VERY different... mostly because webpages dont always resize, so you have to scroll over every few words. it takes ten minutes to read three lines... (but for other things where you only need to see one or two quick things, like checking your subs on a forum to see if you need to take your laptop out at lunch, it's great!)
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Thanks for the reply.
That is so weird! It just. ..isn't there for me.
There is a gear essentials list, but opera isn't on it.
Any other ideas guys?
Yeah I don't see it either.
Joy of Galaxy App market Seriously, Samsung should not be in the business of managing its own app market.
I can search for Opera and it shows up for me and it is in the front page of the Gear App store for me as well as a recommended app for Gear S.
However, in the past I had a wonderful experience of not even able to see Gear Manager from Galaxy App store while still able to see it on another different phone. Samsung has too many phones and it just didn't know how to properly manage its app store, e.g. which app is available to which phone.
My guess is that it has been removed and only individuals who previously installed it can still access it.
The Samsung app store for Gear is organized based on country and phone model. When an app is not in the store, this can be caused by the country in which you live or by the phone connected with the Gear. The best you can do is send a message to the developer of the app and ask why you can't see it.
It's in the Gear Apps store for me and it's 'featured' on the main page of the store. I am in the United Kingdom. Maybe it's country specific.
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Joy of Galaxy App market Seriously, Samsung should not be in the business of managing its own app market.
I can search for Opera and it shows up for me and it is in the front page of the Gear App store for me as well as a recommended app for Gear S.
However, in the past I had a wonderful experience of not even able to see Gear Manager from Galaxy App store while still able to see it on another different phone. Samsung has too many phones and it just didn't know how to properly manage its app store, e.g. which app is available to which phone.
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Is the gear s the only smart watch paired to the phone??
I just bought the Gear S and it's connected to a S6 Edge, I also cannot see opera, I'm in the U.S.
So, it looks like you S6 Edge owners are out of luck.
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Is the gear s the only smart watch paired to the phone??
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I'm not the one have problem here.
Apparently, now with this Gear S not being able to fully function I'm wondering if it's worth keeping.
I'm liking it for the most part, but I really dislike this aspect.
Is there any other way to install apps on a Gear S?
Not that I know of. You can connect the watch to an older Samsung phone to install it but you can't connect back to your shiny new S6 Edge because it will reset your watch and loss everything, including the Opera. Or you can simply wait for Samsung to fix its app market.
On the other hand, I'm never a fan of Opera mini on the watch. It is not that useful at all. The tiny screen makes browsing random web page almost impossible. And the fact that no Opera Mini can ever support public wifi hotspots that require a sign in page makes it even more useless.
Thanks for the replies, appreciate all the help.
Guess all this new gear is to new for samsung or the app devs.
Hi everyone, I was super excited to try out my new Gear Fit 2 (ordered from Best Buy in the US), but heartbreakingly it will not actually connect to my phone. I am on a Galaxy S 6 running the original OS, but the tricky part is that it is from a Japanese provider (DoCoMo). It did not occur to me that the Gear Fit 2 would not work with this phone, but it will not sync with the required Samsung Gear App. The app downloads (I don't know if it matters but I retained the US version of the app store so I could keep my puzzle and dragons profile). The phone can see the watch, and they do the fun Bluetooth pin exchange, but then the app throws an error message that says "Check if your device is compatible and if the app needs to be updated" and then the process won't proceed any further. I have factory reset my phone, uninstalled my old Gear Fit and old Gear Fit manager app, reset the watch, all to no avail. I contacted Samsung customer support and they told me that since I am on a Japanese S6 they can't help me because they are US customer support, instead providing me with a useless link to the Japanese Samsung Products page. I know the GF2 has not launched in JP yet (at least through DoCoMo, but I can't believe that my new toy is absolutely useless. In other news, all of this fiddling around made it so that the old Gear Fit Manager app will not connect to my old Gear Fit anymore so I am now using a 3rd party app which is not quite the same. Any advice is appreciated, otherwise I guess I will ride this out until the GF2 launvhes here and maybe an update will e forthcoming.
PS: there are two reviews in Japanese in the Samsung app market for the new Gear App. They are both very bad reviews stating that the app will not connect o their various devices.
Idk. Just sad and wanting to vent.
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Hi everyone, I was super excited to try out my new Gear Fit 2 (ordered from Best Buy in the US), but heartbreakingly it will not actually connect to my phone. I am on a Galaxy S 6 running the original OS, but the tricky part is that it is from a Japanese provider (DoCoMo). It did not occur to me that the Gear Fit 2 would not work with this phone, but it will not sync with the required Samsung Gear App. The app downloads (I don't know if it matters but I retained the US version of the app store so I could keep my puzzle and dragons profile). The phone can see the watch, and they do the fun Bluetooth pin exchange, but then the app throws an error message that says "Check if your device is compatible and if the app needs to be updated" and then the process won't proceed any further. I have factory reset my phone, uninstalled my old Gear Fit and old Gear Fit manager app, reset the watch, all to no avail. I contacted Samsung customer support and they told me that since I am on a Japanese S6 they can't help me because they are US customer support, instead providing me with a useless link to the Japanese Samsung Products page. I know the GF2 has not launched in JP yet (at least through DoCoMo, but I can't believe that my new toy is absolutely useless. In other news, all of this fiddling around made it so that the old Gear Fit Manager app will not connect to my old Gear Fit anymore so I am now using a 3rd party app which is not quite the same. Any advice is appreciated, otherwise I guess I will ride this out until the GF2 launvhes here and maybe an update will e forthcoming.
PS: there are two reviews in Japanese in the Samsung app market for the new Gear App. They are both very bad reviews stating that the app will not connect o their various devices.
Idk. Just sad and wanting to vent.
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Can you install the Gear manager app for non-Samsung phones to see if that works?
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Can you install the Gear manager app for non-Samsung phones to see if that works?
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I tried to find that app, but the only one that shows up in the Google play store for me it the one for Samsung phones and when I Google the link for the nonsamsung device app, it shows but when I follow it, the play store still redirects me back to the samsung version. I DID try to use a 3rd party app with the Gear Fit 2, but it still wouldn't maintain a connection. Thanks for the response though.
I find myself in the same boat as you - very very frustrating. I researched the compatibility, and based on the specs they SHOULD work - no good reason that they wouldn't. Sooooo frustrating!!!
Finally got it running on docomo galaxy s5 unrooted
Here's how
1. Install 'Samsung Accessory Service' (apk search and download)
2. 'Gear Manager' Installation (from the Google play)
3. 'GearFit2 Plugin: installation of (apk search and download)
Did it in this order and it worked.
Enjoy
Thanks Tony!
I was using a Galaxy S6 edge from Japan and had these problems, and manually installing the accessory service and fit2 plugin worked like a charm. Was on the phone for 2 hours with Samsung's customer service and got nothing.
Installed Samsung Wear/Galaxy Watch Active 2 app. Now I can use Samsung Pay as well as Google Pay with my Pixel 4a along w/ activity monitors.
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Installed Samsung Wear/Galaxy Watch Active 2 app. Now I can use Samsung Pay as well as Google Pay with my Pixel 4a along w/ activity monitors.
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Long awaited ECG feature for Active 2 watch has finally arrived today but it doesn't work w/Pixel 4a: ***"Samsung Health Monitor App and ECG Feature are available only on Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 when paired with Samsung Galaxy phones with Android N or above" - and that sucks, have to move the watch back to N10+. Though everything else, beside the ecg, like pay, heart rate and activity monitors work well w/Pixel.
10/07/20 Update
there is workaround to make it work with non-Samsung phones. Credits: XDA Member xxstd
https://www.xda-developers.com/enab...h-3-watch-active-2-paired-non-samsung-phones/
Hi Everyone,
I need some help or suggestion from anyone who experienced or fixed the above issue. Browsing different forums I could not find any suitable solution for my particular case.
I cannot install the Galaxy Store apk on my device because when I launch the app the system says that my "device is not compatible with the Samsung Galaxy apps". This app was actually working in the past (only if launched from the Galaxy Wearable app menu) but now after the recent updates to make ECG and BP working again (thank you Dante for the excellent efforts and job done) this Galaxy Store app no longer works.
The reason why I need this application is that I want to buy watch faces for my Samsung Galaxy Active 2 (on Tizen O.S.) and using the Google Play Store app I can only find Watch faces for Wear O.S. that are not compatible with my watch. I have installed "Watch Maker" and "Facer" apps and, at the moment, I am buying watch faces from there, but the Watch faces I am interested to buy are only present on the Galaxy Store app.
Anyone able to help? Thank you.
Stefano
Hi again,
I just found a solution.
I have uninstalled any version of the Galaxy app store previously installed so that now there is no Galaxy Store app installed on my phone.
However this app already exists "built in" into the Galaxy Wearable application menu and launching the Galaxy app store from this menu fix the problem as the app will start and work normally.
Cheers
Stefano
I just acquired a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5" tablet. So far so good, but the mail icon from the front page of all my other Android devices is missing.
I did also (then) use Samsung's smart-transfer utility, but it didn't install it either.
I do have Outlook as an option, but am used to the built-in one.
I wonder why it is missing, and how to get it.
TIA.
If you did use Samsung Email, then it should be on the Galaxy Store.
Samsungs smart transfer is not always doing a perfect job.
GOt it, thanks!