Turning that crisp, vibrant circular display into a viewer, it works with both front and rear facing cameras, supports a flash mode and has a self timer mode to give you time to get into the shot. If you want to shoot pictures or record video on your phone via your Gear S2, this is the app to do it. It's free, accurate too and won't have you walking in circles like Apple Maps on the Watch.
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Samsung has partnered with the mapping service but we had to download the app onto our device. Get simple, easy to read, turn-by-turn directions for walking or driving with HERE Maps' Navigator app. Then you can start your workout and proceed to sweat it out of your system. Perfect if you want to know how much it's going to take to burn off that burger you had at lunch, this fitness app for your Samsung watch stores a collection of foods across 14 different families to let you know exactly how many calories you've consumed. Best of all, it works offline, so you don't need to be connected to communicate a bit better with the locals. Making those tricky conversations abroad a little easier, this Gear S2 app plucks out a selection of handy phrases covering all the important scenarios like talking to a taxi driver, going for dinner and working out your money. There's a 'set pickup' screen with a miniature map to move around or pinpoint your current location, then you get a list of Uber options (UberX, Pool etc) to scroll through with the rotating bezel to order your car. We had to download a companion app to our Samsung phone, as well as the Gear S2 app (and our own Android Uber app), but once you're set up and logged in, it's a slick, nicely designed app. Uber was late to the Gear S2 after being listed as a launch app, but now you're able to access rides from the wrist.
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Let us know what apps and games you're using and any recommendations you've found below in the comments. Read this: Samsung Gear S2 tips and tricksĪll Gear S2 apps are downloaded via the Samsung Gear app, once it has been paired to the smartwatch. For our money, it's still one of the best smartwatches in the game, especially now that it's compatible with iPhones, as well as Android smartphones.Īt launch, there were more than 1,000 apps, and while it still doesn't quite match what the Apple Watch or Android Wear watches have to offer, things are steadily improving on the Tizen platform. But the cycling and mowing issue are two situations where it is completely inaccurate and doing the opposite of what it is supposed to do.The Samsung Gear S3 and Samsung Gear Sport may be the Korean company's most recent efforts, but those who aren't a fan of big or sporty smartwatches should still consider the Samsung Gear S2. If we never cycle then why do we need it to automatically detect that we are cycling? Give us the ability to disable auto detect on cycling and that issue is solved for many of us. If you can't fix it to where it won't think we're cycling when we are driving, and at the same time it doesn't register when we're mowing the lawn and actually walking - maybe because the vibration from the handle - then we need to be able to disable some type of function.
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If my S2 thinks I'm cycling and getting exercise when I'm sitting in a vehicle not doing any exercise, then it is fundamentally, inaccurately reporting my activity data. The whole point of identifying your activity and tracking it would be to show your overall health rating and statistics. So it tracks your activity, fine, but then it needs to track it correctly and not say that you're cycling when you're driving in the car.