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[Poll] Still interested in Samsung’s Android Wear watches? Google is

Android Wear on Samsung hardware is a big deal post-2016. Regardless of whether or not you've forgotten that it was a deal in the first place, which I totally did not and it absolutely is. You know, as absolute as such a statement can be, not coming directly from Samsung. But don't worry, that's still pretty […]

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

Samsung switching to Android Wear (Watch OS) for its smartwatches?

Trademark applications filed by Samsung had suggested the possibility of the company moving to the Galaxy branding for its wearable devices, perhaps to unify its product lineups across the smartphone and wearable categories, but a new rumor is hinting that it may not be just a name change. According to leakster Ice universe, Samsung may […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
7 years ago

Tizen overtakes Android Wear in smartwatch market share

The Gear Live was Samsung's first and only Android Wear-powered smartwatch. It was released back in 2014 and while many thought that Samsung would launch another one, the company confirmed last year that it will no longer make Android Wear smartwatches. Samsung said that it would only make smartwatches that run on its Tizen platform. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

How Samsung singlehandedly brought down Android Wear

It wasn't all that long ago that Samsung and Google were arguing over Samsung's Tizen efforts, and, since that argument some 2 years ago, Samsung has continued to build Tizen and its own platform ecosystem. Well, LG, Huawei, and Motorola have sat out the last several months of 2016 in the smartwatch market, but news this past week from […]

By Deidre R.
8 years ago

Samsung’s abandonment of Android Wear has Android Wear OEMs applauding

I wrote some months ago that Android Wear fans shouldn't get their hopes up about a 2016 Samsung Android Wear smartwatch, and I still stand by the statements I made then. What's new, though, is that it appears as if even Android Wear agrees with Samsung. Back 4 months ago, it seemed as though Samsung was rebelling […]

By Deidre R.
8 years ago

Samsung rolls out Android Wear 1.5 update for the Gear Live

Samsung is in the midst of rolling out a minor software update to all Gear Live units located in Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The upgrade, which is referred to in the industry as Android Wear 1.5, doesn't bring any notable new features to the unit. Instead, it's targeted at patching any issues […]

By Josh L.
9 years ago

A Samsung 2016 Android Wear smartwatch could come – but don’t get your hopes up

Samsung is a formidable giant within Android, so it makes sense that Samsung would be at the heart of any discussion regarding Google's world-dominating mobile OS. Once again, all eyes are on Samsung due to what has been perceived as the company's interesting relationship with Android Wear. This week's issue concerns the Korean giant's long-term, short-term, or no-term […]

By Deidre R.
9 years ago

Samsung changes its mind, says it’s not dumping Android Wear for now

It was reported yesterday that Samsung has confirmed that it's not going to make any Android Wear-powered smartwatches anymore. Some unnamed Samsung executives were cited in a Fast Company report saying that the company had no Android Wear smartwatches in the pipeline and that it wasn't planning to make any in the future. Samsung has now […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung says it won’t make Android Wear smartwatches anymore

It has been a while since Samsung released an Android Wear-powered smartwatch. The Gear Live was its first and only smartwatch powered by this platform and even though Google has made significant improvements to Android Wear, Samsung has stuck with its own OS for smartwatches. Samsung has now said that it's not going to make […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Gear S2 just might work with the iPhone after all

Samsung's latest smartwatch, the Gear S2, does work with Android devices even though it's powered by Tizen. It works with non-Samsung Android smartphones too so customers aren't really limited to a list of compatible smartphones but surely many of the company's fans might have thought that the company won't give the same treatment to the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung Gear Live no longer available from Google Play, probably discontinued

Samsung hasn't been very keen on Android Wear, but the company was still the first (along with LG) to launch a smartwatch running Google's OS for wearables. This watch was the Gear Live, which is basically a rehashed Gear that cut down on some features (like calling) thanks to Android Wear's limited nature. Needless to say, the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Developer gets Android Wear running on the Samsung Gear 2

Samsung might have launched a smartwatch, the Gear Live, running Android Wear, but the company has been using its own OS (Tizen) on all its other smartwatches. In addition to helping Samsung create its own ecosystem, Tizen has helped the Gear smartwatches offer considerably more features and better battery life over those running Android Wear. […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung’s smartwatches should be running Android Wear instead of Tizen

Samsung has been at the forefront of wearable devices ever since the original Galaxy Gear went on sale. The Korean manufacturer has launched three smartwatches, a fitness tracker, and a virtual reality handset since then, and it's safe to say Samsung has been moving much faster than pretty much any other company out there when […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Android Wear update 5.0.2 for Samsung Gear Live now seeding

An all new update for the Android Wear powered Samsung Gear Live is now seeding. The update — to version 5.0.2 — brings no real functionality to the smartwatch, but instead adds some optimizations and updates Google Play services. To download the update, your Gear Live must have at least 60% battery, just to be […]

By Yash G.
10 years ago

Samsung Gear Live getting Android Wear 4.4W.2 update

The Gear Live, Samsung's one and only Android Wear smartwatch, is beginning to receive an update to Android Wear 4.4W.2. The update brings a couple of new features, most of which have been present on Samsung's own Gear watches for quite some time. These include support for GPS (similar to the Gear S, which runs […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

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