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Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the Gear 2, with regular updates and all the information you need.

Samsung trails Apple in global smartwatch sales

Samsung trails Apple in global smartwatch sales

This week both Apple and Samsung announced their earnings for the third quarter, they broke down the numbers and highlighted spectacular performance of their smartphones, but we didn't hear too much about smartwatches. Apple didn't reveal how many Apple Watch units it sold in the previous quarter and Samsung didn't expand on the performance of its wearable […]

  • By Adnan Farooqui
  • 9 years ago
Refurbished Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch for $119.95 after coupon code

Refurbished Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch for $119.95 after coupon code

The Gear 2, called the Galaxy Gear 2 because it worked best when paired with Samsung Galaxy smartphones (but really only labeled “Gear 2” because it ran Samsung’s Tizen OS), is no longer in the spotlight in the world of tech. Tech progresses and devices come and go, with many tech enthusiasts moving on to […]

  • By Deidre R.
  • 9 years ago
Developer gets Android Wear running on the Samsung Gear 2

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 new ad shows Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard preparing for the holidays with all their Samsung devices

Samsung’s new ad shows Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard preparing for the holidays with all their Samsung devices

We are all gearing up for the holidays, and so are Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. Samsung has released a new video advertisement which shows them preparing for the holidays with the help of all those Samsung devices in their home. The video shows them waking up to an alarm from the Galaxy Note Edge […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
Samsung’s Gear smartwatches now have more than 1,000 apps in the app store

Samsung’s Gear smartwatches now have more than 1,000 apps in the app store

Samsung has been at the forefront of the smartwatch race, having launched three smartwatches in a span of a year. Getting developers to make apps for its smartwatches has been a huge focus for the company, and that focus seems to be slowly paying off – according to Samsung, there are now more than 1,000 apps […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
PayPal app released for Samsung Gear 2

PayPal app released for Samsung Gear 2

PayPal has finally released their official app for the Gear 2 (and the Gear 2 Neo.) The app was originally announced during the launch of the Gear 2 at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. It can be used to manage PayPal payments and recent transactions right from your wrist, without a need to take […]

  • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
  • 10 years ago
Samsung launches 21-day trial program for select devices in the US

Samsung launches 21-day trial program for select devices in the US

If you ever wanted the option to rent a smartphone directly from the manufacturer for trying it for a few days before deciding whether you buy it or not, then Samsung is fulfilling your wishes with its new consumer trial program. Interested folks can visit one of five Galaxy Studio retail locations in the US, provide […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Fleksy Keyboard makes responding to a message on your Gear 2 more intuitive

Fleksy Keyboard makes responding to a message on your Gear 2 more intuitive

For all of the functionality and efficiency that today's smartwatches promise, there is the innate problem of composing any body of text on a screen that is smaller than 2 inches in diameter. Samsung has actually provided a fairly effective “system” to address this issue on their Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo; at least when […]

  • By Daniel G.
  • 10 years ago
Samsung Gear 2 (SM-R380) gets updated with Blocking Mode, improved S Health

Samsung Gear 2 (SM-R380) gets updated with Blocking Mode, improved S Health

Fresh off the major update that switched the original Galaxy Gear's OS from Android to Tizen, Samsung has begun rolling out an update to the Gear 2. Sized at around 20 MB, the update bumps the software version up from 2.2.1.1 to 2.2.1.2, and introduces Blocking Mode, which allow you to mute all notifications on the […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Samsung SM-R382 smartwatch passes FCC, is shorter than Gear 2

Samsung SM-R382 smartwatch passes FCC, is shorter than Gear 2

Last month, a leak revealed the existence of an unknown new Gear wearable with model number SM-R382. No information on the wearable has shown up yet, but the SM-R382 has been certified by the FCC recently, which suggests it is close to becoming official. According to the FCC listing, the SM-R382 is certainly a smartwatch, […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Report: Gear 3 to debut alongside Galaxy Note 4 in September

Report: Gear 3 to debut alongside Galaxy Note 4 in September

If you thought the short six-month span between the original Galaxy Gear and the Gear 2‘s release was just a one-time thing, then Samsung might be working on disappointing you yet again. According to industry sources quoted by The Korea Herald, Samsung is developing the “next generation of the Samsung Gear 2, and it will […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Samsung infographic aims to help you decide which Gear wearable you should buy

Samsung infographic aims to help you decide which Gear wearable you should buy

At Mobile World Congress this year, instead of just a single successor to the Galaxy Gear, Samsung announced three new wearables — the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches and the Gear Fit fitness tracker. If you are, for some reason, confused about which of the three wearables would be best for you, then […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Samsung shipped 500,000 Galaxy Gears in first three months of 2014

Samsung shipped 500,000 Galaxy Gears in first three months of 2014

Samsung shipped almost 500,000 units of smartwatches in the first three months of 2014, capturing 71 percent of the global smartwatch market, according to data published by Strategy Analytics. As the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo launched in April, the data includes only the first-generation Galaxy Gear and is therefore not that impressive, but Samsung's […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
SamMobile Recap: Galaxy S5 Prime news, 10 million Galaxy S5’s shipped, Samsung’s AMOLED tablet pictured

SamMobile Recap: Galaxy S5 Prime news, 10 million Galaxy S5’s shipped, Samsung’s AMOLED tablet pictured

There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in last Friday, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. It was a day full of […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
Turn-by-turn navigation comes to Samsung’s Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo

Turn-by-turn navigation comes to Samsung’s Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo

Your Gear 2 just got a lot more useful, especially if you use navigation frequently in your day-to-day life. Symphony Teleca has released its TurnByTurn navigation app for Samsung's second-generation smartwatch, an app that was made available for the original Galaxy Gear earlier this year and was promised for the Gear 2. Using Nokia's HERE […]

  • By Abhijeet Mishra
  • 10 years ago
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