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So you wanted official confirmation that Samsung will announce both the Galaxy Note III and its Galaxy Gear smartwatch on September 4th? Well, you have it now, straight from the executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, Lee Young-hee, who also confirmed that the Galaxy Gear won't have a flexible display and will run on Android. That's […]
Samsung has a boatload of devices in its lineup, and come October 4th, it will be launching not one, not two, but four of its devices in Canada. The list includes the upcoming Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, the Galaxy S4 mini, and even the Galaxy S3 mini, which is being launched […]
Samsung took a giant leap of faith when it dropped Tizen in favor of Google's Wear OS for its new smartwatches. Thankfully, the Galaxy Watch 4 was very well received, and that is being reflected through recent market share and shipment figures as well. According to a new report from market research firm IDC, Samsung […]
Popular exercise tracking app Strava has teamed up with Samsung to give a free two-month trial to eligible Galaxy Watch owners. We stumbled upon this promotion via the colossal software update for the Galaxy Watch 4 software update that dropped today. The list of supported devices includes the Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Watch Active 2, and […]
Samsung Australia announced that it's trialing the Vital Monitoring System (VMS) solution from re-open.com on the Galaxy Watch 4 series. VMS is part of the re-open.com cloud-based platform created by Deakin University, NTRI, and SaniteX Global to support the world as it recovers from COVID-19. More specifically, VMS (Vital Monitoring System) is a system designed […]
Samsung is expected to launch a new Galaxy Watch alongside the Galaxy Note 20 and the Galaxy Fold 2 in August. After it recently received certifications from multiple regulatory bodies, the smartwatch seems to be getting ready for the official launch as it has appeared on Samsung's website. Support pages for the upcoming smartwatch's variants have […]
Samsung launches at least one new smartwatch every year. After launching the Galaxy Watch in 2018 and the Galaxy Watch Active 2 in 2019, the South Korean firm is planning to introduce another smartwatch later this year. The upcoming smartwatch is already in the works, and it has gained a Chinese certification ahead of its […]
Well, it seems like Samsung is addressing one of the biggest issues with the Galaxy Gear, at least in India. The Korean manufacturer has given its smartwatch a price cut of around Rs. 7,000 (~ $120) in the country on its official website, and according to DailyTech, the discounted price could go into effect worldwide. […]
If there's one thing we've been wanting to happen, it's a drop in the price of the Galaxy Gear (a smartwatch that's good, but not good enough to warrant a $299 price tag,) but it's a wish that Samsung hasn't been keen on fulfilling. That makes discounts on the Gear rather important, and eBay has […]
Can a watch make phone calls? Can a watch take a picture? These are some of the questions Santa asks his loyal elves, in Samsung's latest ad to promote the Galaxy Gear, in a bid to get more people to buy it this holiday season. It's a pretty nice ad, with Santa claiming the smartwatch […]
Samsung might be touting the 800,000 shipment figure for the Galaxy Gear as something impressive, but the truth of the matter is that adoption of the Galaxy Gear just hasn't been as great as the company might have expected. To help turn things around a bit, Samsung Canada has announced that it will be discounting […]
The Galaxy Note 3 has received a couple of software updates since its launch, but it's only now that it's companion smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, is receiving the first software update. Currently out in the United Kingdom, the update has the build number V700XXUAMJ8, and from our short time with it, we haven't noticed anything […]
Galaxy Gear was compatible with the Galaxy Note 3 but Samsung has now confirmed the compatibility with eight new devices. We knew Galaxy S4, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II will support the smartwatch after an Android 4.3 update but Samsung has also added Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, S4 Active, Mega 5.8, Mega 6.3, […]
Samsung has sent out invites for an event in New Delhi, India on September 17, for officially launching the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear in the country. With India rising as one of the most important smartphone markets, Samsung has continually launched new devices along with their international counterparts, and it looks like people […]
Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition at their Mobile Unpacked Event 2013 Episode 2 in Berlin, Germany. This unpacked event by Samsung is in our opinion the best one we have ever seen from the company, where Samsung was quick to point out how they've listened to […]