Gear Sport update brings Tizen version 3.0.0.2, new functionality
It’s raining updates for Samsung’s family of wearable devices. We’ve seen the company roll out major updates to the Gear S2, the Gear Fit2, and the Gear IconX in recent weeks, and the Gear Sport, the latest smartwatch in Samsung’s lineup, is also getting an update with new functionality. The Gear Sport update bumps the Tizen OS version to 3.0.0.2 and carries build number R600XXU1ARC4 and is rolling out over the air right now as an 80 MB download.
Gear Sport gets a software update
The update brings improved layout of exercise information and readability, an option to add custom notification intervals during training, and the ability to add a personalized target heart rate. An option has also been added to disable the alarm that sounds when motion is recognized after a long bout of inactivity, and general performance and stability improvements are on-board as well. Not a small changelog by any means, and given the focus of the Gear Sport on fitness tracking, it’s not surprising that the new features are related to making the fitness tracking experience better.
If you own a Gear Sport, you should be able to download the update from the Samsung Gear app’s settings menu on your connected phone. As usual, it will take some time for the update tor each all regions, so don’t sweat if you’re told your Gear Sport is on the latest software.
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Still not receive it to my Gear Sport
after this update my Gear S3 Frontier got overheated during charge.The device will stop charging after a while with a message saying device needs to cool down. please any help
Still no exercise program for strength training! This sucks so much…
My S3 Frontier is now unusable. Since this update the sensors dont work at all. No step counting, no heart rate measurement. No sleep tracking. Even altimeter & barometer stopped working. Tried factory reset twice and still nothing.
Did 3 factory resets already, without even restoring options or installing anything – same. So it depends from person to person if it breaks your watch or makes it better … check forums …
Each update only make my S3 Frontier more worse. After reset and clear data. The Battery life still sucks till terrible to use. Will self discharge in the charging cradle or overheated during charging.
Watch no longer vibrate when received alert from phone. Wake up gesture and rotate bezel to wake up sometime don’t work.
Battery life drop from 100% to 80% in an hour.
The update for my Gear S3 last week also bumped the Tizen version to 3.0.0.2.
My wife got her update 3 days ago. She was having a small issue with the watch waking a bit slowly when looking at the time and it seems to have solved that. Still has the phenomenal battery life of 5 days plus. I only get 3 and a half on my Gear S3. 🙂
What was earlier version?
It was Tizen 3.0.0.1.