Articles tagged "Tizen"

Less than a few weeks ago, Samsung pushed an OTA update for its Gear S3 Classic and Frontier smartwatches addressing battery charging issues and adding overall stability to the Tizen software. It seems that the company is looking to patch the...

With its new smartwatch Samsung ushers in a new line of smart wearables. No longer called Gear, the Galaxy Watch is still a logical continuation of the Gear S3. The Galaxy Watch comes in the 46mm size its predecessor offered but has added a...

Samsung will reward early Galaxy Note9 adopters with a choice between the AKG Y50 BT wireless headphones (normally $299) or 15000 Fortnite V-Bucks. Or a choice of both for a price of $99. The news comes from Reddit user Wan997. The information...

Samsung's Gear S3 Classic and Frontier have aged but they are still pretty capable watches and Best Buy's latest offer makes them irresistible. If it wasn't for the huge price cut, we would have suggested that you keep your hard-earned money...

Samsung released a minor firmware update for the Gear S3 Classic and Frontier. The Tizen version is bumped to 3.0.0.2 while the firmware numbers for the Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier wearables are R770XXU2CRG3/R760XXU2CRG3, respectively. The...

Samsung has been gearing up for its announcement of its next-generation smartwatch. FCC filings have already pre-confirmed that it will not be called the Samsung Gear S4, but the Samsung Galaxy Watch. Today’s leak confirms this, along with the model...

The FCC has certified the Samsung Galaxy Watch and while it hasn’t posted any photos, it did provide a detailed schematic of its back. You can see the name of the watch engraved on the bottom and digging through some of the other docs we find some...

Samsung's next smartwatch won't be called Gear anymore. According to a report from Korea what was rumored as the Samsung Gear S4 will be called Galaxy Watch and it will launch alongside the Galaxy Note9. Despite the name change from Gear to...

It's no secret by now that Samsung is gearing up for the Galaxy Note9 launch due at August 9. And evidence is piling up that the Galaxy Note9 will not come alone - the Gear S4 smartwatch will accompany it. The latest ECC listing comes to...

Last month Evan Blass tweeted that some Samsung employees were spotted rocking Gear smartwatches with Wear OS, instead of the in-house Tizen OS. Update: turns out these were actually just one-offs made by Google and seeded to some Samsung workers...

A new update has started rolling out to the Samsung Gear S3. Weighing in at around 13.6MB, the update arrives as version R770XXU2CRE3 and R760XXU2CRE3 for the frontier and classic variants, respectively. The main new feature is the option to...

New details related to the next Samsung Gear S series smartwatch have surfaced. The device is reportedly codenamed Galileo internally, and is being developed (LTE variants) in the US. The Gear S4 will be available in two sizes, with Verizon, AT&T...

The Samsung Gear S3 and Gear Sport have been officially discounted in the US. The South Korean company is offering a flat $70 discount on both smartwatches, bringing down their price to $280 and $230, respectively. It's worth mentioning that...

One of the main problems smartwatches face is their usually lacklustre battery life. So as an owner of such a device you're probably quite happy when it gets a software update that should improve its stamina. That's exactly what's happening...

The Samsung Gear S2 is enjoying stellar software support – the three year old smartwatch just got an update with several major new features. The UI was updated to improve multitasking. The App Shortcuts widget mingles recent and favorite apps so...

Gartner forcasted that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017, an increase of 16.7% over 2016. Sales of wearable devices will generate revenue of $30.5 billion in 2017. For a category that supposed to be dying that isn’t...

T-Mobile has started pushing out a new update to Samsung Gear S3 units - both Classic and Frontier - on its network. It's a major update that weighs in at around 266MB, and brings along Tizen OS version 3.0.0.1. The roll out of Tizen 3.0 -...

Last weekend, it came to light that Samsung has included the Gear S3 battery issue fix in the Tizen 3.0 update itself. The revised update was rolling out slowly, beginning with the US, and now it has reached Europe. The update carries a...

Last month, the Samsung Gear S3 started receiving Tizen 3.0 through a Value Pack update. But shortly after that, users started reporting poor battery life on their smartwatches. And a few weeks later, the company rolled out an update to fix the...

Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Gear S3 smartwatch. Weighing in at around 21MB, it's a small update, and currently, only units in Canada are getting it. Change-log reveals the update improves battery usage time. To quickly...