It’ll still track your fitness data if you go for a run, but the rubberized bands of the Frontier are better suited for sweat. Alternatively, you can get the Gear S3 Classic, which is functionally identical to the Frontier and has the same 1.3-inch Super AMOLED display, but offers a more refined look with a smoother face and leather bands. I’ve been using the same Gear S3 Frontier model that Greenbot reviewed, and it’s a big, heavy, sporty-looking device with black rubber bands. There’s some difference in the kinds of apps you’ll find on Samsung’s store as opposed to Google’s Play Store for Android Wear 2.0 watches, and they offer different interfaces, but ultimately you’ll find a lot of the same functionality on both platforms when used with iOS. Tizen and Android are both alien operating systems to iOS, but Samsung’s watches and Android Wear devices alike offer iPhone compatibility via their iOS apps. What does this mean to you as a prospective Gear S3 or S2 buyer who uses an iPhone? Not too much, really. The Gear S2 models lack the GPS, much like the original Apple Watch, but both Gear options are IP68-rated water and dust resistant and feature wireless charging with the included dock. Like the Apple Watch Series 2, the Gear S3 has a built-in GPS for tracking runs and activity on the go. On the right side are two physical buttons: the top one goes back in navigation, while the bottom one brings you back home to the watch face. It all works surprisingly well, and Samsung has done a nice job building a UI that doesn’t conflict between the input types.Īs Michael Simon wrote in his review of the Gear S3 Frontier for Greenbot, “Even though it was my first time using a Samsung smartwatch, my first instinct was often the correct one.” To borrow a phrase from Apple, it just works. You can navigate the interface however you please, either by swiping the screen or gradually moving the bezel in either direction. It’s large and in charge (of my wrist).Īll of the Gear S3 and Gear S2 models are defined by the rotating bezel around the large, circular touchscreen. Both the Gear S3 and Gear S2 are compatible with iPhone, pairing with your device to put notifications on your wrist and pull from the phone’s internet connectivity, and both watches have their advantages.

But the Gear S2 was a total reinvention: smaller, sleeker, and much more useful and comfortable-and the Gear S3 is ultimately a revision on that core design.

Tizen apps for samsung watch