It has been several months since the South Korean manufacturer Samsung promised us that it would prepare a compatible version of the system for its customers and fans that would support iOS. We finally got this update for the smartwatch, but with a delay of several months. One way or another, we can now use the brand new Gear S3 or Gear S2 with a competitor iPhonem. So the question is how well they work with the system iOS? It's worth it? We will address this issue in this article.
After pairing Gear S3 or Gear S3 with iPhonem, it is very important to allow the Gear S app permission, which will then have access to the calendar, contacts, GPS and photos. Among other things, Samsung will ask you to agree to the classic license terms and so on - plain and simple formality. Your next step will be to log in with your Samsung account, which you can use to download the necessary watch faces, apps and more.
Since the Gear S3 watch is equipped with a built-in speaker and microphone, it can also be used for classic calls. So the question is, how does everything work after the watch setup is done correctly?
Connection stability
We don't know, this is a side issue iOS or Gear S applications, but smart watches are very susceptible to signal loss between iPhonem. If you accidentally lose contact, you need to go back to the app and pair again. Sometimes the watch disconnects even when installing and updating applications or setting watch faces.
Notice
Notifications from the iPhone mirror very well on the Gear S3. However, due to limitations within the framework iOS you cannot respond to them, i.e. using the watch. That won't change until Apple will not release APIs to third-party developers.
Galaxy Apps Store
How to easily install apps and watch faces on the Gear S3 when the watch is paired with iPhonem? There are two ways. Either you use a web environment Galaxy App Store directly from the Gear S application, or using the "smartwatchok"
dials
They download and install exactly the same as applications.
Gallery
The "send pictures" function is quite easy, it works very well. So you can choose the photos you need to transfer from your iPhone to your Gear S3, and that's it - everything will be done very quickly and painlessly.
Music player
This function is quite complex. Ideally, you need a web browser and record music directly on the web using an IP address. In addition, the watch and phone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. This is quite a big obstacle, and it is unlikely that the situation will change in the future.
Source: SamMobile
