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[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
I think all the calling options are working but you can't respond to anything in the Watch Right now.

As I see it there's a lot of work with the application :

1. Make the notification works like the Apple Watch and get only one and not all of them together when someone for example send you WhatsApp messages you get all of them one after one.

2. The health is not working out of the box - i mean instant update once you open he application like other health applications (Fitbit?)

I hope that there's someone in the Samsung team is working on this app that that we will have some stable version.

Maybe we need to make some list with all the problems we have....
[Samsung Gear S3] ssawe:
Adding to the list :

Things that do not work when connected to iPhone ( these work when connected to android):

Find my phone not working from watch

Cannot reply to messages/sms/imessage/whatsapp from the watch

Galaxy store items that have prices knocked down to Free not shwoing up on iphone( workaround is to use android to download the apps and then reconnect to iphone using the same samsung account to transfer them to the watch).

Galaxy store premium items not showing up.

Battery consumption seems a little high on iphone as well as on the watch, not sure by how much.

Samsung pay.

SHealth on iphone cannot use third party extensions/sources ( works on android).

The Steps Challenge 1 and 2 watch faces are not available when connected to iphone.

Find my car not working when connected to iphone.
[Samsung Gear S3] edsol:
hi guys, I have just connected my gear S3 with my iphone 7 plus using the gear app and after some tweaking I was able to make it work with notifications, but I can't still answer a phone call with my S3. Whenever I turn the bezel clockwise to answer this notice will appear on my watch "check your phone". Any help would be appreciated
[Samsung Gear S3] ziipaoli:
Hi,

are both bluetooth connections paired in your Iphone setting ?
[Samsung Gear S3] Nostramo:
Try to answer the call via the touch screen instead of bezel. It worked for me.
[Samsung Gear S3] yurassik:
Try to dial the number from your watch! The watch will prompt you to pair a Bluetooth device! Start to search for Bluetooth devices on your phone and will find another Gear(xxxx) without the "LE". Connect and you will have your calls directly from your Gear!
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
I'm loving this Watch as far as going to order the new galaxy S8...because as I understand this app will never work as perfect as other apps
[Samsung Gear S3] Gio999:
What do you mean by perfect work and which app do you mean? Because gear manager for iOS works as good as could work the beta version of the app connecting two ecosystems.
[Samsung Gear S3] nounousomes:
Help

Can you help getting me an invite?
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
It's get disconnected from the Watch sometimes and you can't use other apps to get the heart rate when running
[Samsung Gear S3] Gio999:
It's simple - buy apple watch.

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Registration was closed by Samsung about three months ago.
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
I had some problems lately and maybe I can solve them here:

1. First my back button stopped working and the only way to recover it I had to reset the Watch to its factory settings. It happened to me 3 times since I got it.

2. In the last time I reset the Watch it doesn't want to connect to my iPhone , I deleted the Bluetooth profiles in the setting app in the iPhone and this is the process I did:

- turned on the Watch

- get some Korean intro

- go to my Bluetooth setting and choose Gear S3 (8F31), approve to connect both in the Watch and iPhone

- waiting

- waiting

- getting a message in Korean that says (thanks google) that it takes to much time to connect try again? Trying and still the same result
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
Ok just a little update - it seems that the problem was the profile and the app itself , I removed the app installed it again , installed the profile and everything was working well .

The only problems that remains:

1. After a week the back button just not working

2. It takes 3 hours to update an app on the Watch (health app)
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
Someone here have participate the Samsung beta software for the iOS ?
[Samsung Gear S3] Huislaw:
My Beta Gear Manager keep crashing so I light reset the Gear S3 and reconnect to my iPhone 6 Plus with IOS 8.

Then everything is smooth, I can install 2 Apps and few Faces without issue.

But when I disconnect and reconnect back, the Gear Manager will keep crashing again.

Not sure what is the cause. It seems to work fine after light reset and don't disconnect. Or perhaps there is some settings that is causing the crash.
[Samsung Gear S3] NatroXz:
Why IOS8?, think you will get better function/stability if you upgrade to IOS10.2
[Samsung Gear S3] Gio999:
Yes, I am registered beta tester.
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
Thanks

What is the latest version of the app? Is there any news about releasing the app to the AppStore ?
[Samsung Gear S3] NatroXz:
Think it is : 1.5.0.16103101
[Samsung Gear S3] Gio999:
No news about it yet. Last version of beta is 1.6.16120802
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
Is there a way you can share the latest beta because we have the older one
[Samsung Gear S3] Gio999:
No, because it is connected with tester's apple ID and available only in Testflight application. It was written here about one thousand times...
[Samsung Gear S3] whoetbe:
sorry.

nothing to add ;)
[Samsung Gear S3] vikramdhani:
Any one have any idea if and when samsung is planning to release the Gear Manager for IOS ?
[Samsung Gear S3] Ketaz:
Nope
[Samsung Gear S3] Mr.Tinus76:
Nope and just for testing i started using a samung galaxy phone. It integrates much better with a gear. The email app is available, and it's possible to awnser whatsapp me messages. Things that never gonna work with IOS

Can't recommand to test with an Samsung phone... i ended up selling my iphone 6 :laugh:

I love my new android .... iphone was great in the past ... marshmallow is a whole lote better these days.
[Samsung Gear S3] mmlau:
Does anyone have the issue where everything pairs, but keeping Gear Manager running results in the watch losing its connection to the phone? The only way I can consistently get notifications pushed to my watch (Gear S3) from my phone (iPhone 7 Plus 10.1.1) is if I kill the Gear Manager app in iOS. Obviously doing that will not allow me to access some of the functionalities that are only available via the Gear Manager app.
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
Some apps question :

Is anyone here running with the Watch? I've looked for some 3rd fitness applications and didn't find nothing ? I want to make some running plan like "learn to run" or "learn to run 10 km" like in the Nike app or other like this one? Or maybe zones training

Thanks
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveFranchise:
Issues with App Store

Hi guys,

since a few days connection to my gear gets lost every time I open Galaxy app store on gear manager.

It is almost impossible to download any kind of app or even one single watchface.

Need some help! Maybe I should reinstall gear manager? Any ideas?

Thankful for any kind uf useful advice.
[Samsung Gear S3] albo69:
where is possible to download this version?

I've the 1.5.0.16103101 and the app says that it is the last one

thanks
[Samsung Gear S3] ThinkD:
see post #91
[Samsung Gear S3] james341:
Anyone know why the S Health is gray out and all other stuff is working ? I have this thing coming and going ....also can someone with the latest beta can tell us what is the status of the app? Give some review - it will be great
[Samsung Gear S3] neuer01:
At first it was gray out but then I updated S Health in the Samsung Galaxy Apps and now it works.

Sometimes it also helps to reconnect the Gear.

It is still a beta App and works not perfectly.
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveW25561:
I just got the Gear S3 after finding the leaked Gear Manager (1.5.0.16103101) -- yesterday it was working great on my iPhone 6s running iOS 10.2 - getting notifications on the watch, and I installed a bunch of watchfaces and apps from the limited selection in the iOS app. I made calls from the watch successfully as well. I have both the LE and the regular bluetooth profiles paired on the iPhone.

Unfortunately, today, I'm not getting any notifications on my watch. The Gear app says the watch is disconnected, and most options are greyed out.

I tried turning airplane mode on/off on the iPhone, and manually reconnecting via the Bluetooth prefs in iOS. Suddenly, the watch reconnected tonight after not working all day, and the Gear app shows all the options not greyed out. I was noticing frequent connect and disconnect sounds from the watch (so many that I shut off the disconnect alert).

Anyone have similar issues about reliability/stability of the iPhone connection for notifications, etc? Any suggestions for making it more stable? For now, I have WiFi always on, and will now re-enable the Bluetooth disconnect alert (until it drives me nuts)...

I really like the look and feel of the S3 -- in fact I think it's nicer than my Apple Watch, and I'd love to see it work reliably. I know we're all waiting for official release of iOS compatibility, but I might need to return my Gear S3 if I can't get it working reliably.
[Samsung Gear S3] albo69:
Hi Steve,

I'm in the same configuration and it is working well from 15 days.

The only thing that I've done is pairing with a samsung S5 so the gear have made a firmware upgrade.

Actually the software version is R760XX1APK6

Maybe that have improved the stability of the bluetooth connection when I've reconnected to my iPhone 6.
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveW25561:
I did a software upgrade directly on the Gear via WiFi and the current software version on my watch is: R760XXU1APK7, Tizen v 2.3.2.1

On another forum on XDA, apparently Samsung will announce iOS compatibility tomorrow (Jan 4, 2017) at CES....let's hope we see this actually delivered.
[Samsung Gear S3] Huislaw:
On jailbreak :o
[Samsung Gear S3] der_sascha:
Where exactly did you get this information from? Source would be nice
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
Gear S3, Gear S2 and Gear Fit 2 iOS support is finally live https://www.sammobile.com/2017/01/05/gear-s3-gear-s2-and-gear-fit-2-ios-support-is-finally-live/
[Samsung Gear S3] TScottTX:
I've been waiting for this but neither iTunes or apps.samsung.com/gear have it yet :(
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
Same here. I can't find it so far either.
[Samsung Gear S3] d33pbluez:
Chill guys, It already said in the sammobile website news by mid of January 2017, it is still havent mid of january yet :silly:...i would expected it to release probably by end of january give and take
[Samsung Gear S3] TScottTX:
If you actually read the whole article it says the app is available now :good:
[Samsung Gear S3] HTCDimnd:
Update: A representative from Samsung reached out to us to clarify that the iOS compatibility announcement went out ahead of schedule. The iOS app is now yet available for download. “We are in the final stages of testing and look forward to introducing iOS compatibility across our wearable portfolio very soon,” the representative added.
[Samsung Gear S3] ThinkD:
Oh Samsung - you're a very chaotic company: "Update: A representative from Samsung reached out to us to clarify that the iOS compatibility announcement went out ahead of schedule. The iOS app is now yet available for download. “We are in the final stages of testing and look forward to introducing iOS compatibility across our wearable portfolio very soon,” the representative added."
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
Samsung is so disorganized. No wonder that the patches and updates are all over the place. Some people are already receiving January security patches, and others are still stuck on August. I know, not related, but related to the overall bad performance by Samsung in being able to deliver improvements.
[Samsung Gear S3] starrock:
New Samsung gear s app in the apple app store

Just now, the new Samsung gear s app is in the apple app store
[Samsung Gear S3] Gijsph:
What's the name of the app?

Only see Gear fit manager.
[Samsung Gear S3] DVSBstrd:
Same. Only for the fit. Hope it's coming soon.
[Samsung Gear S3] der_sascha:
since today i have the gear s app from german appstore :)
[Samsung Gear S3] albo69:
Gear S in AppStore in Italy

There's no great changes in the notification to Gear S3. No way to answer yet.
[Samsung Gear S3] edsol:
I downloaded the final and official app of Gear S for ios in the App store with a lot of expectations and hope and so far things have been working fine but I still can't see the imessage app and the email app in the gear S3 and you still can't reply to the notifications. Hope the future updates will solve this.
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveW25561:
I downloaded the official app, too, but the Gear 3 is still very flakey to connect to my iPhone 6s -- I waited for automatic connection to both the LE and the regular bluetooth connections, as well as manually connecting them. Despite the prefs showing the Gear is connected to the iPhone, the watch still frequently says "standalone mode" and the Gear app says "Disconnected from Gear."

Then, for no specific reason, the Gear and the phone seem to be connected, and notifications, etc all work.

I've tried hard resetting the Gear a couple of times, as well as shutting the phone and the watch off, then on, airplane mode on/off for both, and I haven't found a way to make the connection reliable.
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
It's version 1.0. It's a step in the right direction but far from perfect.
[Samsung Gear S3] yurassik:
Official Gear S AppStore in Russia! https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/samsung-gear-s/id1117310635?mt=8 Version 1.6***** I don't see now! The application is downloaded on the watch!
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
I initially had some issues the connection with the watch, but a soft reset of the watch seems to have resolved them. I receive notifications on the watch, am able to reply to texts as well as answer and initiate calls. Have not tried Number Sync but would think that, since they are now "compatible" it should work as well. I did have to go back and pair BOTH instances of the watch with the phone but that was trivial :good:
[Samsung Gear S3] homesik_alien:
I'm using the official 'Gear S' app from Hong Kong appstore. Am I seeing right that everything is free?
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
Are you using stock iOS messaging apps, or 3rd party? Also, what iOS version are you running and on what device? The news that you can reply to texts is fantastic!

As somebody who regularly switches from iPhone to Android and back, anything that removes platform dependencies is incredible news. This is just one more step in the right direction and will likely see me permanently ditch my Apple Watch.
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
Yes, not running iMessage or other 3rd party. iPhone 6s Plus, running iOS 10.2
[Samsung Gear S3] arash_h0055:
that's great :good: , how do you exactly get this ability !? I tried everything on ios but couldn't reply massages or emails , even there is no massage icon in watch menu
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveW25561:
[MENTION=457790]hbelton[/MENTION]: do you really mean you can REPLY to text messages? I can see message notifications and read the content but there isn't a reply feature that I can see. I'm using the stock Apple Messages application since nothing else manages SMS's. What app on iOS do you use to reply to messages on the watch?

I'm not sure what you mean by "not running iMessage or other 3rd party" - that seems to mean you're not using any messaging app, yet you mention replying to texts? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding.
[Samsung Gear S3] ryan141:
Can anyone list the functionality available on the iPhone vs an android phone? Can we setup Samsung pay on the gear s3 with the iPhone app? Limitations? Things of that nature. Thanks
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
Perhaps he means that he has iMessage turned off and is using the stock Apple Messages application but for pure SMS/MMS.
[Samsung Gear S3] albo69:
No one of us are be able to send replay. No mail, no imessage and no WhatsApp. I've a working phone Samsung S5 and I've tryed to pair the gear s3: there is a lot of things different between that iOS app and function within. I mind that there is only notification like the app leaked same week ago. I hope that the gear s app will improve the integration with iPhone like as a

Samsung phone. Let's wait in the next days, or weeks, what's going on.

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[Samsung Gear S3] Yzord:
They won't. They try to convince iPhone holders to step over to Samsung devices.
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveW25561:
I know the official iOS app is brand new (and released on a weekend), and level 1 support people arent as obsessive as us, but here's Samsung support's reply to me when I asked about the disconnects:

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I would like to inform you that Gear S3 is not compatible with the Iphone as of now and there is no tested information of Gear S3 using with Iphone. Device should be operating on Android OS and have more than 1.5GB RAM to be connected with the watch and customer support team cannot predict the features like compatibility with the Ios releasing in future.

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[Samsung Gear S3] Yzord:
No, he can't reply to messages of any kind. Nor iMessage, WA, telegram or any other. He is just receiving a notification like we all do ;)

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The main problem i have with this app (and BETA) is that the app can't find my watch from time to time. Like it says that it is not connected, but in the mean time i get my notifications etc. Pretty annoying, but then again i simply love the watch better then the AW.
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
That is correct, I am not able to responds to text sent to the phone from the watch. I'd been texting direct from the watch when I was able to reply.
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
I'm not sure I actually understand you. Can you reply to pretext messages from the watch if iMessage is turned off?
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
No, can only reply to text sent to the number of the watch, not those relayed from the phone
[Samsung Gear S3] TScottTX:
Same here. I have the Frontier LTE model with AT&T. If I receive a text via bluetooth for the iPhone) it can not be answered. If a text is sent to the phone number of the watch then it can be answered via the cellular network
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
That's a bummer. Samsung needs to enable replying to texts and other messaging from the watch.
[Samsung Gear S3] Yzord:
I think it is more Apple who prohibits this
[Samsung Gear S3] tarricone:
Hi I've Gear S3 and IPhone 7. All work well but I don't have in mi Gear the app "Find my phone".

On Gear S3 app I've the function "FInd my Gear" but IF I have the Watch with me and I want find the phone... how can I do ? Thanks

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[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
I occasionally have the same connection issue as well. When they "loose connection" one of the devices in the phone's Bluetooth menu, the non-LE one, remains connected while the other one will not connect. I have found that restarting both the S3 and the phone resolves the issue.... until the next time
[Samsung Gear S3] Blue2noise:
I bought a Gear S3 specifically to work with this iPhone app. It seems to be working for some notifications, but no message notifications come up (text / imessage). Calendar alerts work, reminders work and callls ring on the watch. I know I won't be able to reply to text messages on the watch, but I thought I would at least get the notification when I have a new text message.

Anyone else have this issue? I am connected via Bluetooth and using the official new Gear app for iOS. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'd hate to return it. It's reall nice.
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
I am getting text message notifications as well. Do both the devices, (LE) and non-LE, show in the Bluetooth menu on the phone?
[Samsung Gear S3] Blue2noise:
Thank for replying! Yes they both show up as "connected" and I can answer a call from the watch so I know they are both active. It's frustrating because I feel like I have tried everything. Notification are definitely enabled in iMessage. I have also updated the Gear's firmware. No luck or change.
[Samsung Gear S3] arash_h0055:
so in this case it's better to re install the gear app and pair the watch again , if you had this issue again then you have to reset your phone probably

and something else , you receive the other notifications ? except phone calls , I mean notifications from whats app viber or something else
[Samsung Gear S3] Blue2noise:
I will try that next, for sure. I do see some other app notifications, but only existing ones when I twist the dial to the notifications section.
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
iMessage is the culprit. You have to disable it for the text notifications to work
[Samsung Gear S3] Blue2noise:
So I can only use iMessage in text only mode for it work? That would be a bummer.
[Samsung Gear S3] hbelton:
I have iMessage disabled
[Samsung Gear S3] SteveW25561:
When my gear is working properly (I'm still getting very flakey connections to the iphone) all notifications I normally see on the iphone are showing up on the Gear (including iMessage and SMS messages that are handled by iMessage), and notifications from other apps as expected. That said, the notifications aren't quite as rich as in the Apple Watch (eg no thumbnail of the video from my Nest cam), but I can live with that. As mentioned by others, there's no way to interact or respond to the notifications but honestly I can live with that.

I'm willing to accept lesser functionality for he styling and fitness options if he Gear, but for me, the very intermittent reliability of connection to myphone will be the deal breaker. I'll hold out another week hoping for an app or firmware update but if not, then I'll have to regrettably return it.
[Samsung Gear S3] Ketaz:
I installed the official app, i can't connect my watch (i could with the unofficial). Has someone else get this problem ?

Should i reinitialize ? I don't want to...
[Samsung Gear S3] tarricone:
Connect on settings in iPhone Gear and Gear LE

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[Samsung Gear S3] Ketaz:
I couldn't connect without reset :/ so I did it
[Samsung Gear S3] albo69:
Hi, I've got the same issue, and I've done the same. You' ve to expect that the sync off the app will be more slow than the previus app, also a little bit less stable the Bt connection.

In advice the gear battery will be improved. Maybe also the battery of the iPhone seems to be less huge, but actualy I'm not sure about that.

Alessandro
[Samsung Gear S3] Yzord:
My experience is that it sucks the battery of my iphone. Normally i get one and a half days with my iphone 6 plus, now it squeezes it to one day max. Also my s3 only lasts for a day, maybe a few hours more, but no way i reach the 2 days. Wifi disabled, AOD enabled on 1. HRM on.
[Samsung Gear S3] Ketaz:
I confirm for the battery of iPhone...
[Samsung Gear S3] dhorgas:
The default connection is probably not using Bluetooth LE.
[Samsung Gear S3] Yzord:
I have them both paired. Because the not LE type is being used for calling.
[Samsung Gear S3] lfaitas:
thinking of bying the gear s3 and replace my apple watch to use with my iphone 7 but after reading all the problems with the connections - disconnections i dont think its a good idea yet.

I hope for a firmware update or gear s3 app for ios update..

Any news if there is any beta version that can solve all these connections problems?

Also is there any way to transfer or use gear s3 health data with the apples ios health app?
[Samsung Gear S3] vikramdhani:
Well I don't have any connections issues once paired it will give you the notifications as long as you don't close the gear app.

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Also I kinda like the built in health app