[Samsung Galaxy Watch] mrmrmrmr:
Hello everyone,

This is the announcement of our new Gear (Galaxy) watch app. It is basically a full-featured voice assistant using Amazon Alexa voice service running on your watch.

Today, we will be starting a closed beta and hopefully if we can solve all issues, the app will be released in 10-15 days.

The application consists of a GUI on the watch and a companion app which should run on the Android phone. (only Android , no IOS unfortunately)

The Android companion app is released at:

Alexa Gear

Without the watch app, the companion Android application is useless.

We have a few known issues, and before a full release including watch side application, we would like to identify and solve all issues.. That's the reason of this closed beta.

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The app supports following Samsung Watches:

Samsung Gear S2

Samsung Gear S3

Samsung Gear Sport

Samsung Galaxy Watch

If you are

interested in beta testing

, please see below notes for beta testers, and provide your information in the form of following example by sending an email to mrmrmrmr(at)gmail.com

Email Subject: Application for AlexaGear Beta Test

Email body:

Name: John Smith

Email: john.smith@gmail.com (your email address used to login for Samsung Galaxy/Gear App Store)

Phone Brand/Model: Samsung Note 9

Watch Model: Samsung Gear S3

Phone OS: Android 8.0

Notes for beta testers:

Beta application will be open from now on and will be closed when we believe all required type of users are selected.

Applying for the beta does not guarantee that you will be selected as a beta user. We would like to keep the beta group small with enough sample of various watch/phone models.

Beta process may continue untill the application is released.

Beta download link will be provided to selected users starting later today.

Notes about the current state of the application - also important for beta attendees:

The app is not fully released and this is a closed beta. It may cause application force-close on your phone.

The debug version of the app may cause high battery usage on your phone since it is not optimized.

You may have to install Amazon's official "Amazon Shopping" application on your phone to login, if it is not already installed.

The current version of the app outputs the voice response from Alexa on your phone and not your watch. Voice response will be sent to watch in a later release.

We expect from beta users to share their experience in the form of following only. All other communication attempts may be missed (i.e. different mail subject or wrong form of mail body);

[B]Email Subject:[/B] AlexaGear Beta Test
[B]Email body:[/B]
[U]Name[/U]: John Smith
[U]Email[/U]: [email]john.smith@gmail.com[/email][I][COLOR="Silver"] (your email address used to login for Samsung Galaxy/Gear App Store)[/COLOR][/I]
[U]Phone Brand/Model[/U]: Samsung Note 9
[U]Watch Model[/U]: Samsung Gear S3
[U]Phone OS[/U]: Android 8.0

[U]What is your experience[/U]: what works , what does not work about the application.
[U]What you liked about the app[/U]:
[U]What you did not like about the app[/U]:
[U]Your suggestions:[/U]
[U]Issues found[/U]:
[U]Issue 1[/U]: what did you do ? what happened ?
[U]Issue 2[/U]: what did you do ? what happened ?
...

*** Note that this is a clone of the original thread in Gear S3 forum. This is just for informing users of Galaxy Watch and the thread will be closed shortly.

Please do not reply here. Instead use the original thread at :

https://xdaforums.com/gear-s3/themes/amazon-alexa-samsung-gear-galaxy-watch-t3854747