I have waited for about 5 years to finally get myself a used Gear S at a fairly high price, however I am extremely disappointed to find that it does NOT pair with Samsung Wearable app, unless the app is on a Samsung phone (my phone is a pricey Google Pixel 4XL, so its not like I bought a droid phone from the Dollar Store).
My question is if anyone here knows of a workaround. (and yes I already know that Gear S will pair with a non-samsung phone Bluetooth and this way you get some functionality out of it, but my question is specifically related to connecting it through the "Wearable App", running on a non-samsung phone).
I don't know what you mean by "connecting via Bluetooth and not via the Wearable app". I have a Google Pixel 4 connected to a Galaxy Watch. I connect it in the Wearable app using Bluetooth. There is no other way!
(I think that a Samsung phone would make the watch more integrated by synchronizing alarms and such but I wouldn't want that.) Perhaps the Gear S is not as compatible as the GW.
Hello, I understand how disappointing this is. Thank you for reaching out. Regrettably, the Gear S is not supported on non-Samsung Android devices. The first watch to support Android 5.0 and above is the Galaxy Watch 42mm and 44mm. I apologize for the inconvenience. https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00082502/
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