Where the Gear Fit2 comes up a little short compared to trackers such as the Garmin Vivosmart HR Plus is battery life. Samsung Gear Fit2 – Battery Life and Charging The big, colourful display is certainly a great help when it comes to displaying your notifications in a more useful way. With the Gear Fit2 you’re able to reply to messages in apps such as WhatsApp with pre-canned messages or emoji, or act upon emails coming in from Gmail. They’re distinctly better than the more basic notifications from other fitness wearables such as the Fitbit Charge 2, which simply brings up basic text. Like other Tizen-powered wearables, a swipe to the left of the watch screen brings up your notifications. While the apps aren’t great, the Fit2 does an excellent job with smartphone notifications, bringing them up in a useful way and letting you quickly reply to messages. An option to save Spotify playlists offline to the Fit2 would have been better. The Spotify app lets you navigate your playlists and Spotify’s library, but music plays from your smartphone, so your handset will still need to be on you. To install it in the UK, I had to install a VPN app and go through a slightly convoluted process. There is a dedicated Spotify app available for the Fit2, but only for certain regions – such as the US. Apps such as the Alarm are worth installing in fact, it’s strange to see that it isn’t pre-installed. There are sporting apps such as golf trackers, but as a non-golfer I couldn’t say if they were any good. It’s a problem that plagues the Gear S2 and Gear S3 smartwatches, and there are even fewer apps for the non-circular faced Gear Fit2. There are also various apps you can install, but there aren’t many that leap out. More are available in the Galaxy app store. It feels slick and intuitive on the Fit2, and you can customise the widgets or change the watch face to your liking. Software and apps, battery life & verdict ReviewĪs mentioned, the Fit2 runs on Samsung’s own Tizen operating system, much like its new Gear S3 smartwatch.
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