- #SAMSUNG GEAR FIT MANAGER FOR ALL APK#
- #SAMSUNG GEAR FIT MANAGER FOR ALL ANDROID#
- #SAMSUNG GEAR FIT MANAGER FOR ALL BLUETOOTH#
There are other forces at play (fashion, 24-month phone contracts, app ecosystem) that are far stronger. Samsung probably, deludedly, sees the Fit as a carrot to get people to buy a Galaxy smartphone. I mean, I can see Samsung’s logic - it desperately wants people to buy into the complete Samsung ecosystem, in the same way that people buy an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and MacBook Pro. Yes, the Galaxy range definitely makes up a large portion of the total smartphone market - perhaps around 30-40% - but by opening the Gear smartwatches up to the rest of the market, Samsung gains hundreds of millions of prospective buyers.
#SAMSUNG GEAR FIT MANAGER FOR ALL ANDROID#
Likewise, if the Fit supported the Nexus 5, HTC One, and other Android phones, Samsung would certainly sell more smartwatches. The Fit is, objectively, a really nice piece of hardware the screen is beautiful, the design is attractive (for an activity tracker), and it has a lot more functionality than any other comparable device out there (Fitbit, Nike Fuel Band, et al.) I suspect, if the Fit was compatible with the iPhone, there would be a surprisingly large number of people who would invest.
Imagine if anyone could head to the store and buy a Fit smartwatch on April 11, irrespective of whether they also have a Galaxy phone or not. As far as I’m aware, there’s no technological reason that Samsung doesn’t release a Gear app to the Google Play store, or to the iTunes App Store.
#SAMSUNG GEAR FIT MANAGER FOR ALL APK#
There have already been cases of enterprising hackers taking the Gear Manager APK from a Samsung device and sideloading it onto another, non-Galaxy Android smartphone - and it works. The fact that the new Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit are supported by older Galaxy smartphones implies that there aren’t any special hardware requirements to connect to the smartwatches - you just need Bluetooth, and an app on the smartphone.
#SAMSUNG GEAR FIT MANAGER FOR ALL BLUETOOTH#
The Gear smartwatches are very simple Bluetooth devices. Why is the Fit only supported by a handful of Galaxy smartphones and no others? Why doesn’t Samsung extend support to every other Android phone, the iPhone, and even Windows Phone? This oversight is either stupidity or hubris on Samsung’s behalf.
As I sat in the audience watching Samsung unveil the Galaxy S5 and t hree new Gear smartwatches, I had potentially life-changing epiphany: Why don’t these smartwatches support other, non-Samsung smartphones? I actually quite like the look of the Gear Fit, and would be tempted to invest - but I don’t own a Galaxy phone, so the value proposition plummets it’s probably not worth the money.
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