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GameBoy emulator released for Tizen-based Samsung Gear S2, Gear S3 smartwatches

You’ve been able to play GameBoy games on a smartwatch for years, thanks to emulators for Google’s Android Wear platform. But now a developer has released an emulator that runs on Samsung’s Gear S2 and Gear S3 smartwatches, which have an operating system based on Tizen Linux. The GemBoy emulator makes use of the rotating […]

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Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch gets Samsung Pay mobile payment support

Samsung’s mobile payment service works on the company’s latest smartphones (including the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 and S7 series handsets). Now you can also use Samsung Pay with a smartwatch. The company is rolling out a software update called “Value Pack” for its Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch. The update lets you download watch faces from the […]

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Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch available for $300 and up starting Oct 2nd

Samsung’s first smartwatch with a round face is coming to America. The Samsung Gear S2 goes on sale Friday, October 2nd for $300 and up. The watch runs Samsung’s Tizen-based operating system and features a new control mechanism: in addition to touching the display or using the buttons on the side of the watch, you […]

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Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch might work with iPhones (eventually)

The Samsung Gear S2 is the first smartwatch running Samsung’s Tizen-based operating system that can be paired with non-Samsung smartphones. The watch can work with most phones running Android 4.4 or later as long as they have 1.5GB of RAM or more. But Samsung might not be stopping there. A spokesperson for the company tells Digital Spy […]

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Samsung Gear S2 is a round smartwatch with a rotating bezel

Samsung’s latest smartwatch has a circular watch face and a unique control system: you control the watch by rotating the bezel or by pressing home or back buttons on the side of the watch. The press release is curiously silent on the question of whether the watch also has a touchscreen. Update: it does. The Samsung […]

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Samsung Gear S2 round smartwatch coming soon

Samsung’s first smartwatch with a round display is coming soon. How soon? Samsung says it will unveil the Gear S2 smartwatch at an event on September 3rd, just ahead of the IFA consumer electronic show in Berlin. The company offered a brief teaser at the end of today’s press event for the Galaxy Note 5 […]