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Apart from the company Apple has its own smartwatch as well as rival Samsung. They have been similar so far Apple Watch compatible only with phones from the same manufacturer. However, there has been speculation for some time that Samsung would allow them to be paired with iPhones running on iOSThis could help Samsung attract more users who were considering buying a smartwatch but didn't like the design. Apple Watch.

Recently, Samsung adopted beta testers of their new Gear app Manager, which would allow the connection of watches with iPhones similar to the Android application Wear. However, a few hours ago betaversion of the application appeared on the Tizen Cafe website and you can simply install it and watch with iPhonem to pair. You will need your iPhone, the computer and the watch itself.

How to connect Samsung Gear S2 and S3 smartwatches to iPhone

  1. Here download Gear Manager.
  2. Connect yours iPhone to the computer on which you have iTunes installed.
  3. Double-click to open the file you downloaded in the first step. It should have a .ipa extension. This will open iTunes.
  4. Start syncing with iTunes iPhonem.
  5. Select the "Gear S3" app and install it on your iPhone.
  6. After installation, go to Settings → General → Device Management on your iPhone. Verify the added certificate here.
  7. Factory reset your Samsung Gear S2/S3 watch.
  8. Turn on Bluetooth on your iPhone and through the Gear app Manager connect it to the watch.

Take into account that this is a beta version and therefore it is very likely that there will be bugs in the application and something may not work. One of them is that if you want to reopen the store in the application, you will have to restart the application. There is also no information yet on when new versions will be available or when Samsung will release the final application.

LSA also warns that you do everything at your own risk and we are not responsible for any damage that may occur during the process. However, if you follow the instructions, there should be no complications except for errors in the application itself. The application is compatible with iPhonem 5 and later models on version iOS 8.4 and above.

Samsung Gear S3 FB

Source: tizenexperts

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