In September last year there appeared information that Samsung is working on a compatible branded smart watch Gear S2 with the iPhone. Now subscribers of the operator Verizon got the new firmware for smart watch Samsung, which supports devices running iOS.
March 24 users in the United States began to get in Gear and S2 Gear S2 Classic update version R730VVRU1BPC1. In the list of changes announced support for iPhone running iOS 8.4 and above.
At the moment it is unknown what functions support Gear S2 in conjunction with smartphones Apple. Likely that iPhone owners will be able to view incoming notifications and to monitor physical activity. Some features, like Samsung Pay, for obvious reasons, will not be available.
Earlier this year at CES 2016 representatives of Samsung officially confirmed the information about the work in this direction. Later it was reported that support iOS Gear S2 should appear before the end of March. On when Gear S2 can iPhone work with other operators in other countries, not reported.
Samsung Gear S2 look like a classic watch with a round display diagonal of 1.2 inches and a resolution of 360 x 360 pixels. As a software platform acts as Samsung Tizen. The watch is available in two design variations — the usual Gear S2 in a gray or silver colors and classic Gear S2 with black finish and a genuine leather strap.
One of the main features Gear S2, the control bezel (ribbed rotating the rim around the dial). If the Apple Watch uses a Digital Crown wheel, the South Korean device directly need to twist the bezel of the device. Clockwise rotation opens the widgets, against notifications. The Classic lineup is in Russia 24 990 rubles.
