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Samsung Gear S2 Smartwatch Will Reportedly Work with iPhones

September 8, 2015 By Dan Rosenbaum

samsung gear S2A company the size and scale of Samsung does not likely enjoy being a runner-up, even in a market as small as smartwatches. That makes Digital Spy’s scoop all the more interesting: the upcoming Gear S2 smartwatch — the round one with the rotating control bezel — will work with iOS phones.

For the last year or so, Samsung has turned its back on Android Wear, favoring the open-source Tizen operating system in an attempt to avoid commoditization. Furthermore, most of Samsung’s smartwatches would work with only a small subset of Samsung’s own phones. It’s no wonder that the company is running a distant fifth in smartwatch shipments, behind Apple, Fitbit, Xiaomi, and Garmin, with flat unit sales and a deteriorating market share.

With the Gear S2, it’s looking like Samsung has had enough. Previous reports had said that the watch would work with all up-to-date Android phones; with the addition of iOS support, the S2 would become one of the few high-end smartwatches to work with essentially any phone.

 

Last updated by Dan Rosenbaum on February 1, 2017.

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