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However, doing so requires a bit of hacking – XDA Junior Member, nala1908, figured out how to get the Gear Fit working with several other devices, in particular, the Nexus 5 ( our Nexus 5 review). For those of you without a Samsung smartphone or tablet, it's technically possible to pair with the Fit. Both come directly from Samsung's App Store, which requires owning a Samsung device. However, in order to receive analysis of your health metrics, you'll also need to install the Fitness with Gear application. The Gear Fit provides a little bit of both worlds.įor anyone with a compatible Samsung device, the pairing process only requires downloading and installing Samsung's Gear Fit Manager app (available in the Samsung Market). Notification watches replicate notifications from a smartphone to the display of the smartwatch. Most fitness-oriented devices provide the user with information on their biometric readings - such as heart rate or the number of foot steps taken (pedometer). They tend to fulfill one of two niches: fitness tracking or smartphone notifications. In a nutshell, wearables come in the physical form of a watch, while providing some kind of computer-like function. Smartwatches classify as "wearable tech", a term coined at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013. While relatively novel, does the $200 Gear Fit match other wearables such as the $199 Basis Health Tracker (our Basis review), the Pebble smartwatch (our Pebble review) or the $199.99 Sony SmartWatch 2 ( Sony SmartWatch 2 review)? It's certainly among the more affordable of smartwatches, but does it provide a healthy middle ground between fitness watches and notifications watches? Read on to find out. With the majority of smartwatches offering either notifications or health metrics, a smartwatch offering both fulfills an almost untouched niche. Their previous entry into the fray, the Galaxy Gear, offered notifications only – the Fit provides a hybrid of notifications and exercise-oriented features. Samsung's Gear Fit enters a smartwatch arena filled with blood thirsty, formidable competition.
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