Along with that, any weather or location-based watch faces and services did not function. In our experience, the Gear Fit’s quick reply options and alarm notifications failed to work. The Gear Fit wasn’t meant to work with devices outside of the Galaxy family, and because of this, some features are nonoperational. As you would imagine, this configuration isn’t perfect. From there, you’ll just need to select the specific apps that you’d like to receive notifications from. After you’ve paired the Gear Fit, head over to the “Notifications” section and tap on the bar labeled, “General Notifications.” This will prompt you to enable system-wide notifications for your Gear Fit. After you’ve installed both of the apps, launch the Gear Fit Manager and connect your Gear Fit via Bluetooth using the on-screen instructions. Next, download the Gear Fitness app ( located here) and install it as well. First download the Gear Fit Manager ( located here) and sideload it onto your device. If you’re interested in testing out this method, there are a few things you need to do. Check out the video tutorial below for a full walk-through and demo. Unfortunately, this same method didn’t work with the Gear 2 or Gear 2 Neo, but we’ll take what we can get. The interesting part is, all that it took was sideloading a couple of apps onto a non-Galaxy device. It’s very likely that you’ll be able to get this to work on other Android devices though. This doesn’t mean that KitKat is required, but it’s better to lay out all of the facts surrounding our experience. We haven’t had the opportunity to test this method on a wide variety of Android devices, but it’s important to note that both the HTC One M8 and M7 we’ve tested were running Android 4.4.2. We’ve learned that the Gear Fit can can function with almost 100 percent of its features on other Android devices such as the HTC One M8.
Once again, Samsung is keeping its Gear line within the family, but luckily we’ve found a way around this small problem.
According to Samsung, the Gear Fit will only work with 17 different Galaxy devices including the new Galaxy S5. Samsung’s Gear Fit smartwatch/fitness band is finally available online and in stores, but unfortunately, its Android compatibility is still very limited.
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