Imagine if anyone could head to the store and buy a Fit smartwatch on April 11, irrespective of whether they also have a Galaxy phone or not. As far as I’m aware, there’s no technological reason that Samsung doesn’t release a Gear app to the Google Play store, or to the iTunes App Store.
#Samsung gear fit manager via apk
There have already been cases of enterprising hackers taking the Gear Manager APK from a Samsung device and sideloading it onto another, non-Galaxy Android smartphone - and it works. The fact that the new Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit are supported by older Galaxy smartphones implies that there aren’t any special hardware requirements to connect to the smartwatches - you just need Bluetooth, and an app on the smartphone.
#Samsung gear fit manager via Bluetooth
The Gear smartwatches are very simple Bluetooth devices. Why is the Fit only supported by a handful of Galaxy smartphones and no others? Why doesn’t Samsung extend support to every other Android phone, the iPhone, and even Windows Phone? This oversight is either stupidity or hubris on Samsung’s behalf.
As I sat in the audience watching Samsung unveil the Galaxy S5 and t hree new Gear smartwatches, I had potentially life-changing epiphany: Why don’t these smartwatches support other, non-Samsung smartphones? I actually quite like the look of the Gear Fit, and would be tempted to invest - but I don’t own a Galaxy phone, so the value proposition plummets it’s probably not worth the money.
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