Turning the bezel clockwise will scroll through your widgets, which can easily be customised to suit your needs – we have ours set up so we can easily initiate a run, track our daily activity and log our caffeine and water intake. The watch is easy to use, although it does require a bit of a learning curve to learn what all the buttons do, and which way to turn the bezel.
Samsung is using its own custom circular UX with the Gear S2, which works well with the hardware and overall design.
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Sony SmartWatch 3 review Samsung Gear S2 review: Software Without the battery saving mode on, you can expect a similar battery life to the Apple Watch, which gets you through the day and night without issue, but will usually run out of power at some point during the second day. In terms of battery life, the Gear S2 boasts a 250mAh battery that Samsung claims should last around 2-3 days on a single charge, with the use of Samsung’s built in battery saving mode. You can also monitor your exercises with only a few taps, and we found it to be more accurate than its general tracking abilities. Although with this being said, we love the circular layout and when you haven’t been active for a while, you’ll get a little nudge to encourage you to get moving. There were a handful of occasions where we’d be sat at our desks working, and the watch would count it as ‘light activity’. It’s a good way to motivate yourself to get fit, but we found that it wasn’t very accurate at times. Instead of just measuring calories (it still does, don’t worry!) it’ll measure the amount of activity you’ve done throughout the day and present it to you in blocks – green areas were areas where you were quite active (and the watch will motivate you when it detects this), yellow areas where you’ve taken it easy, and grey areas for when you’ve not moved at all. Samsung has included a host of sensors to allow the Gear S2 to track your activity throughout the day and present it to you in a watch-style layout. Wi-Fi connectivity is especially impressive as it allows users to use the smartwatch when not connected to your phone when at home, work, or anywhere else with Wi-Fi. The Gear S2 also features not only Bluetooth, but NFC and Wi-Fi capabilities. Although with this being said, early adopters of the Apple Watch had the same issue and we don’t hear many complaints about it months down the line, do we? Although with this being said, we found using the bezel a little confusing when navigating the new circular UX, especially at first – but we’ll come to that below. Of course, users have the freedom of freely tapping and swiping directly on the watch face, but this isn’t how Samsung intends the device to be used. This means that there’s no battery life drain for those of you (and believe us, there will be a few) that just love the sensation of turning the bezel.
It’s not a click generated by a vibration motor either, it’s mechanical.
When you turn the bezel, you’ll feel a gentle click which Samsung says will allow for muscle memory to eventually kick in and enable you to select apps without needing to look at the screen, although after using the watch for two weeks we still couldn’t manage it. Instead of directly interacting with the screen of the Gear S2, users have the option of using the rotating watch bezel to scroll through the various menus and apps of the smartwatch. The real beauty of the design of the Gear S2 comes not with the circular display itself, but with the bezel of the watch.
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