Smart watches are an increasingly common complement. The Samsung Galaxy Watch and its aspects, is one of the best known smartwatches that exist. Then we will show you the best apps to get the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Watch.
All Samsung werables have their own operating system, called Tizen. Tizen is a fairly closed operating system and whose maximum splendor is achieved with a Samsung Galaxy mobile, as in the case of Apple with Apple Watch and iPhone.
It should be noted that Google has its own operating system for smart watches that is called Wear OS, although it is a somewhat less popular operating system than Tizen o WatchOS in the case of Apple Watch.
In order to link our Samsung Galaxy Watch, we will need a smartphone, this will be a key piece both in the process of configuring the device, and at the time of Install or uninstall applications.
Even if we can manage certain applications with the Samsung Gear app, from the Galaxy Store that is in our mobile. This application store is really interesting because it has a section through which we are shown certain applications which are compatible with Samsung wearables.
All the applications that we will discuss next, are available within the section Watch located in the lower right of the Galaxy Store app.
Although by itself Samsung smart watches are already equipped with certain services own which are very useful for sports, because the vast majority of watches that Samsung has are focused on sports, we may be looking for apps beyond this and that are useful for our day.
Before we begin, we must clarify that not all applications that we will discuss below are free, but that Some of them are paid or may even have some type of subscription.
Spotify
Performing sports while listening to our favorite songs is a common practice among athletes, so we may find it interesting have all the songs we want to grimace. On the other hand, we must say that we can listen to Spotify without the need of our smartphone if we have the subscription to Spotify Premium, since this allows us to have music without connection, in this case, in our face.
Comparison: Spotify Free vs Spotify Premium
It is a very interesting option to be able to measure at all times the physical exercise we are doing and to listen to music through a bluetooth headset. On the other hand, if we do not have Spotify premium this app stops making enough sense, although it is always good to manage the volume, move on to the next song or pause it from our face.
- Download Spotify from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Flipboard is News
Flipboard is a very popular Android app, although Samsung in its app store for its smart watches has christened it as news. Through this app, we can meet headlines of different topics and media that we can consult. It should also be noted that it is somewhat uncomfortable to read this type of news because the smartwatch screen is not too big to appreciate images and text in an optimal way.
- Download News from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Find My Phone
This is undoubtedly one of the most useful apps that we can download since when our watch is connected to the smartphone goes Bluetooth, if we do not find the mobile We can always make it sound even while silent.
- Download Find My Phone from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Samsung Internet
This app is one of the most useful that we can install in our watch because thanks to it we can search on Google or even check pages like YouTube. On the other hand, we must emphasize that all these types of apps that need an Internet connection must be connected to our mobile or have a WiFi network.
- Download Samsung Internet from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Voice notes
Record voice memos with the clock and automatically synchronize with our smartphone is possible Thanks this app. In addition to using our Samsung Galaxy Watch to record voice memos, this app has the possibility to transcribe them to text which is really comfortable to, for example, record some statements of some public character.
- Download Voice Notes from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Microsoft Outlook
Checking emails is something we can do through our mobile notifications and are visible from our smartwatch. Now, with the Microsoft Outlook app we can view and even answer incoming emails, although it should be noted that the best option to answer them is through voice since typing with a keyboard on the clock screen is not really comfortable.
- Download Microsoft Outlook from the Samsung Galaxy Store
BBVA
Check our balance and see the latest movements quickly It is possible with the BBVA app. This app is also available in other smartwatches that integrate as a WearOS operating system and is a sure way to see our accounts because it forces us to have an active PIN, so that when we take off the watch nobody can access it without our permission.
- Download BBVA from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Telpark
Paying for parking is a very common habit in Spanish cities. Telpark is one of the best known apps for make street parking payments so you don't have to go to our car and get another ticket in the parking meter but pay a few euros more in the app to extend the time of our parking.
This app is already available on both iOS and Android and, as we see, even for Samsung Galaxy Watch, an app that can be very useful to have a grin without having to take the smartphone from our pocket or go to the parking meter .
- Download Telpark from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Strava
It is one of the best known applications to collect our physical activity due to the amount of sports he is able to register and the accuracy with which he performs it. Although it is not the only exercise app that exists for the Samsung Galaxy Watch, it is one of the most popular.
- Download Strava from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Search my car
Although we saw how to save the parking location on Google Maps, in this case the Samsung Galaxy Watch has the possibility to save the location of your car and directly be able to go to him if we don't remember where we have parked him.
- Download Find my car from the Samsung Galaxy Store
Uber
Ordering an Uber through the smart watch is possible since Uber itself has an app with an interface that adapts to the spherical screen of the clock and that syncs with our smartphone app so as not to have the need to enter a lot of data in a screen as small as the Samsung Galaxy Watch.
- Download Uber from the Samsung Galaxy Store
GearKeyboard Lite
This is the most popular keyboard in the entire Samsung Galaxy Store since It is really easy to write with it and it adapts to the vast majority of applications We can find in the store. Although we anticipate that we must be really careful when typing with this keyboard.
- Download GearKeyboard Lite from the Samsung Galaxy Store
WhatsMedia Audio
Listening to WhatsApp audios from the clock is not possible natively, but it is only through this app which allows you to play the audios. This is one of the best known apps in the application store and the only drawback it presents is that, like many others, it is paid, specifically it has a cost of 3.14 euros.
- Download WhatsMedia Audio from the Samsung Galaxy Store
File Transfer And Manager Standalone
With this app we can send and receive files from our mobile and even see the different folders that the Samsung Galaxy Watch has, which can be very useful to match our imagination and perform different actions, such as passing a text from the mobile to the clock.
- Download File Transfer And Manager Standalone from the Samsung Galaxy Store
MD210 Premium Hybrid Watch Face
Finally, we will talk about one of the multiple apps that are in the application store in order to change the aesthetics to our Samsung Galaxy Watch. It is an app which allows us to change the dial of our watch. This is one of the best valued within the store, but there are multiple that are really similar to it and that are equally valid options.
- Download MD210 Premium Hybrid Watch Face from the Samsung Galaxy Store
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What do you think of the apps in the article? What apps do you have on your Samsung Galaxy Watch?
