Samsung, the Korean tech giant at CES announced that its all-new upcoming wearables will have iOS compatibility support. This feature is coming to the whole Samsung Gear family, which includes Gear S3, Gear S2, and Gear Fit2 as well.
The company said that users can download the Samsung Gear S app for the Gear S2 and Gear S3 or the Samsung Gear Fit app for the Gear Fit2 on compatible iOS devices from the Apple App Store. After downloading the app, users will have step-by-step guidance to complete pairing with the user’s compatible Samsung wearable devices.
Younghee Lee, Samsung’s EVP of Global Marketing and Mobile Coms said that “We’re constantly looking forward for ways to enhance our offerings and we do this in part by listening to what our customers want- and that includes greater access to our cutting-edge wearable technologies with iOS support. By offering Android and iOS compatibility with our latest Gear devices, we’re giving users more ways to optimize their wearable experiences and connect to Samsung’s Galaxy of possibilities.
Samsung also going to provide iOS compatibility for its SmartTV platform, offering an iOS version of the new SmartTV remote app for the freshly unveiled QLED smart TVs.