How To Update Samsung Gear 2

v-year old Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch is getting an update

When smartphones struggle to go updates after a few months of usage, it may be a surprise to learn that the Samsung Gear S2 is getting a surprise update that aims to improve battery life. The Samsung Gear S2 is a nigh-v-yr-old smartwatch that came out in October 2015, just a few months after the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. VersionR730AUCU3CQK1 is rolling out for the Samsung Gear S2, and it clocks in at a beggarly six.79MB.

Currently, there'southward no real way of telling when the update volition reach your watch. While the typical way for companies to roll out updates is slowly over time, this update is goose egg short of an abnormality (even if information technology'due south much appreciated). Y'all can check for an update by going to your Milky way Wearable app, going to "Watch software update," and then borer "Download and install" if the choice is bachelor. Samsung did port the Watch Agile 2's features to older smartwatches dorsum in November, but this seems to be a simple firmware update.

An update for the Samsung Gear S2 is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. With devices reaching many years of historic period at this stage, owners will brainstorm to feel battery deterioration, and a bombardment life improvement may serve to extend its longevity simply a piffling bit more than. Have you gotten the update? Let us know in the comments!

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