YouTube has also added a smart download feature, which will download 50-500 songs over Wi-Fi when your watch is on charge. Like Spotify, you'll need to have a YouTube premium subscription to make use of the app, which lets you download music when offline. If you don't fancy Spotify, there's you can opt for YouTube Music as your go-to music streaming service.
There's a dedicated screen to download playlists and there's also Tile support, which means you can add a dedicated screen to quickly access and start playing something.
Like the Samsung Tizen version, it still gets you offline playlist support (with a Premium subscription), the ability to control where the music is streamed from and 'like' songs by tapping that heart icon. When Google first announced Wear OS 3, Spotify was among the first apps being rebuilt for the new platform. The Wear OS version has been given a bit of a revamp, giving you weekly and hourly forecasts and additional data like UV index and visibility to keep you safe if you're heading out in your car. We love a weather app and this is a good one to grab for the Galaxy Watch 4. You can return to the app and start searching for apps by voice, using the keyboard or drawing out letters to spell the app you're searching for, which we found the most useful method. If you haven't done already you'll need to link a new or existing Google account to start downloading apps.Ĥ. Look for the Google Play Store app icon.ģ.
Swipe up from the main watch screen to reveal the app screenĢ. If you want to download apps directly from the Watch 4, do the following:ġ. Scroll down from the main screen until you see Store and this will push you into the Google Play Store.ĭownload apps directly from the Galaxy Watch 4 Once the Galaxy Wearable app is installed on your phone and your Watch 4 or Watch 4 Classic is paired, do the following: The first is to download apps from the Google Play Store, via the Samsung Galaxy Wearable companion phone app.
There's two ways to get apps on your Watch 4.
How to download apps on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Here's our pick of Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 apps. It's put in place new guidelines over app quality that will apply to Wear 3.0 watches. It's using the renewed interest in the Galaxy Watch 4 to galvanize developers to improve the Play Store. 25 Samsung Galaxy Watch tips and tricksĪnd Google is a big part of that, too.With access to Google's Play Store, owners of Samsung's new smartwatch have access to a bigger catalogue of high profile apps, which is great news. The feature will be available in South Korea other regions should also receive the feature soon.Samsung's decision to drop Tizen and move the Galaxy Watch 4 to Google Wear OS was driven by a desire for a proper app ecosystem – and things are already starting to pay off.
To come out of the Repair Mode, the user needs to exit the mode by rebooting the device and authenticating through fingerprint or pattern recognition.Īccording to the newsroom post, Samsung Repair Mode will arrive via an update to the Galaxy S21 series phones, and later will be expanded to more models in the future. Once the Repair Mode is activated, which can be found in Settings, then Battery and Device Care menu, the smartphone gets rebooted.Īfter that, nobody will be able to access your data, including photos, messages, accounts, etc., and only default apps will be accessible. So, for example, if you wanted to keep the photos and videos on your device off limits, you could do that in Repair Mode, the report said. This mode is here to bring peace of mind, at least for Samsung Galaxy users. Users are always concerned about their private data getting leaked or stolen from their smartphones when they send them for repair. The Samsung Repair Mode allows users to selectively choose which data they wish to disclose when their phone is in for repair, reports SamMobile. SAN FRANCISCO: South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a new feature called Repair Mode to its Galaxy devices to ensure that the personal data on your Galaxy smartphone remains secure even when the repair technician is working on it.