Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrait mode”

Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by arghwhat on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:54AM (#18606425)

I have a Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smart-watch, paired with a Sony Xperia X Compact (i.e. no samsung). My friend has a Samsung Galaxy Wear, paired with a Sony Xperia XZ Compact. Neither of us use any Samsung applications other than the required "gear"/"galaxy" app.

I'm getting Gmail, Telegram, Slack, and all sorts of other notifications just fine, and can reply to them.

So while their software sucks (unlike the hardware, their smartwatches are by far the bets ones out there), you did indeed fuck up your settings. Or you use an iPhone, which there is poor support for.

Also, while it's not a particularly trustworthy company, this specifically has nothing to do with trust.

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Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by jobigoud on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @06:11AM (#18607283)

Do they vibrate the watch? GP is saying the notifications come through but only samsung apps vibrate.

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Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by arghwhat on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @09:24AM (#18608403)

Yes. Any notification causes vibration, wakes up the watch to show the notification (or if the watch is in use, show it as a small overlay), from which one can read the content and take actions, including replying straight from the watch.

I always have the watch on silent, so no notification tone. I have no Samsung apps short of the Gear app and Samsung Health.

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