Samsung Pay and Gear S2 question

[ks-man]

Has it been said yet if you'll need a Galaxy S6 or later to use Samsung Pay on the Gear S2? I have a Galaxy Note 4 and would hope that I can still use Samsung Pay on the Gear S2.

 

[SpookDroid]

I don't see why you'd need the phone since the hardware is on the watch, BUT since the Samsung Pay app is not available for the Note 4, that might be where the limitation lies.

 

[Storm24]

Does the S2 only work with NFC? Or will it work with the MST too?

 

[buzzy3970]

Does the S2 only work with NFC? Or will it work with the MST too?

It's been said that it only has nfc which if true is kind of a bummer :-(

 

[SpookDroid]

MST tech, I believe, it's still not 'there' to allow hardware miniaturization so that it can fit into a reasonable watch size. But still, NFC-only Samsung Pay would be nice, at least to compete with the Apple Watch (which is what they're obviously after). Now, it being NFC, I wonder if Google Wallet would work as well...

 

[Rarry]

As the Note 5 isn't coming to Europe it'd be good to know if Samsung pay will work with gear S2 and Note 4. Don't want to give up S pen.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

As the Note 5 isn't coming to Europe it'd be good to know if Samsung pay will work with gear S2 and Note 4. Don't want to give up S pen.

If it does, it'll only be NFC. I don't think Samsung has said whether or not older phones will get Samsung Pay though.

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[SpookDroid]

As the Note 5 isn't coming to Europe it'd be good to know if Samsung pay will work with gear S2 and Note 4. Don't want to give up S pen.

Note 4 has never been in the official compatibility list, and to the best of my knowledge, they won't make it compatible with older phones. The Gear S2 is another beast because it's just been announced, so that's just 'not knowing'. Although if they're leaving older phones out because of the lack of MST hardware (NFC only), then the same logic would/could apply to the Gear S2, in which case it would mean that Samsung Pay wouldn't be available in "NFC-Only" mode.

 

[ks-man]

I wonder if it would be possible for the Gear S2 to support Android Pay for older devices that don't support Samsung Pay. I doubt they would as they'd essentially be encouraging people to use a competitor service but I can hope until the official "no" answer comes out.

 

[CHRISALLEN3285]

So Samsung Pay just came out for the Gear S2. It only supports NFC. I wonder if Samsung will make the Gear S2 support MST technology or if they'll just come out with another smartwatch that supports both NFC and MST? Perhaps the Gear S3?

 

[optimummind]

So Samsung Pay just came out for the Gear S2. It only supports NFC. I wonder if Samsung will make the Gear S2 support MST technology or if they'll just come out with another smartwatch that supports both NFC and MST? Perhaps the Gear S3?

I don't think the Gear S2 has MST hardware built in. Hopefully the Gear S3 will.

 

[Scott Currence]

So Samsung Pay just came out for the Gear S2. It only supports NFC. I wonder if Samsung will make the Gear S2 support MST technology or if they'll just come out with another smartwatch that supports both NFC and MST? Perhaps the Gear S3?

From my understanding, the s2 doesn't have the hardware for MST. Maybe in the s3 it will.

 

[rickl43065]

Doubtful the MST Takes WAY too much power..