Samsung Gear S2 and Google Pixel Compatibility?

[ihbsbA]

I have had 2 Gear S watches and have had very little trouble till now. Verizon is sending a new watch because after 3 total hrs and 2 days trying to connect was a pain. Looks like the application is having issues along with the watch.

First the guy said that it seems that the phone overrides the watch and factory resets it and that the watch shouldn't do that. Then he calls me back after I had the insurance send another and tells me he thinks it's the phone.

Good luck and I'll post here if it works out later ..

My s2 classic is working great!

 

[Gino Ferreri]

Gear S2 interfering with my pixel phone as well in my car bluetooth. Gotta disconnect BT from pixel to fix it cause there's no way to set priority when in the car.

 

[dmrphy03]

I am having this exact same issue with my Pixel XL and my Gear S3 Frontier. Has anyone figured out any resolutions to the problems? My Gear S Plugin app on the Pixel XL is constantly crashing as well. Hopefully this can get resolved soon as I love the Pixel XL as well as the Gear S3. Thanks for any help!

 

[JasW]

FWIW, I have not been able to connect my original Gear (that is, the first one Samsung released in fall 2013) to my Pixel XL. Gear Manager installed on my Pixel XL searches for it but cannot find it. I'm assuming the version of Gear Manager that one can download from the Play Store is the same as the version one can download from Samsung's Galaxy Apps store (which version worked fine with my Gear on my old Note 4).

 

[popkurn611]

I see that the s2 now supports Samsung pay. Is there any way to get the Samsung pay app on the pixel just to get the app to work with the gear s2 watch? It's not available on the play store via my pixel. I know its only available to Samsung devices but if I have the watch I technically should be able to use Samsung pay via the watches built in technology

Edit: I got it! Can be installed via the Samsung gear app on the pixel. Wow this is friggin amazing!!

 

[slowtbss]

Anyone know if the gear 2 will work???

 

[Cam Morin]

I have a Gear S2 and Pixel 2, once the phone and watch are connected I cannot answer a call on any other Bluetooth device, is. U connect in truck or my Plantronics headset without disconnecting my Gear, tough to do safely while driving...I talked with Pixel support and they have nothing to add. My Samsung and IPhone give a choice of Bluetooth audio devices when a call is present.

 

[Devmil]

I have a Gear S2 and Pixel 2, once the phone and watch are connected I cannot answer a call on any other Bluetooth device, is. U connect in truck or my Plantronics headset without disconnecting my Gear, tough to do safely while driving...I talked with Pixel support and they have nothing to add. My Samsung and IPhone give a choice of Bluetooth audio devices when a call is present.

I have a Gear S2 classic paired with my Pixel 2 and no such problems. Calls work on both BT headsets I use (Sennheiser PXC 550 and JBL Reflect Mini BT) and also in our car (VW Touran)
I do have some occasional general Bluetooth hickups though. Still sorting out what the problem is (e.g. media audio not routed to my Sennheiser or Plantronics in 1 out of 10 tries)
And I suspect the Pixel 2 Gear S2 classic combo to eat more battery than needed (on the watch and the phone) Currently I'm experimenting with disabling the Wifi connection between phone and watch.

 

[Lew Hale1]

Gear 2 pairs with Pixel 2 XL however once connected phone screen stays black can't answer cell,no email app available on watch, only thing that's shows in notification is message. If I pair with my Samsung S7 active all work. Not good