Dev installs Put on OS on 2016 Galaxy Gear S3

In 2018, Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch. It was the primary from the model to not use the “Gear” branding it had adopted up till that time. In 2016, for instance, its flagship smartwatch was the Samsung Galaxy Gear S3.

That watch shipped with Samsung’s personal Tizen OS. Early Gear watches shipped with Android Put on, however Samsung deserted that working system fairly shortly. Quick ahead to immediately, although, and we now have the Galaxy Watch 4, which is the primary (and solely) Samsung watch with Put on OS.

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One developer over at XDA-Builders, nevertheless, puzzled what 2016’s Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 Frontier can be like with Put on OS as an alternative of Tizen. The one method to discover out is to do it, in order that they flashed the newest Put on OS 2 ROM onto the system and talked about what occurred.

Under, you may see screenshots displaying Put on OS on the Galaxy Gear S3, which is definitely an attention-grabbing sight.

Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 operating Put on OS

Now, don’t get too enthusiastic about digging out your outdated watch and throwing Put on OS onto it. The developer — parasetam0l — admits that the Gear S3 is royally borked in a number of methods. First, battery life is “poor,” in order that’s roadblock primary. The watch can also’t use tilt-to-wake, GPS, or NFC. Even step-counting is damaged.

On the plus facet, the rotating bezel — a long-favorite characteristic of Samsung watches — does work as anticipated. It’s attainable parasetam0l might get the opposite damaged points working higher over time.

To learn all about how the developer did this and how one can strive it for your self, take a look at the XDA thread.