A good wearable should be there when you need it and then disappear. But all those features and apps get in the way. Wearable computing is still in its infancy, and we're seeing too may companies - Samsung included- trying to shrink the smartphone down to a wearable size.
The Gear Fit's design blends right in, yet still includes the added benefit of an attractive color display.Īnd don't let it turn you off that the Gear Fit can't do as much as its big brother the Gear 2. With the Gear Fit, you won't look like a super geek wearing a wrist-computer from the future. It's more like a Fitbit or Nike FuelBand than the current generation of bulky smartwatches. The Gear Fit is also light and comfortable to wear thanks to its rubbery, flexible band and curved display that matches the contour of your wrist. I think that's a much more logical solution for a wearable device. Instead, the Gear Fit concentrates on what's important: monitoring your fitness and displaying the notifications from your phone. (Samsung has a new version of the Galaxy Gear, the Gear 2, that will launch the same day as the Fit.) The Gear Fit is more focused, beautiful and functional than the regular Gear line, which seems to be packed with a lot of unnecessary extras like a camera, universal remote control, and third-party apps. You can think of the Gear Fit as a stripped-down version of last year's Galaxy Gear smartwatch. But for everything else, you'll need your phone to respond to incoming notifications. For incoming calls and texts, you can use the Gear Fit Manager to preprogram a few common responses like "I can't talk now…I'm in a meeting" so you don't have to pull out your phone. You can tap a button to launch the corresponding app on your phone, or delete the notification and view it later. Whenever you get a new notification, the Gear Fit displays the text on the screen. You manage the other functions like incoming notifications and software updates using the Gear Fit Manager app on your phone. S Health helps you get a broad overview of your calories burned, average pulse, and other activities. The health data syncs with Samsung's fitness app called S Health, which comes preinstalled on Galaxy phones and tablets. After pairing the Gear Fit to your phone, you can use it to track your steps with a built-in pedometer, measure your heart rate, and display notifications like incoming calls, texts, emails and tweets from the apps installed on your smartphone.
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