Latest update brings new apps and watch faces to Samsung Gear S2

Himanshu, 12 February, 2016

Samsung has pushed out a new update to its Gear S2 smartwatch that bumps the software version to R720XXU2BPA4, and brings along new apps and watch faces, as well as several other changes.

The update brings three new apps, including World Clock, ESPN, and News Briefing, as well as Mendini watch faces. In addition, it adds a new search function in the Contacts application, and a screen time out option in the Settings -> Display menu.

Your Gear S2 will now issue an alert when Bluetooth connection is disconnected, and also show an unread notification indicator on the watch face. Weighing in at around 91MB, the update includes some performance improvements and bug fixes as well.

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Reader comments

Manjula
17 Dec 2016
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Samsung gear S 2: it says copying latest software update to gear, but there is no install prompt; it is at 0% out of 133.36 MB for the past 10 days. No update is happening. Update version it says R720XXU2EPK5/R7200XA2EPK5

Anonymous
16 Feb 2016
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It's a great watch and continues to get better through Apps and OS. I've tried the AW watches (at the same time with this one) and Gear S2 wins in almost all categories. I only wish the Classic was available with 3G.

Sam
14 Feb 2016
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Thanks for the response buddy...But unfortunately I got this weird response from Samsung Support Center for my query about Samsung Gear S2 support with iPhones: ****After reviewing your e-mail, we understand that you want to know if the Gear S2 ...