Watch 3 running Wear. Will it be possible to run Wear or side load Wear apps?

[etower333k]

I got my GW3 about 8 months ago and like it more than ever. I am in Canada and change the Region a few times, and finally settled on XAR. Got BP running and I find it has all the functionality I need. Now with the announcement that GW4 will be running Wear, my fear is that new apps for GW3 will dry up and developers will focus on Wear.

So, I am curious, will Wear be more Tizen than WearOS. Will it be possible to change GW3 firmware to Wear? What about side loading Wear apps.... will that be possible?

 

[adfree]

Crystal Ball and deep look into future?



No Firmware leaked... no details nor somebody saw Wear running in action...

Maybe it looks like they are trying to hold their WatchFaces...
MAYBE old WatchFaces... maybe few of them can be used... MAYBE.

This is SM-R860 Firmware Development...

http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/KOO/SM-R860/version.test.xml

I can count 40 + Versions...

IMHO nothing final...

They are still playing around... since April...

https://xdaforums.com/t/gear-s3-roo...ear-port-thread.3584588/page-51#post-84989335

Best Regards

 

[adfree]

Samsungs switch to Tizen

I bought the Galaxy Watch 46mm several years ago becuase I wanted the ability to run a few apps and to make my own watch face. I started from scratch with GWS (it was GWD back then) and made my first face OK. I’ve used that face ever since (actually I recreated and tweaked it a bit with the...

forum.developer.samsung.com

Leads also to this blabla...

[Editorial] A New Era of Smartwatch Innovation Starts Here

The smartwatch is an empowering tool. It connects us with the people we care about, gives us immediate access to a wealth of information, and helps us to

news.samsung.com

Samsu.g killed also Tizen Mobile in short time....

Maybe GW3 was no commercial success...

So they need new magic words...

Best Regards

 

[kodiak799]

I think a GW3 update for the new hybrid OS is a pipe dream. Samsung wants to sell you a new watch - manufacturers almost never bring something like this to old hardware.

And it might [probably] be very difficult to bring the hybrid OS to the GW3 because the new hardware is developed specifically for the hybrid OS.

 

[Beso]

Is there a petition to upgrade Galaxy Watch 3 to Wear OS?