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      Samsung Gear® S2 For Dummies®

      Samsung Gear^® S2 For Dummies^®

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      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016944311

      ISBN: 978-1-119-27998-3

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      Introduction

      Welcome to Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies, which is your guide to using the Gear S2 smartwatch in your everyday life.

      You may have picked up this book because you’ve already purchased a Samsung Gear S2 (congratulations!) or you’re thinking about buying the Gear S2 thanks to all the interest and great reviews from the computing media. Either way, this book offers a great way to learn about Samsung’s cutting-edge wearable device.

      About This Book

      Chances are that you’re brand new to wearable computing. You may have been interested in wearing a smartwatch, but up until the Gear S2, you haven’t seen a smartwatch that has interested you. Or you may already have a Gear S2 but want to know everything there is to know about it.

      This is why this book is a soup-to-nuts presentation of how to set up the Gear S2, use it with your Android smartphone, and find apps that you can download and use to get the most use and fun from your smartwatch.

      Unlike other books that require you to read an entire chapter in one sitting to understand what’s going on, you can open this book anywhere and read about the topic that interests you at the moment. That is, you can search the book for information you need, read the page that has your answers, and then get back to work (or play).

      You may notice that there are sidebars stippled throughout the book and you may run into one or more on the page you’re reading. I cover the different types of sidebars later in this introduction.

      I also use some basic technical conventions in this book that you should know about so you aren’t confused or surprised by them:

      ❯❯ Bold text means that you’re meant to type the text just as it appears in the book. The exception is when you’re working through a step list: Because each step is bold, any text I tell you to type is not bold.

      ❯❯ Web addresses appear in monofont. If you’re reading a digital version of this book on a device connected to the Internet, you can click the web address to visit that website, like this: www.dummies.com.

      ❯❯ At a few points in this book, you see command sequences that tell you how to perform tasks. Each command in the sequence is separated by a command arrow. Each step in the sequence from left to right tells you the step you should take before proceeding to the next step. For example, here’s how to change screen brightness: Press the Home button and then choose Settings ⇒ Display ⇒ Brightness to increase or decrease the brightness level.

      Within this book, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this book in print and want to visit one of these web pages, simply key in the web address exactly as it’s noted in the text, pretending as though the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading this as an ebook, you’ve got it easy: Just click the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

      Foolish Assumptions

      Alas, computing technology isn’t sophisticated enough (or small enough) yet for the Gear S2 to do everything on its own. You need to use a smartphone running at least Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with your Gear S2, and by the time you read this, you may be able to use the Gear S2 with an iPhone as well.

      Though this book tells you how to use the Samsung Gear Manager app on your smartphone to work with your Gear S2, this book doesn’t tell you how to use your smartphone. You should be able to find many good books for your specific smartphone and the operating system the smartphone uses, including books from Wiley, the publisher of this book.

      The Gear S2 may be the first piece of wearable technology you’ve ever owned, so this book dishes out information about how to use the Gear S2 in easily digestible chunks, enabling you to get answers to your questions fast and then get back to using your Gear S2 to receive calls, text messages, and email messages, monitor your health, and much more.

      Icons Used in This Book

       The Tip icon points out insights or helpful suggestions for making life with your Gear S2 easier.

       Remember icons draw your attention to some