Thursday, February 27, 2014

Quick comparison: Samsung Gear 2 versus Galaxy Gear

Tizen OS means it's no longer a Galaxy, but Samsung's Gear 2 offers many improvements over the original

Samsung recently announced the first Tizen-powered wearable device, the Gear 2, moving away from the Android-based Galaxy Gear. But arguably the Gear 2's software is its least noticeable change — the UI is a dead ringer for Samsung's first wearable, and it functions just the same as that device. The larger changes come in the device's physical hardware, as you'll see in our quick comparison video. The Gear 2 is slimmer and lighter, with replaceable watch straps and a built-in heart rate monitor. And the movement of the camera, microphone and speakers onto the body of the watch allows the strap to be less bulky, too.

Check out the video above, and click past the break for a comparison of the Galaxy Gear and Gear 2's internal hardware.