Here are several tips to help you take advantage of your Samsung Gear S3 to it’s best potential.

fire up the Samsung Health app and scroll to the Sleep item.

you could see this same information on your phone in the Samsung Health app.

A Samsung Gear S3 Frontier with a watch face installed

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But do not disturb on your smartphone includes a scheduling feature.

Now, you might forget about it and never worry about getting a night of undisturbed sleep.

To enable vibration for your alerts, openSettings, tapSound Mode, and tapVibrateto enable it.

Screenshots of Samsung Gear S3 sleep monitoring

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Paying with a credit card is so last decade.

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Screenshot of setting up Do not disturb schedule

you’re able to make this a lot easier by enabling touchscreen sensitivity.

Long-tap your watch face; the display will change to a watch face browse screen.

Swipe through to the face you want, tap it, and it’ll become your new watch face.

Screenshot of enabling vibrate on Samsung Gear S3

This will initiate the pairing process with your Bluetooth headphones.

Enabling Do not disturb mode, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi requires digging through the configs menu to find them.

Instead, access these by swiping down on the screen to get into the Quick tweaks panel.

Screenshots of Samsung Pay app on Gear S3

Just by using your voice.

To initiate this, openVoicefrom the apps menu or say, “Hi Gear.”

For example, if you want to access frequently-used apps, scroll toRecent apps, and tap to select.

Screenshots of setting up Samsung Gear S3 sensitivity

Now you could double press theHomekey and use the bezel to scroll through your recently used apps.

you’ve got the option to use the bezel to scroll through these apps.

But sometimes, the apps you use most often may be at the end of the last menu.

Screenshots of changing watch faces

To uninstall an app, tap the minus icon next to the app icon.

If you sit for too long, you get a notification to move around.

You might find these notifications to be annoying.

Screenshots of bluetooth settings on Samsung Gear S3

To set this app, launch the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone and selectSend SOS requests.

SelectSend SOS messagestoand enter the contact you want to use in emergencies.

You could even use 911 if you prefer.

Screenshots of the quick settings menu

Having this feature enabled could potentially store your life, so check that to set it up.

you’ve got the option to keep an eye on your heart rate while you’re exercising.

you could extend battery life by only monitoring heart rate when you tap theMeasurebutton in Samsung Health.

Screenshots of using voice with Samsung Gear S3

You do this from the Galaxy Wearable app rather than the phone.

Just kick off the app and selectHomefrom the bottom menu.

TapWatch software updatefrom the list.

Screenshots of setting up home key

EnableAuto download over Wi-Fi.

This will ensure that new updates upload and install to your Samsung Gear S3 automatically.

Screenshots of editing and organizing the apps library

Screenshots of Samsung Health settings

Screenshots of setting up SOS requests for Samsung Gear S3

Screenshot of disabling Auto HR on Samsung Gear S3

Screenshots of updating Samsung Gear S3