Samsung smart watch and phone compatibility
* Please Note, this section is designed to give you basic product troubleshooting information, also refer to your user manual for more information.
Galaxy Wearable is the core for everything related to your Smart watch. However, this app is only available on your phone, which means you need to connect your watch and phone together. Samsung watches are only compatible with certain Android and iOS phones - make sure your phone is compatible before you try setting up your watch.
Note: Your device may not be compatible depending on the region, carrier, or model.
Since it’s a Samsung product, a Galaxy phone will have the most compatibility options. Just be sure to download the Galaxy Wearable app from the Google Play Store.
- Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra: Phones with Android 11.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic: Phones with Android 10.0 and RAM 2.0 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro: Phones with Android 8.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch4: Phones with Android 6.0 or higher with 1.5GB RAM or more are supported.
- Galaxy Watch3, Galaxy Watch Active2, Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Fit2, Galaxy Fit e: phones running Android 5.0 or higher with 1.5GB RAM or more are compatible.
- All previous models: Phones with Android 4.3 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
Non-Samsung phones running Android can also connect to Galaxy Watch and Gear.
Note: The Samsung Health Monitor app is currently only available on Samsung Galaxy devices.
The Android device without Google Mobile Services (Google Play, Pay, Maps, Assistant and Youtube Music) is not compatible, Android Go is not compatible*.
- Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra: Phones with Android 11.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic: Phones with Android 8.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro: Phones with Android 8.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch4: Phones with Android 6.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Galaxy Watch3, Galaxy Watch Active2, Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Fit2, Galaxy Fit e: Phones with Android 5.0 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Gear Live, Gear S2, Gear Fit2, Gear Fit2 Pro, Gear S3, Gear Sport: Phones with Android 4.4 and RAM 1.5 GB or higher are supported.
- Gear, Gear 2, Gear S, Gear Fit: These watches are not supported on non-Samsung Android devices.
* Note: Based on platform limitations of Google Wear OS, Galaxy Watch4 series is officially not compatible with Huawei smartphones.
Even though some existing devices of Huawei’s may be connected with our Watch, Google and Samsung are not guarantee any features to work properly.
- Galaxy Watch4 and later models: these watches rely on Google Play services which is not supported on iOS.
- Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Watch Active2: iPhones (iPhone5 or later) that have iOS 9 and above are compatible.
- Galaxy Watch3, Galaxy Watch Active2, Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Fit2, Galaxy Fite, Gear Live, Gear S2, Gear Fit 2, Gear S3, Gear Sport, Gear Fit2 Pro: iPhones higher than the iPhone 5 running iOS 9 or higher are compatible
- Gear 1, Gear 2, Gear S, Gear Fit: These watches are not supported on iOS.
Note: iPad and iPod touch are not supported. For iPhone 6S and 6S+ running iOS 10 and later, the connection to Gear may be unstable.
You can download the user manual from our Manuals & Downloads page. For all other queries or further technical assistance, please call Samsung Customer Care on 0800 726 786 or Live Chat with our Technical Team online, services are open 24 hours, 7 days.
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