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Samsung Gear was a line of wearable computing devices produced by Samsung Electronics. The first device in the series, the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, was announced in 2013. [1] Since then, the line has expanded to include fitness bands and earbuds, as well as more smartwatches.

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Although the first device (Galaxy Gear) was named after the Galaxy brand, Samsung did not name its subsequent devices under the "Galaxy", simply using the prefix "Gear". February 2019, Samsung re-branded smartwatches, fitness bands, and earbuds under the Galaxy brand (Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Fit , Galaxy Buds ). [2] Samsung shipped approximately 31 million wearable devices in 2019, [3] including 7.4 million true wireless earbuds. [4]

Watches

ProductModelLaunch dateSoCWirelessDisplayOSInternal storageBattery size
Galaxy Gear SM-V700September 23, 2013Exynos 4212 1x 800 MHz1.63" super AMOLED (320x320) Android
Tizen 		4GB/512 MB RAM315 mAh
Gear 2 SM-R380
SM-R381 (Neo)		February 22, 2014Exynos 3250 1x 1 GHz1.63" super AMOLED (320x320) Tizen 4GB/512 MB RAM300 mAh
Gear Live SM-R382June 25, 2014Snapdragon 400 4x 1 GHzBCM4334W (Wi-Fi/BT) [5] 1.63" super AMOLED (320x320) Android Wear 4GB/512 MB RAM300 mAh
Gear S SM-R750 (Cellular)
SM-R750J
SM-R750A/B/D/P/T/V/W (cellular)		November 7, 2014Exynos 4212 4x 1 GHz
Snapdragon 400 4x 1 GHz
Snapdragon 400 4x 1 GHz		2.0" curved Super AMOLED (360x480) Tizen 4GB/512 MB RAM300 mAh
Gear S2 SM-R720 (BT/Wi-Fi)
SM-R730 (Cellular)
SM-R732 (Classic; BT/Wi-Fi)		October 2, 2015Exynos 3250 2x Cortex-A7 1 GHzBCM4343 (Wi-Fi/BT) [6] 1.2" circular Super AMOLED (360x360)4GB/512 MB RAM250 mAh
300 mAh
250 mAh
Gear S3 SM-R760 (Frontier; BT/Wi-Fi)
SM-R765 (Frontier; Cellular)
SM-R770 (Classic; BT/Wi-Fi)		November 18, 2016Exynos 7270 2x Cortex-A53 1 GHz1.3" circular Super AMOLED (360x360)4GB/768 MB RAM380 mAh
Gear Sport SM-R600October 27, 2017BCM4752 (GNSS) [7] 1.2" circular Super AMOLED (360x360)4GB/768 MB RAM300 mAh

Fitness bands

ProductModelLaunch dateSoCWirelessDisplayOSInternal storageBattery size
Gear Fit SM-R350April 11, 2014STM32F439ZI CM4 180 MHz [8] BCM4334W (WLAN/BT)1.84" curved Super AMOLED display (432x128)RTOS4GB [9] 200 mAh
Gear Fit 2 SM-R360June 2, 2016 Exynos 3250 2xA7 1 GHz [10] BCM43436 (WLAN/BT) + BCM4774 (GNSS)1.5" curved Super AMOLED (432x216) Tizen 4GB/512 MB RAM [11]
Gear Fit 2 Pro [12] SM-R365October 26, 20174GB/512 MB RAM [13]

Earbuds

ProductModelLaunch dateAudio processorWirelessCodecMicsInternal storageBattery life
Gear IconX [14] SM-R150July 15, 2016On-Semi LC823450 [15] BCM43436 (BT4.2)On-Semi2 per bud4 GB1.6 hours [16]
Gear IconX (2018)SM-R140October 27, 2017On-Semi LC823450 [17] BCM43013 [18] (BT4.2)3.4 GB [19] 5 hours

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  2. ↑ "Samsung Announces New Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Fit, and Galaxy Buds". Droid Life. 2019-02-20.
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