Folks who thought the Gear S2 would be exclusively available to Samsung phones will be happy to hear that the smartwatch will work with non-Samsung devices as well.
Samsung has worked hard at closing off its ecosystem, making sure much of the Korean tech giants cool gadgetry and features are exclusive to Samsung-made devices. However, it seems Samsung is letting that exclusivity slide with the Gear S2, which is what the company needed to do to make it truly a hit smartwatch.
The Gear S2 will be be compatible with any Android device running version 4.4 or higher. One more caveat: said device will need to be sport 1.5GB of RAM or higher.
Due to differing APIs, it's not likely Samsung will follow Google's lead and offer the smartwatch to iOS users.
Samsung's Gear S2 is still a month out from officially launching, so details are still scarce. However, it's expected that Samsung will release a Gear S2 app, providing the same sort of connectivity the Android Wear app offers.
via: Android Central
Strange that the phone accompanying the Gear S2 has hardware requirements of 1.5 gb of RAM. Not good for Moto G owners unless they have the 2 gb model. Such a good move of Sammy’s part. I think the Gear S2 is a great looking smart watch. It’s the only wearable that I know of that has a speaker on it which is great. You can make and receive calls on it.
Except you can only make or receive calls on it when you have it paired with a Samsung device. When you’re using it with any other, I don’t believe you can because of the differing APIs.