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hey it's joshua regard from android authority what's going on everybody and it's the oft rumored SmartWatch coming out of samsung this is the Samsung Galaxy gear so this is the SmartWatch that isn't really being marketed as a SmartWatch and the samsung's way of further extending the galaxy experience it isn't even really consistently called a watch and is instead just called the gear a device in a watch form factor design wise it is definitely a watch form with an adjustable metal clasp it isn't too big as the 1.6 3 inch 320 x 320 resolution watch face manages to be decently sized and comes in at only 74 grams but the jarring section of this watch is on the outer band guess that is a camera a 1.9 megapixel camera capable of photo and video while we were told that battery testing is still ongoing with the Galaxy gear we were told that at least a day's worth of power will be possible when you look around the device to microphone holes can be found in yes the Galaxy gear can receive and take calls a speaker is built into that metal clasp and in our initial testing it was actually pretty loud it's pretty much as close to Knight Rider status that we have right now the OS is powered by a very simplified version of Android with swipes pretty much encompasses all navigation swiping down is the back function unless you are on the home screen at which time it activates the camera one button on the side brings you to home from wherever you are swiping up brings a dialer for making those calls and going left and right will bring you to other apps and functions going left get you contacts and call logs while going right brings you various built-in apps and any other ones later installed apps by the way will be installed via Samsung Apps and play more are under development in what we were told would be a pretty closed ecosystem when paired to your Galaxy Note 3 and later other Samsung devices wonder given functionality one selection allows you to see all of your notifications and when you're looking at certain items they will automatically come up on the phone like SMS messages the Bluetooth functionality can also help you find your phone if you misplace it and actually the other way around our initial impressions of the galaxy gear focus on potential but currently we're not completely convinced the camera unit on the strap is definitely interesting and obviously lens too pretty stealth instagramming taking calls on your SmartWatch might be interesting in as far as the interface goes it is obviously in its early stages as it wasn't as responsive or as snappy as we might have expected nonetheless the Galaxy gear comes in six colors that include lime green and even orange currently it's looking at a release nearing the end of September and could be your next piece of wrist candy will have a full review when we get our own so stay tuned to android authority