Reddit reviews FOURCHEN Band for Gear S3 / Galaxy Watch 46mm, 22mm Quick Release Stainless Steel Metal Replacement Strap Bands for Samsung Gear S3 Frontier / S3 Classic/Galaxy Watch 46mm Smartwatch+Gear S3 Tempered
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Compatible for 2018 Galaxy watch 46mm/ Samsung Gear S3 Frontier / S3 Classic Only, Not Fit For S2 & S2 Classic & Gear Fit2 SM-R360 Smart Watch.Precision stainless steel material, easy to install and remove. Adopts unique double button folding clasp, firmly closed, and prevent loosen automatically, safe and beautiful.Premium Stainless Steel Mesh mixed with fashion, nobility, durability and elegance.The size can be adjusted according to the circumstance of individual wrist, Fits 6.10"-8.10" wrist.Personalize your Gear S3 Frontier / S3 Classic Watch with this Stainless Steel Strap. Package Included: 1 band+ 2 Tempered Glass Screen Protector +6 Pins+ 2 Remove tool+3cleaning cloth+1 manual
I personally like the "Gear Dashboard" stock included watchface. It allows a lot of customization/information and looks clean (IMO). In my experience, I would recommend against the Watchface repository kind of apps like Watch Maker as I found it to not be stable and impossible to fully remove from the watch without a factory reset.
I have Always On Display (AOD) enabled, wrist gestures disabled and charge my watch each night. I was using AOD disabled and wrist gestures enabled when I got it but found that the wrist gestures would not work/register very frequently which was really frustrating when I had my hands full/wet/dirty and just wanted to see the time.
If you are in a movie theater or want the screen off for any reason then you can set "Do not disturb" to ensure it stays off and does not disturb anyone. Note it will not vibrate though in the mode.
Unless you have a Galaxy S8 which to my knowledge is one of the only widely available phones that allows two Bluetooth connections at the same time, be warned that when you pair the watch via Bluetooth, by default, it will take over as your Bluetooth call audio source. This means if you have a car with hands-free calling, get a call while driving, expect it to go through your cars Bluetooth audio, it won't and will instead (by default) have the call audio go through the watches mic and speaker. Its an easy fix, you can manually disconnect the phone audio from the Bluetooth connection for the watch on your phone.
If you are looking for a nice black stainless steel watchband, I can vouch for the FOURCHEN
Gear S3 Frontier Band on Amazon as a great option. Its the only watch band I have tried for the S3 but in a month of usage, it has not scuffed or scratched or shown any signs of wear. I have had black stainless steel watch bands a number of time in the past for other watches and one thing I have always hated was how quickly and easily they show wear and (so far) am really impressed by this band.
I used this one that came with the band. To be honest I don't notice and difference since I put it on. Makes me feel a bit less worrisome with it on though.
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