Galaxy Gear Watches and phones with Android 14 no longer connect

[FragginBastich]

I called Samsung today and told them what happened. I asked if they can at least give me the promo price for the Watch 6 Classic that was offered when I bought the S24. They are going to email me if that is possible.

[TipsyTrex]

The watch should still connect with the phone, however, the S3 no longer receives software or app updates because it runs the older tizen operating system whereas newer watches use wearOS.

[GaryB82]

Sorry to say, but the Gear S3 came out 8+ years ago, and support for it has stopped on newer devices for security reasons, I believe since the watch doesn't get any new updates for security protection.
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshoot/TSG10001327/#:~:text=The%20S24%20was%20released%20wi....

[user6uy9DGuds9]

How can I bet the Gear S watch to connect and work with the Fold 3 phone ?

[LongHiker]

@user6uy9DGuds9 Sorry but support for the Gear S watch has ended some time ago. 

[ThatFixitGuy]

The watch still works perfectly it just won't link to my new phone

[LongHiker]

@ThatFixitGuy Unfortunately Samsung has dropped support for the Tizen based watches. 

[ThatFixitGuy]

That sucks so bad that watch was amazing

[notforhire]

congrats that the watch "works perfectly," but its useful life is over. see @LongHiker directly above.

[laranja]

Android 14 vs Gear S3 Classic ???????

[usersaopafZdcj]

Because of Samsung's horrid customer service in solving the Gear S3 to Fold 5 connection, I am cutting out the middleman ang going to Google