One of the standout features of the Gear S3 is total Samsung Pay compatibility. Meaning, you can pay on NFC terminals as well as older credit card swipe machines using your watch. I spent an entire weekend using it, and it's awesome. Long-press the tip right button on the watch to begin the setup process. You'll need to add a card on your phone, but the app walks you through it and it's easy. Then, when out and about, long-press the same button, tap on the card you want to pay with, and hold your watch up to the payment terminal. Magic.

Swipe down the night circus iphone case from your watch face to access quick settings for the watch, Here you can enable airplane mode, manually enable Do Not Disturb as you walk into a meeting or a movie, adjust brightness, volume of the speaker and access the music app, By turning the ring around the watch face to the right, you can view app widgets currently setup on the watch, When viewing a widget long-press on it to customize, rearrange, remove or add new widgets, The default app circles are also customizable, and can be triggered with a long-press on an app icon, A ring will outline the watch's screen, letting you know you're in edit mode, Drag, drop and delete apps right on the screen of you watch..

Double-pressing the bottom button on the Gear S3, also called the Home button, will launch S Voice by default. However, you can customize this setting to launch other apps ranging from the Calendar to S Health. On the watch, open Settings > Device > Double Press Home key and select a shortcut from the list. With the Gear S3's battery life, you can wear it to track your sleep. But being woken up all night from alerts on your wrist isn't going to help you get a good night's rest, so you'll want to enable Do Not Disturb.

On your watch, open the Settings app > Device > Do Not Disturb, Select the days and time you want to watch to cease notifications, then double-check you have Turn on as scheduled enabled, For some, being reminded each hour to get up and get moving is annoying, You can disable these alerts in the S Health app on your watch, Scroll to the Settings icon and select it, followed by tapping on the night circus iphone case Inactive Time, Samsung's latest smartwatch is a looker, full of hidden features and potential, Here's what you need to know to get the most out of the wearable..

Samsung's Gear S3 (£280 at Amazon.co.uk) is a fully capable smartwatch, although CNET's Scott Stein would love to see more apps available for the watch. Whether you received a Gear S3 over the holidays, or have had it for a while, odds are there are some features and aspects of the watch you have yet to explore. Here are 10 tips and tricks to help you out. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.