Voxer brings ‘Dick Tracy’ like abilities to the Samsung Gear S2

Voxer is coming to the Samsung Gear S2, and bringing Dick Tracy like abilities. Voxer on the Gear S2 will work similar to how a walkie-talkie would work, only from your wrist.

All you have to do is select a contact, press the button, and start speaking into your Gear S2. Your message then sends to the selected contact, and when they reply, you will receive a notification. You also have the option of listening to their message from the watch or through a Bluetooth connected device.

Voxer also brings Capture Mode to their mobile app. With this new mode, users can send videos and photos within Voxer. Just turn your phone sideways, and the screen will show a camera view with a button that can be pressed to take a picture or held down to record video.

Both Voxer for the Samsung Gear S2, and Capture Mode are currently available now.

Press Release:

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mobile messaging pioneer Voxer today announced that it has enabled its voice messaging capabilities on the Samsung Gear S2 watch, bringing true Dick Tracy® 2-Way Wrist-Radio functionality to a smartwatch for the first time and helping users get more out of every moment. Voxer also announced Capture Mode, a new photo and video feature for smartphone users. The new functionality extends Voxer users’ ability to communicate instantaneously while retaining a level of personality and nuance lost when using text alone.

“Voxer lets users move well beyond text messaging to truly impart clear, direct communication with their personality to friends, family members and work colleagues, conveniently”

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Using Voxer on the Samsung Gear S2 is straightforward and simple, giving users the frictionless communications experience made famous by the iconic 2-Way Wrist-Radio worn by Chester Gould’s comic strip detective Dick Tracy. Users simply select a contact and press a button while speaking into the Gear S2 as they would a walkie-talkie. When the contact replies, the user gets a notification and can then listen to the message either on the watch or through Bluetooth devices.

Capture Mode for Photo and Video

Another new advanced Voxer feature, Capture Mode, gives users the ability to immediately create and send videos and photos from within the Voxer application. With Capture Mode, users rotate their phones to the landscape position to reveal a screen with a camera view and a button they can either click for a photo or hold down for a video. They can then send the image or video clip to anyone else on Voxer, without ever leaving the application.

“Voxer lets users move well beyond text messaging to truly impart clear, direct communication with their personality to friends, family members and work colleagues, conveniently,” said Irv Remedios, president of Voxer. “Voxer for the Samsung Gear S2 watch and our new Capture Mode make Voxer the most frictionless communications application available today. Voxer makes messaging more immediate and more impactful, harnessing the power of the human voice and letting users add exactly the right combination of video, photos and text for any situation.”

Voxer for the Samsung Gear S2 and Capture Mode are currently available, and can be downloaded from your device’s app store.

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