A firmware update for the Samsung Gear S2 has been released. New features and improvements are now available for the smartwatch.

As per Android Headlines, the Samsung Gear S2 is the South-Korean tech giant's latest smartwatch. Instead of Android Wear, the gear is running on Tizen.

The Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 update comes with a lengthy changelog. Posted on Phandroid, the new firmware brings in an "Add Widgets" label to the smartwatch. The new label is placed under the plus symbol allowing users to easily understand the function.

The latest update now allows the smartwatch to vibrate once it gets disconnected to the smartphone. Furthermore, there are new screen timeout options available, including 15 seconds, 30 seconds, one minute and five minutes.

Another feature to find in the update is the Auto Open Apps. This new option allows the Samsung smartwatch to automatically open apps once the users stop rotating the bezel on an icon.

The latest update also brings in several new applications such as World clock, a Flipboard News Briefing app and a Starbucks app. Meanwhile, in South Korea, the firmware update for the Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 offers a new navigation app.

Gear S2 users will also find a small orange circle upon updating the smartwatch. According to Phandroid, it is a notification indicator which appears when "notifications aren't set to wake up the screen," the post read.

The new update also makes it easier for Gear S2 owners to read the notifications. The post further noted that the notification text grows bigger when users double tap it. For the complete changelog, head over to the Phandroid's post that is linked above.

Watch below for the review of the Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 from Android Authority, posted on their Youtube channel.

Released on Oct. 2015, the smartwatch is currently available in Korea and the United States. Since the device is not yet available in several markets, followers anticipate that this latest firmware update will already be pre-installed in the Samsung Gear S2 once the product launches in other regions.

The Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 is compatible with Android devices running on, at least, Android 4.4 KitKat. The smartwatch offers several apps and a unique rotating bezel, as main control for the elements showing onscreen.

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