One major difference between the Gear S2 and previous Samsung smartwatches is the fact that it is compatible with more than just Samsung phones. Not all phones will work, but Samsung says any phone that runs Android 4.4 or higher and has more than 1.5GB of RAM should work.
Hidden away on the Samsung Gear S2 webpage is the entire S2 compatibility list.
Asus
- Zenfone2 – EU
HTC
- One – EU
- One (M8) – US
- One (M9) – EU, US
- 826W – CN
Huawei
- honor 4X – CN
- honor 6 – EU
- P8 – EU, CN
- Ascend Mate 7 – EU, CN
Kyocera
- Duraforce – US
Lenovo
- Vide Shot – CN
- x2 Pro – CN
LG
- G Flex – US
- Optimus G – KR
- Optimus G2 – EU, US
- Optimus G3 – EU, US, KR
- G4 – EU, US, KR
- G Vista – US
- Nexus 5 – EU, KR, CN
Motorola
- DROID Turbo – US
- DROID MAXX – EU
- DROID MINI – EU
- Moto X – EU, KR
- Nexus 6 – US, CN
Nubia
- Nubia Z9 – CN
OPPO
- R7 – CN
Pantech
- IM-A910S – KR
Sharp
- Aquos – EU
Sony
- XPERIA Z2 – EU
- XPERIA Z3 – EU
Vivo
- X5 Pro – CN
Xiaomi
- Mi3 – EU
- Mi4 – EU, KR, CN
- Note Pro – CN
ZTE
- V5 – CN
Source: Samsung
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