Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch Could Become Your New James Bond-Style TV Remote

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Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch Could Become Your New James Bond-Style TV Remote

It looks like Samsung is cooking up something pretty cool for its smartwatch enthusiasts—get ready for Pointer Mode. A new bit of code has popped up in the Samsung Wear OS SmartThings app, revealing that the tech giant might be working on a feature that lets you control your TV using nothing but wrist gestures ala James Bond.

Yes, you read that right—your watch could soon become your TV remote. Move over, fancy remotes with a billion buttons, it’s time for a shake and a twist, or should that be shaken not stirred?

Android Authority recently discovered this hidden gem in version 1.3.12.9 of the SmartThings app. And, according to the tech sleuths, the code hints that Pointer Mode will let users manipulate their TVs with wrist and finger movements. Imagine a secret swipe like James Bond, except your magic is controlling the TV, not killing Bond villains.

How Your Samsung Galaxy Watch Might Be Transformed

Here’s how it works: to activate this feature, you give your watch hand a little shake. Easy enough. Then, there’s a ‘Pinch to select’ gesture. Need to go back or hit Home? Simply make a fist. Play or pause your TV? Just move your wrist back and forth. And the cherry on top? Rotating your bezel to scroll up or down on your screen.

Sure, it doesn’t do things a typical James Bond watch does, but It allows you to become the maestro of your living room, conducting the perfect entertainment experience with a flick and a twist.

But—and there’s always a “but”—this is likely going to be an exclusive feature for Samsung’s top-tier watches, like the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch 7. And let’s not forget that it’ll also require a compatible Samsung TV, so don’t go expecting this to work with your grandpa’s old set from when Roger Moore was 007. But if you’ve got the latest Samsung S90C or later, I think you’re in luck!

Pierce Brosnan donning the Omega Seamaster GoldenEye watch

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Just to clear up any confusion: this isn’t the same thing as Samsung’s Wiimote feature, which is a touchpad app for iPhones set to drop in 2025. Apple’s already got its own Apple TV remote app for iPhones, but using a smartwatch to control your TV via gestures? That’s a whole new level of next-gen tech magic that’s sure to make Samsung fans feel like they’ve just stepped into a Bond movie.

So, when will this all happen? Well, just like Bond 26, there’s no set timeline and we don’t know much yet. Just because the code is lurking around in the SmartThings app doesn’t mean it’s coming to your wrist anytime soon. In fact, it might not even make it to your wrist at all. But here’s hoping that Samsung’s wrist wizardry becomes a reality sooner rather than later.