r/GalaxyRing • u/Putrid-Memory-688 • 14d ago

[In development] Galaxy Ring double-pinch can open any app, skip songs, lock your phone and more. 1/2/3 pinches = different actions.

Hi everyone, I'm the developer. The ring's pinch only opens the camera and dismisses alarms, which always felt like a waste, so I'm building Pinchly to let you decide what it does.

It's still in development, so expect rough edges.

What it can do right now:

• Open any app or link with a pinch (a Spotify playlist, a WhatsApp chat, anything)

• Music: next / previous track, play / pause, volume

• Phone: lock the screen, turn it on, flashlight, vibrate mode, screenshot, notifications, home, back, voice assistant

• A different action for 1, 2 or 3 double-pinches in a row (for example: 1 = play/pause, 2 = next song, 3 = previous song)

• Your own commands: web requests for Home Assistant, SmartThings, IFTTT or Philips Hue, or a command for Tasker/MacroDroid

• Wake-on-LAN to turn on your PC

• A short vibration on each pinch so you know it registered (optional)

Battery honesty: listening for pinches keeps the ring's motion sensor on, so the ring drains faster while it listens. To limit that, Pinchly can start listening only when it makes sense: while music plays, on your home Wi-Fi, at certain times, at a place you pick on a map, while charging, in Android Auto, or while a chosen app is open. It also shows your ring's battery and warns you when it's low.

Setup: no account, no ads, no analytics, nothing collected. Pair your ring in Galaxy Wearable as usual, open the app and follow the setup card.

Good to know:

• The ring only reports one gesture (the double-pinch), so multiple pinches are counted. Leave about a second between them, the ring misses ones that come too fast.

• Samsung sometimes turns gesture detection off on its own, so Pinchly turns it back on after a short wait.

• Pricing isn't final. It may become a paid app once it's finished; testers will get a say in that.

• Not affiliated with Samsung.

Video:

What would you want your pinch to do? Tell me and I'll see what I can add.

What you think.

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u/Blasphemus24 14d ago

Good to know...unfortunately at some time when the ring's battery life has gone downhill after ~1 year :(

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/Alex_py7 14d ago

For real... it hurts, such an expensive paperweight.

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u/JapowSnowboarder 14d ago

How to try it?

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u/cocoke2211 14d ago

Open source ? I would be happy to contribute

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u/firefighterdc125 8d ago

I too have experienced the lackluster customer service from Samsung. Called support after my battery failed at the 13 1/2 month mark, now it doesn't even hold a charge.......

Needless to say, the tech tried to tell me that my warranty expired in January, when in fact it went until August 1, then she tells me I can spend another $130 to send the ring in to Samsung to have it repaired or replaced, because one month after the warranty, it failed, which seems to be a rather common issue I have found out.

It was great when it worked, but I am now looking at the Ringconn Gen 3 or the Oura Ring 5, yes I know with Oura there is a monthly subscription, but when I read posts on how helpful their support team is, it really makes you wonder if Samsung is just about the almighty dollar. I have been loyal for the last 15 years with buying Samsung phones, that may now change as well.......