Galaxy S4 Mini on Verizon Receives Galaxy Gear Support in New Update

Verizon’s variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini had an update approved this morning as build VRUAMK5. The update is significant in that it brings support for Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch, something few phones can lay claim to. To learn all there is to learn about the Galaxy Gear and whether or not you should care about it after receiving this update, hit up our review. 

The support documents for the update can be found below, most of which talk you through using the phone with the Galaxy Gear. In terms of other software goodies included in the update, you are looking at the pre-loading of three new bloatware apps, Exchange server connectivity improvement, better 4G LTE connectivity, Isis mobile wallet tweaks, and some other minor changes.

To pull the update, head into Settings>About phone>System updates.