LINE app complements Samsung’s Galaxy Gear

MANILA, Philippines - There are few things better than your all-time favorite app coupled with your new favorite gadget.

LINE has announced that an optimized version of its free call and messaging app “LINE” will come pre-installed on Samsung’s smartwatch Galaxy Gear, which goes on sale next month.

The Galaxy Gear version of LINE will let users receive free phone calls, view their chat logs, send stickers, and toggle notifications for incoming messages from their smartwatch device.

The application is currently being designed with users of Samsung’s smartphones in mind, with plans to offer compatibility with other makers’ devices in the future.

More details on the app and its functions will be announced when the Galaxy Gear goes on sale.

The LINE app has achieved status as a global messaging service with over 230 million users worldwide. With its expansion onto smartwatches, LINE Corp. hopes to make its app a widely used multi-device service.

Customers will be unable to make outgoing phone calls or send text messages with the Galaxy Gear version of LINE.

In order to link the smartphone and smartwatch versions of LINE, customers will be required to download the LINE WATCH MANAGER (tentative name). Customers will not be able to register a new LINE account with the smartwatch version.