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2021 Galaxy Watch will run Wear OS, not Tizen

(Topic created on: 05-19-2021 07:09 AM)
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khtannnnnnnnnn
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It was first rumored a few months ago that Samsung will be ditching Tizen in favor of Wear OS. This would mean that Samsung will once again be making Android-powered smartwatches. It has almost been six years since the company did that.

As Google made its software announcements today at I/O 2021, Samsung also announced its enhanced cooperation with the company today. It has officially confirmed that the upcoming Galaxy Watch models will run Wear OS, not Tizen.

Samsung hasn’t made an Android-powered watch since 2014

We had exclusively reported last week that the Galaxy Watch 4 and its associated models will indeed run Wear OS. The company did make Android-powered smartwatches in the past but it switched to Tizen in 2014.

Since then, Samsung’s smartwatches have only used Tizen as the operating system. This enabled the company to exercise complete control over the software. However, developer support for the ecosystem has left a lot to be desired.

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MangoTango
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Thanks for sharing
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