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Samsung may be making a big change that will make loyal fans and most of the Android community happy. Future wearables, specifically, smartwatches, from the South Korean tech giant may soon run Android instead of Tizen. For years, the company has been using Tizen OS for its smartwatches. Samsung was previously believed to be considering […]
Samsung was actually the first manufacturer to come out with an Android-based smartwatch even before there was Android Wear, now Wear OS by Google. It used a
Opinion post by
Jimmy Westenberg
When Google launched Android Wear in 2014, it did so with the help of two smartphone OEMs that wanted to help kickstart the smartwatch landscape on Android. The LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live were the first two Android Wear-powered watches to hit the scene. Shortly after that release, Samsung pivoted away from the platform and went all-in on its year-old operating system, Tizen. Every smartwatch from Samsung since then has run Tizen instead of Google’s Wear OS.
Rumor has it that might change soon. I won’t dive too much into the validity of the rumor, but I do want to talk about the underlying question: why would Samsung ditch its own operating system for Wear OS? Would the company really gain anything from the switch? And does Samsung know it would be joining a sinking ship? Let’s talk about that.