Samsung is sunsetting Tizen and fully ending support for the smartwatch OS

Bad headline. They’re sunsetting Tizen for watches, but not other products.

This is a huge problem for Samsung. This is proof they cannot maintain an OS, making them further dependent on Google. They chose a Linux compatible toolkit (EFL from Enlightenment) and tried making their own OS. It was terrible and filled with security holes.

I think they should rebase Tizen on PostMarketOS, as I don't believe Samsung can create their own base.

Perfect, now Google can kill Wear OS without fear of tizen taking it all.

Mission accomplished!

Isn't tizen also on their smart TVs?

Are they going to allow me to reflash it with whatever i want tho?

A problem I deftly sidestepped by avoiding "smart" watches altogether.

Pebble all over again.

I'm just not getting a smartwatch. I don't even trust Apple to keep supporting their watches after a couple of years.

Built-in obsolescence is bad enough. At the very least, these things should work until the hardware dies. Nope. Not anymore.

Samsung switched from Tizen to WearOS literally 4 months after I got my Galaxy watch 2. That was annoying. $200 is way too much to spend on such a short-lived product.

Perfectly? Your battery really lasting all day long? I gave up my 3 last year as unless I started making compromises, I could not get a full day without charging (mind you I'm an up very early and bed very late person, so it's a long day I was asking for).

Casio gang report in!

I remember Samsung trying to run a WWDC-like conference in San Francisco many years ago. They were offering free Tizen watches as enticement for developers to show up (AppleWatch devs had to buy their own). None of the professional mobile devs I knew back then said they would go.

As Microsoft found out with WindowsPhone, it's really hard to get traction if you're third.

This is not about the smart tv tizen, no? I see the article talks about smartwatches. The naming on Samsung's side is confusing.

There are still issues with WearOS, but I think some of that is hardware. Last I heard, Qualcomm's wearable SoCs were trash, but Samsung is in a good position since they have both the SoC fab and make the watch itself.

Many industries are shifting to a model where Android is the de facto OS for consumer-facing interactions. It's not well optimized outside of phones yet, but it is rapidly improving. Many cars run Android now, for example.

I'm moderately optimistic about the next generation of WearOS devices.

I'll buy a phone and laptop, but I'm done investing in any other products that won't guarantee a basic feature set for the life of their device.

Furtunately (at least for the users), gadgetbridge exists.

LOL! And that is why I didn't get one.

I've been contemplating getting a galaxy watch, but I was waiting for Samsung to get it right.

As long as I can still get notifications and see the time, I don't think I care.

Looking forward to getting a Pinetime. It might not be polished, but community support never truly ends.

Lame. WearOS is laggy garbage. My Watch 2 Active was way more responsive and functional than my Watch 3 4 Classic is. Animations stutter constantly and half the time it doesn't even react to my touch. Bring back Tizen.

Ditto

My wife's watch6 just falls off sometimes. The pins in the upper strap just let it go.

why can't someone make a nice flagship Android watch with a large rectangular screen? the apple watch ultra is so nice. i have pixel watch 2. it's ok but it's pretty lame.