Articles tagged "Tizen"

New details related to the next Samsung Gear S series smartwatch have surfaced. The device is reportedly codenamed Galileo internally, and is being developed (LTE variants) in the US. The Gear S4 will be available in two sizes, with Verizon, AT&T...

The Samsung Gear S3 and Gear Sport have been officially discounted in the US. The South Korean company is offering a flat $70 discount on both smartwatches, bringing down their price to $280 and $230, respectively. It's worth mentioning that...

One of the main problems smartwatches face is their usually lacklustre battery life. So as an owner of such a device you're probably quite happy when it gets a software update that should improve its stamina. That's exactly what's happening...

The Samsung Gear S2 is enjoying stellar software support – the three year old smartwatch just got an update with several major new features. The UI was updated to improve multitasking. The App Shortcuts widget mingles recent and favorite apps so...

Gartner forcasted that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017, an increase of 16.7% over 2016. Sales of wearable devices will generate revenue of $30.5 billion in 2017. For a category that supposed to be dying that isn’t...

T-Mobile has started pushing out a new update to Samsung Gear S3 units - both Classic and Frontier - on its network. It's a major update that weighs in at around 266MB, and brings along Tizen OS version 3.0.0.1. The roll out of Tizen 3.0 -...

Last weekend, it came to light that Samsung has included the Gear S3 battery issue fix in the Tizen 3.0 update itself. The revised update was rolling out slowly, beginning with the US, and now it has reached Europe. The update carries a...

Last month, the Samsung Gear S3 started receiving Tizen 3.0 through a Value Pack update. But shortly after that, users started reporting poor battery life on their smartwatches. And a few weeks later, the company rolled out an update to fix the...

Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Gear S3 smartwatch. Weighing in at around 21MB, it's a small update, and currently, only units in Canada are getting it. Change-log reveals the update improves battery usage time. To quickly...

Just a few weeks ago, the Samsung Gear S3 started receiving Tizen 3.0 through a Value Pack update. The update brought along plenty of new features, but if a recent report is to be believed, it has introduced battery issues as well. The report...

Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Gear S2 smartwatch. Arriving as build number XXU2EQJ2 and weighing in at 22MB, it's not a big update, but does bring along some optimizations aimed at increasing the battery life. In...

Samsung just announced the Value Pack update that brings Tizen 3.0 to the Gear S3 smartwatches. It comes with plenty of new features and more user-friendly widgets. The smartwatches can now control Samsung-enabled IoT devices through Samsung...

As scheduled, the Samsung Gear Sport and Gear IconX (2018) are now available to purchase in the US. Both devices are listed on the South Korean company's official US website, carrying $299.99 and $199.99 price tag, respectively. The tech...

When playing golf, caddies can be crucial to your success. But now Samsung aims to provide a viable replacement for them by releasing the Gear S3 Golf Edition smartwatch. The watch is a collaboration between the Korean company and Golfzon...

Samsung's new Gear Sport smartwatch debuted in August this year and it went on pre-order recently. The device is powered by version 3.0 of the Tizen-based wearable platform, making it the first wearable of its kind. It appears though that there's...

The market for smart trackers is still very much in its infancy, but that's about to change now that Samsung is getting involved. It's first smart tracker - the Samsung Connect Tag - is the first to use narrowband network technology (NB-IoT,...

Samsung announced the Gear Sport round smartwatch and Gear IconX (2018) true wireless earbuds alongside the Gear Fit2 Pro fitness band at the end of August. Of the three products, only the latter has already become available, but it will soon be...

According to a recent report, Samsung has confirmed that the Gear S3 smartwatch will get the Tizen 3.0 update. This comes shortly after the South Korean company unveiled the Gear Sport, which runs Tizen 3.0 out of the box. Sadly, there's...

The news about the Samsung Galaxy Note8 is already out in the open and the company is moving on to its next big things. In the case of IFA 2017 those are TVs and smart wearables such as Gear Sport, Fit2 Pro, and IconX (2018). Samsung Gear...

Now that the Galaxy Note no longer calls IFA “home”, it’s up to Samsung’s Gear wearables to supply the wow factor. The Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker went official spontaneously, but the rumor mill also spotted the Gear Sport – the first Tizen 3.0...