Articles tagged "Tizen"

Samsung has released a series of enormous gaming monitors under the Odyssey brand – like the 55” 16:9 Ark or the bonkers 57” 32:9 Neo G9. These are curved monitors, however, while some users prefer flat. The new Odyssey Neo G7 (model name: G70NC) is...

Starting this year, Samsung's Tizen app store is no longer accessible, both to new and existing users. Last year in June, the company closed registrations and made the store available only to existing users and they could only get previously...

Since Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event from last month, there have been two Thom Browne Edition bundles with the Galaxy Z Flip3 and the Galaxy Z Fold3. Each of these bundles came with a Galaxy Watch4 and a pair of Galaxy Buds2, each Tome Browne...

The latest report from Counterpoint Research reveals the state of the wearables market, particularly among smartwatches. The overall smartwatch is seeing significant growth, with 27% more shipments in Q2 of 2021 compared to the same quarter in 2020....

Samsung's next smartwatch OS is called One UI Watch and it will be based on Google's Wear OS. Samsung didn't deatil the Galaxy Watch4, but confirmed it will premiere the One UI Watch user experience when it becomes official at an Unpacked event...

Earlier this month, Samsung released firmware updates for the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 and the Galaxy Watch3 and another OTA update is now being received by the same smartwatch models. Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 receiving a firmware...

On Tuesday, Google made several announcements about updated to various Android products and Google apps and services. Among the announcements was Google’s partnership with Samsung in developing a new Wear OS for future smartwatches. Neither...

Samsung Executive Vice President and head of software development Janghyun Yoon has issued a statement, confirming that future Galaxy Watches will indeed run Google's Wear OS, instead of Tizen OS. The confirmation comes following months of...

Samsung has started sending out a new update for two of its wearables - the original Galaxy Watch from 2018, as well as the Galaxy Watch3 from last year. It's nice to see the older model receiving the new software at exactly the same time as its...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and Watch Active4 are expected to be announced in the second quarter of this year (April-June). They may mark an important shift in strategy for Samsung as the company is expected to replace Tizen with Android. It...

Samsung appears set to announce the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch Active4 in Q2 of this year, per usually reliable tipster Ice universe. It appears that Samsung will skip the Galaxy Watch Active3 and jump it straight to number 4, for series...

A couple of weeks ago, a renowned Samsung tipster said that Samsung is working on a Wear OS-powered smartwatch and will be ditching Tizen OS. And while we can't say that the latter is for sure, the former seems to be further backed by stronger...

Shortly after the Galaxy Watch Active2 and Galaxy Watch3 received an update unlocking the ECG feature for the European countries, Samsung is now delivering Galaxy Watch3-intrinsic features to the original Galaxy Watch and Watch Active. So...

Back in January, Samsung announced that its Galaxy Watch Active2 and Galaxy Watch3 would finally receive support for ECG and blood pressure monitoring in 31 markets across the world. Although that announcement made it seem like the rollout was...

A controversial new rumor has been shared by typically reliable tipster Ice universe that Samsung's next watch will replace Tizen with Android. This isn't the first time we're hearing of Samsung using Android Wear OS in place of Tizen - Evan Blass...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch3 has received a new firmware, which brings bug fixes, stability improvements and a few new features. The release - R840XXU1BUA8 - is live in the US & South Korea and involves a 74MB download. It enables support for...

Samsung is a key player in the smart wearable business and its current line of Tizen-powered Galaxy Watch3 smartwatches are among the most popular around. But up until September the Galaxy Watch3 line didn't have a truly premium model on sale to...

Samsung has begun pushing an update to the Galaxy Watch Active2 smartwatch, bringing security updates and one feature that was exclusive to the Galaxy Watch3 - voice support during exercise. The firmware comes with model number...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch3 announced last month and the Galaxy Watch Active2 unveiled last August both have the hardware to take electrocardiogram (ECG) readings, but the feature wasn't enabled on either of the smartwatches out of the box as it...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 is now receiving a major update that greatly enhances its exercise tracking and messaging abilities. The rollout of the new software begins with the Bluetooth versions of the watch and will expand to the LTE models...