Samsung’s Android alternative is a security disaster, says researcher
Samsung is best known for its devices running Android, but the company’s long-term strategy is to reduce its reliance on Google with the help of its own operating system. It is called Tizen and runs...
View ArticleSamsung announces Tizen 4.0 and Tizen RT for lightweight devices
At the Tizen Developers Conference in San Francisco today, Samsung teased the release of Tizen 4.0 and introduced Tizen RT (real time) for lightweight devices. The company reiterated that Tizen is the...
View ArticleQuick impressions: Using Tizen on the Samsung Z4
Just before Google I/O 2017, Samsung held their Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco, where a number of announcements were made around the launch of Tizen 4.0. With an apparent surge in app...
View ArticleSamsung and Microsoft partner up to expand Tizen
The South Korean electronics giant announced its partnership with Microsoft to bring more developers to its open source operating system, Tizen. Samsung is slowly expanding its Tizen portfolio –...
View ArticleHuawei Watch is gone from the Play Store, Michael Kors replaces it
Arguably the best-looking Android Wear smartwatch, the Huawei Watch is officially gone from the Play Store, only to be replaced by a gaudy Michael Kors smartwatch. The Huawei Watch is now over a year...
View ArticleSamsung is still working on Tizen phones (and that’s the smart thing to do)
The most recent Tizen phone, Samsung Z2 Hey there, remember Tizen? No? Maybe just vaguely? We wouldn’t blame you. News about Samsung’s homegrown mobile OS has been scarce over the past years, at least...
View ArticleTizen is now a more popular smartwatch OS than Android Wear
According to the latest data, Samsung’s Tizen surpassed Android Wear during Q1 of 2017 to become the second largest smartwatch OS in the world. Tizen has come a long way: an open source OS whose...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Watch is here: A smartwatch that ticks like an analog watch
Samsung’s Gear S3 was an incredibly popular smartwatch (at least among Android Authority readers), so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company is launching yet another entry into the...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Watch review: The smartwatch that tries to do it all
The Samsung Galaxy Watch could be considered the Swiss Army knife of smartwatches. It tries to do a little bit of everything, from sleep tracking, to fitness tracking, to mobile payments, to all the...
View ArticleLeaked images reveal One UI coming to the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active (Updated)
Update, February 12 at 12:10 p.m. ET: The folks at SamMobile have leaked a handful of new Samsung Galaxy Watch Active images, giving us a closer look at the revamped software expected to arrive on the...
View ArticleHands-on: The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active and Galaxy Fit are here! (Video)
Samsung didn’t just announce four new smartphones (and the Galaxy Fold) at its Unpacked event — it also took the wraps off three new wearables: the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active, Samsung Galaxy Fit, and...
View ArticleThe rise and fall of Android’s biggest competitors over the last decade
Jon Fingas 2020 marks the beginning of a new decade and the end of another. One of the best ways to look forward is to first look backward, and today we are doing so by highlighting some alternative...
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