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Samsung Gaming Hub is a one-stop-shop for your cloud gaming needs, coming soon to your Samsung Smart TV

Samsung Gaming Hub is a one-stop-shop for your cloud gaming needs, coming soon to your Samsung Smart TV

January 3, 2022
While CES 2022 officially kicks off on January 5, Samsung has decided to make some early product announcements. On Sunday, the South Korean company announced new eco-friendly remotes and not so eco-friendly NFT Aggregation Platform for Samsung smart TVs. In addition, the company also announced a new feature called Samsung Gaming Hub. The Samsung Gaming Hub...
Samsung starts licensing Tizen OS to other TV makers

Samsung starts licensing Tizen OS to other TV makers

October 27, 2021
Samsung is working on a couple of new features for its TV operating system -- Tizen OS. At the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) yesterday, the company revealed that it's working with Google to bring better video calling capabilities to its smart TVs. Samsung also plans to bring Samsung Health features to smart TVs, using an...
Samsung is only ditching Tizen for its smartwatches and not its TVs

Samsung is only ditching Tizen for its smartwatches and not its TVs

May 20, 2021
Samsung's Tizen operating system took a wild turn. At Google I/O 2021, Google announced that the next update of Wear OS was made in collaboration with Samsung. This collaboration signified that Samsung would have a central role in developing the next version of Wear OS, bringing several of their services and features over, while also...
Samsung’s current watches won’t get Wear OS, but will get years of Tizen updates

Samsung’s current watches won’t get Wear OS, but will get years of Tizen updates

May 18, 2021
Google revealed today that it is working on new updates for Wear OS, in partnership with Samsung. It was also announced that future Galaxy Watches would use Google's Wear OS platform, instead of the Tizen-based software that Samsung has used for its wearables over the past few years. Samsung has now clarified what the transition...
Samsung and Google are rebuilding Wear OS to challenge the Apple Watch

Samsung and Google are rebuilding Wear OS to challenge the Apple Watch

May 18, 2021
Google's software platform for smartwatches, Wear OS, hasn't received much attention over the past few years. Even though Fossil, Mobvoi, and other manufacturers have continued to release new Wear OS devices, the underlying software has seen few updates recently. Third-party app development has also stalled, especially in comparison to the Apple Watch. Thankfully, all that...
Galaxy Watch 4 will reportedly ditch Tizen for Wear OS with custom skin

Galaxy Watch 4 will reportedly ditch Tizen for Wear OS with custom skin

May 17, 2021
There have been reports that Samsung is going to release a new Galaxy Watch that runs Wear OS, and a new report has details on what that might look like. Apparently, Samsung’s upcoming wearable will run Android but it will be topped with One UI 3. According to SamMobile, the Galaxy Watch 4 will run Wear...
Here are the specifications of Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Active smartwatch

Here are the specifications of Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Active smartwatch

February 6, 2019
Unlike smartphones, Android isn't the dominant OS for smartwatches. According to Statista, Apple sells the most smartwatches out of any vendor, but Samsung has a respectable market share with their Tizen OS-based smartwatches. Their latest model, the Samsung Galaxy Watch, was launched in the middle of 2018. Since then, we've heard rumors that Samsung is preparing...
Samsung is rolling out Tizen 4 to the Samsung Gear S3 and Gear Sport smartwatches

Samsung is rolling out Tizen 4 to the Samsung Gear S3 and Gear Sport smartwatches

January 21, 2019
The rest of the world may have forgotten about smartwatches, but Samsung has not, so far. The company is treating its customers to a new software update as it has begun rolling out Tizen 4 to the Samsung Gear S3 Classic, Gear S3 Frontier and Gear Sport smartwatches. This new update comes with the version number R760XXU2DSA1/R760OXA2DSA1...
42mm Samsung Galaxy Watch in Rose Gold appears on Samsung’s site

42mm Samsung Galaxy Watch in Rose Gold appears on Samsung’s site

July 23, 2018
Samsung devices have been popping up a lot in leaks and rumors recently. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has been the subject of multiple reports. We've seen it in four different colors, heard about the new Bluetooth S Pen features, and spotted a wireless charger accessory. The wireless charger was interesting because it can charge a...
Samsung Galaxy Watch will run Tizen 4.0, launch alongside Galaxy Note 9

Samsung Galaxy Watch will run Tizen 4.0, launch alongside Galaxy Note 9

July 18, 2018
When Google dove head first into the smartwatch market there were many who became incredibly enthusiastic at the future possibilities. We had companies like LG, Motorola, Huawei, Samsung, and others, eager to release their first Android Wear smartwatch. Over time, progress in the market seemed to have plateaued and this resulted in many companies backing...
Samsung Gear S4 may have a bigger battery than the Gear S3 and come in a new gold color

Samsung Gear S4 may have a bigger battery than the Gear S3 and come in a new gold color

June 13, 2018
Many people had high hopes on the back of the smartwatch industry with even popular mechanical watchmakers jumping on board to test the waters. Customers interested in smartwatches have had multiple choices when it comes to which platform they went for. Pebble was one of the first, but then Google, Samsung, and even Apple stepped...
Samsung Gear S4 may be in the works with improved S Health features

Samsung Gear S4 may be in the works with improved S Health features

March 29, 2018
The smartwatch business is nowhere close to the size of the smartphone market, but the competition is similar. On top of this market is Apple, whose Apple Watch captures a big chunk of the wearable market share. Following Apple are companies like Fitbit, Xiaomi, Garmin and Huawei. But Samsung has also been in the wearable game...