Ahead of CES 2024, Samsung has unveiled its 2024 television lineup and an improved Tizen OS, focusing on enhancing the home TV experience. Tizen is an open-source, Linux-based operating system developed by Samsung Electronics for various devices, including smartphones, smartwatches, smart TVs, and other smart appliances.

Personalized Tizen OS and Revamped TV Plus Interface

The new 2024 Tizen OS emphasizes personalization through AI, enabling customized content and services for household members through individual profiles on their smart TVs. Samsung has revamped its TV Plus interface with a redesigned home screen for improved navigation and faster content discovery. It now connects with Samsung accounts, offering personalized content recommendations and convenient access to preferred channels based on viewing history.

Gaming Enhancements and Updated Ecosystem

In gaming, Samsung has partnered with Performance Designed Products (PDP) to release a specially designed wireless controller for the Samsung Gaming Hub. This controller boasts features like a built-in rechargeable battery with 40 hours of playtime, a 30-foot Bluetooth connection, and dedicated buttons for gaming and TV volume control.

Samsung’s updated ecosystem revolves around connected and inclusive experiences, with Samsung Daily+ serving as a central hub. It combines personal training, telehealth services, video calls, and remote PC solutions. Among the new additions are the Workout Tracker, TechnoGym and F45 fitness content, FlexIt live fitness sessions, and Tail veterinary consultations.

Seamless Connectivity and Accessibility Features

Samsung introduces connectivity features including Multi Control, enabling users to manage multiple screens with one Bluetooth keyboard or mouse for improved work-from-home efficiency. The latest Samsung TVs also enhance compatibility across devices, simplifying seamless connections between TVs, smartphones, and wearables.

The company also introduces the SmartThings Mobile Plugin, turning smartphones into versatile remotes for new apps and services. They also extend the 360 Audio feature to TVs for immersive audio experiences, and Vibrary allows users to enjoy high-quality images and music from both their TV and mobile devices.

Samsung prioritizes accessibility with innovative features such as Audio Subtitle, which uses AI and OCR to provide voice-guidance for embedded subtitles directly on the TV. They also offer the Remote for Barrier Free app to aid users with disabilities and introduce the AI-powered Relumino Together Mode to assist those with low vision.

Overall, Samsung‘s 2024 TV lineup and Tizen OS updates offer a more personalized, connected, and inclusive home entertainment experience. With a focus on gaming, fitness, and accessibility, Samsung is making its TVs the center of the smart home.

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Samsung Electronics yesterday held the Samsung Developer Conference 2021 and lifted the curtains on a lot of new stuff related to its software and services. Improvements to Bixby, Samsung Health, Samsung Knox, and SmartThings were announced but perhaps the most significant bit was the opening up of Tizen OS to other TV brands.

TV manufacturers will now be able to bring Tizen OS to their smart TVs by using Samsung’s Tizen TV Platform Licensing service at a minimal cost. They will also be gaining access to the Tizen branding and get a chance to promote their products at major external events.

TV manufacturers will also be benefitting from the already established platform Tizen is, complete with access to a multitude of video and audio streaming services including Apple Music, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, Prime Video, Spotify, YouTube, YouTube Kids, and YouTube TV.

Samsung isn’t the first to open up a proprietary platform for other brands though. LG and Roku have already been allowing other TV companies to use their smart TV platform. Amazon’s Fire TV and Google’s Android TV operating systems are also being used by multiple TV brands.

Regardless, it’s great to see Samsung following in their footsteps, although it remains to be seen if other companies will actually be interested in the Tizen platform. But Tizen is actually one of the most feature-rich platforms out there, so companies will surely be missing out if they give it a miss, especially if they do not have their own OS.

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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Gear smartwatch in 2013 as an Android-based smartwatch. The Korean tech giant later switched to its own Tizen OS but still retained the Galaxy Gear on Android. As the company prepares to switch back to Android with the Wear OS, it has advised Galaxy Gear owners to upgrade to Tizen OS by August 5 to continue having access to the Galaxy Store.

Samsung will switch to the Android operating system for its smartwatches later this year. The Wear OS will power the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Active instead of Tizen OS. The Android-based Wear OS means that the devices will have wider access to apps via the Galaxy Store, unlike Tizen OS. Samsung is also saying that there will be no switch from Tizen to Wear OS for smartwatches that the Tizen OS currently powers.

Although there are likely only a few Gear watch owners, the fact that Samsung is making the announcement indicates their presence. Existing Galaxy Gear watch owners can only continue to enjoy support from Samsung if they upgrade to Tizen OS by the August 5 date (Korean Standard Time). In order not to encounter a total loss of saved data in the form of videos, images, and other content, Gear watch owners are encouraged to back up their data before upgrading to Tizen OS. The Gear watch device will be reset upon completion of the upgrade, and all pre-upgrade data will be wiped off.

However, it seems counter-intuitive that the Gear watch OS is being upgraded from Android to Tizen, while Samsung is already switching back to Android via the Wear OS. The upgraded Samsung Galaxy Watch will only have access to a limited number of apps compared with the Android-based smartwatches.

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Samsung and Google are deepening their relationship as both companies announced earlier this week that they are combining their respective wearable operating systems, namely Wear and Tizen OS.

In a blog post, the search engine giant announced that it will be combining its Wear OS with Tizen based software platform that was used in wearable products from the South Korean smartphone maker. This new platform has simple been dubbed as “Wear,” although the name has yet to be finalized and is subject to possible change. The merger of the two wearable OS would enable both firms to offer a better user experience to their customers.

With this joint effort, the companies would be able to offer improvements in battery life. Other benfits from this mergers also includes, 30 percent fster loading times for wearable applications, and smoother animations as well. The parnership would even help developers in making things simpler. Furthermore, it would also create a ingle central smartwatch OS for the Android platform while also offering a greater selection of apps and watch faces.

We’re combining the best of @wearosbygoogle and @SamsungMobile Tizen into a unified wearable platform. Apps will start faster, battery life will be longer and you'll have more choice than ever before, from devices to apps and watch faces. #GoogleIO pic.twitter.com/vj2aYZD81x

— Google (@Google) May 18, 2021

Google’s Bjorn Kilburn added that “All device makers will be able to add a customized user experience on top of the platform, and developers will be able to use the Android tools they already know and love to build for one platform and ecosystem.” Samsung has also confirmed that next generation Galaxy Watch will run on this new platform and this will even ship with future high end Fitbit devices as well.

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According to sources, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 will be a heavily revamped version of previous models and run on a new operating system. There have been suggestions and hints that an overhaul of the Galaxy Watch series will be carried out this year.

Pro-Samsung tech blog Sammobile has now released an “exclusive” report which it claims to confirm that the Korean tech giant would be ditching the Tizen OS in favor of the Android Wear OS for the upcoming Galaxy Watch 4 models. Hence, for the 2021 lineup, Samsung’s watches will be running on the Wear OS.

Incorporating the Wear OS and the One UI will produce a mix of the classic look of the Samsung wearable and additional functionalities. Like the new Apple Watches, the upcoming Galaxy Watch 4 will have a feature that allows a user to send short audio messages to their contacts, akin to the functionality of a walkie-talkie.

Three new models are reportedly lined up for release this year, and they are codenamed Wise, Fresh, and Lucky. One of the models will have a classic look similar to a conventional watch, while the two other models will highlight Samsung’s innovative and attractive designs with a sporty look.

As for the price range and expected date of unveiling of the three Galaxy Watch 4 models, no specifics have been given yet. Samsung already has a July event slated for the launch of its foldable smartphone, and the Galaxy Watch 4 may also be unveiled during that event.

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Samsung’s current lineup of smartwatches include Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Watch Active 3. This year, the South Korean giant will be launching their successors, but if the latest report is to be believed, then the announcement could take place earlier than the company’s usual timeframe.

As per the report from @UniverseIce, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 4 could get launched in the second quarter of this year. This means that the devices will go official somewhere between April and June.

Usually, the new Galaxy series smartwatches gets announced in the month of August, along with the Galaxy Note lineup of flagship smartphones. However, this time, the company is planning to launch new wearable devices ahead of the launch of Apple’s Watch Series 7 to have an upper-hand in the segment.

It appears that both Samsung and Apple are gearing up to introduce a feature that will monitor the user’s blood glucose levels and Samsung wants to be the first in the market with this feature, thus an early launch of the devices.

There are also reports claiming that the Samsung is ditching its Tizen OS for the Google Wear OS on its upcoming smartwatches. If this turns out to be true, then it will be the first wearable devices from the South Korean giant to have Google’s Wear OS.

Samsung accounted for about 10 percent of the global smartwatch sale in the fourth quarter of 2020, which is way behind Apple‘s 40 percent market share. With major changes to the devices, the South Korean company is hoping to catch up with the market leader.

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Samsung recently refreshed the Galaxy Watch Active 2 at the January 14 event with a new Phantom Violet Color variant. It is already said to be working on the next Galaxy Watch for 2021. A report by Galaxyclub.nl reveals that Samsung is indeed working on the two Galaxy Watch models. Further, a new tips says that Samsung could ditch Tizen OS for Android on its Smartwatches.

According to the report, Samsung’s two new Watches have the model numbers SM-R86x SM-R87x. If you recall, the latest Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2 both have SM-R8xx as model numbers. Hence, the new Watches could be their successors in 2021.

Anyway, the Watches will have different sizes as before, and available in Bluetooth and Cellular variants which is a no-brainer. Meanwhile, a tipster has hinted that Samsung might ditch Tizen OS on its future Smartwatches.

Ice Universe has said on Twitter that Samsung’s New Watch will use Android(i.e, Wear OS) instead of the Tizen platform. Samsung developed the Tizen OS with a view of building a broader & unique ecosystem for itself. It expanded the platform to various products like Smartwatches, TVs etc.

Samsung's new watch will use Android to replace Tizen.

— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) February 19, 2021

In fact, the company’s Tizen OS is the leading Smart TV platform Globally. Having said that, the reason for Samsung opting for Wear OS could be due to the lack of third-party apps for Galaxy Watches.

Either way, Samsung’s next Watch rumored as Galaxy Watch Active 3/ Galaxy Watch 4 will likely get a blood sugar monitoring feature. Let’s wait for more leaks to know about the upcoming Galaxy Watch models in 2021.

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Watch Active 2 back in August 2019. The wearable has an AMOLED display, ECG measurement, and runs Tizen-based wearable OS. As per a new leak, the company will re-launch it in the new Color variant in 2021.

Evan Blass, (via a Voice Post) says Samsung will launch a new Rose Gold variant of the Galaxy Watch Active 2 next month. And as the date on Watch face suggests, the launch could be on January 14. This is the date when the company is expected to unveil the flagship Galaxy S21 series.

A picture courtesy of Evan shows the Watch Active2 in Rose Gold base. The strap on the image looks to be in Purple color. To recall, the wearable is already selling in Pink Gold along with Black, Silver color options. That said, we are as surprised as you in hearing the news as Samsung has already launched an improved Galaxy Watch 3 back in August.

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One of the reasons Samsung could bring this is just for the sake of launching a wearable at the unpacked event. Or maybe to leverage a bit more on the already booming wearable market in multiple countries whilst not undermining the sales of Watch 3. Either way, looks like the Watch Active 2 will make its appearance again and launch alongside the Galaxy S21 series, Galaxy Buds Pro TWS.

Needless to say that Samsung has been updating its Watches constantly. Back in April, it brought a new Health Monitor App support which eventually made its way to Watch Active 2. Recently, the company also brought VO2 max measurement for endurance and Smart reply features.

Hence, even if it re-launches a year and a half later in 2021, users shouldn’t be wary of it being outdated. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 features a 1.2-inch(40mm), 1.4-inch(44mm) sAMOLED round display, Exynos 9110 dual-core chipset, 768MB of RAM. It also has Bluetooth/4G and Aluminum/Stainless-steel variant and supports ECG measurement, 39 workout modes, and more.

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Demand for Smart TVs has been rising for the past few years. While more and more companies are entering this category, South Korean giant Samsung has managed to hold down its strong position in the market.

Most of the Smart TVs launching in the market are powered by Android TV with the company’s own custom interface on top, or they are using software like Roku or Amazon’s Fire TV. But Samsung is using its own Tizen OS, which is based on Linux.

Now, thanks to the strong sale of Samsung TVs, Tizen OS has been ranked as the world’s largest streaming TV platform. This is mostly due to the company’s TV sales in the third quarter of this year.

As per the report from Strategy Analytics, Tizen OS accounted for 12.5 percent of the connected TV devices in use, ahead of other platforms such as WebOS from LG, Sony PlayStation, Roku TV OS, Amazon Fire TV OS, and Google’s Android TV.

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It also revealed that Samsung managed to sell 11.8 million Smart TVs worldwide in Q3 2020, which represents the best-ever quarter by Samsung so far and no other manufacturer has reached this level.

The numbers indicate that Samsung’s Tizen OS for Smart TVs is now being used in more than 155 million units, representing a rise of 23 percent when compared to last year.

Samsung has been trying to monetize its Tizen OS platform and with the rising number of users, it will be interesting to see how the South Korean giant manages to monetize the platform and keep the users happy.

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Samsung Electronics has announced two new Lifestyle Smart Monitors(M5, M7) today. Both of them have Mobile and PC connectivity, remote home office, and run Tizen OS. Samsung, which calls them the ‘do-it-all screen’, has launched it globally in countries like the USA, Canada, China.

Samsung Smart Monitors M5, M7- Pricing, Availability

Samsung’s new Smart Monitor includes two models- M5, and M7. M5 is available in two size variants- 27-inch(27M50A), 32-inch(32M50A). However, the M7 has only one variant- 32-inch(32M70A). All the Smart Monitors will be available starting November 16 in China, the USA, and Canada as of now.

However, Samsung plans to expand to other countries by the end of November. For now, you can take a look at the US pricing(via The Verge) below:

• M5(27-inch)-$230(₹17,100)
• M5(32-inch)-$280(₹20,990)
• M7(32-inch)-$400(₹29,800)

To capitalize on the pandemic situation, Samsung‘s New Smart Monitors offer work-from-home features like Tap View connectivity, App casting/Apple AirPlay 2, and Samsung DeX. Additionally, the monitors also support home office features like Microsoft Office 365 applications, Remote access.

It also has entertainment features like Smart Hub(VOD), Mobile casting/mirroring, Bixby 2.0 integration, and more. Further, all the models run Samsung’s Tizen OS v5.5, have a speaker of 5W, and support VESA (100mmx100mm) wall mounts.

*VOD is video-on-demand and allows users to stream content on OTT apps like Netflix, YouTube without accessing PC/Mobile.

Samsung Smart Monitor M5- Specifications

The Samsung M5 models come in two sizes- M5(27-inch), and M5(32-inch). Both of them feature a 1,920×1,080(FHD) VA(Vertical Alignment) panel. Weighing in at 5.0kg(27″), and 6.2kg(32″) with a vertical stand, the monitors measure 615.5×455.4×193.5mm, and 716.1x517x193.5mm respectively.

Both the models have a flat display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and 178° viewing angles. Brightness is up to 250cd/m2(nits), and support HDR10. For connectivity, you get 2xHDMI 2.0, 2xUSB 2.0, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2, and Bixby 2.0.

Samsung Smart Monitor M7- Specifications

Samsung’s M7 has a single variant- M7(32-inch). However, unlike the M5 models, this monitor supports resolution up to 4K(3840×2160 pixels). The display(VA panel) has 16.1M colors, 60Hz refresh rate, HDR10, 178° viewing angles, 16:9 aspect ratio, 250cd/m2(nits), and 3000:1 static contrast ratio.

As for connectivity, unlike the M5, this Monitor supports USB-C charging of up to 65W. You get a 1xUSB-C, 3xUSB 2.0, 2xHDMI 2.0, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2, and Bixby 2.0.

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Samsung has been selling it smartwatches under Gear branding since the past few years. Fresh information shared by a South Korean publication reveals that the upcoming Gear S4 will be rebranded as Galaxy Watch. The report has also revealed that Samsung will be launching it alongside the Galaxy Note 9 on Aug. 9 in New York, US.

Samsung has used Mobile World Congress (MWC) and IFA tech expo events to announce previous Gear smartwatches and fitness trackers. However, it will be for the first time that the South Korean will be launching it through a dedicated event in New York, USA.

Earlier in this month, a tipster from China had claimed that the Gear S4 will coming as Galaxy Watch would be running on Android Wear OS. However, fresh report that has appeared on ZDNet Korea reveals that even though it will be renamed as Galaxy Watch, it will continue to run on Tizen OS.

The South Korean company had launched the first-generation Gear smartwatch with Android Wear OS. However, the firm switch to the home-brewed Tizen OS with Gear S2 in 2014. Coming back to the rebranded Galaxy Watch, it is speculated to run on the latest Tizen 4.0. The new OS is expected to arrive with Bixby assistant preinstalled. The voice control APIs that are expected to be available on the Tizen OS 4.0 will allow it to rival with Apple Watch that ships with Siri and Android Wear smartwatches that feature Google Assistant. Since Tizen OS is now applied to home appliances and wearable devices, it works fine with other devices, claimed an industry expert.

The Galaxy Watch is also rumored to arrive with new fitness-centric features and it will also give access to new healthcare apps. The report also claims that the Galaxy Watch would be available in two sizes.

Samsung’s upcoming smartwatch has also appeared at Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Through the FCC documents it has been known that the FCC label that is placed on the backside of the device has the “Samsung Galaxy Watch” moniker which confirms that it will indeed arrive with a new name.

The FCC documents have revealed that the SM-R815U model will be heading to the U.S while the SM-R815W will be releasing in Canada. In the U.S., the smartwatch will be supporting LTE connectivity through AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. The smartwatch is expected to arrive in carrier and unlocked versions. Also, there could be a Wi-Fi only edition of the Galaxy Watch. The Through FCC documents, it has been known that it will be featuring an approximate screen size of 1.2 inches and it will be measuring 51.2 x 43.4mm. Also, it will be supporting Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n.

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There is no information available on the pricing of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Watch. After its launch with Galaxy Note 9 and other rumored tablets on Aug. 9, the smartwatch is likely to be available for pre-orders starting from Aug. 14 and its shipments may begin from Aug. 24.

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Samsung has already release the Samsung Z smartphone, that’s the first Samsung smartphone which running with Tizen platrform, and now the Korean company is testing the new Galaxy S5 smartphone that running with Tizen OS rather than Android OS.

The information is leaked from Zauba, the online company based in India that leaked the information about the new Samsung Galaxy S5 variant that running with Tizen OS. According the information, the phone has description as “Samsung Galaxy S5 Tizen test phones”.

And after we seeing this information, the Samsung is already to develop the smartphone that has Samsung Galaxy S5 specs but running with Tizen OS, while we are know that Samsung has sucessfully to sold Android phone. And now, Samsung ready to make Tizen smartphone debut.

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Samsung ready to release SmartTv with Tizen OS

After releasing the first Tizen OS smartphone to the market through Samsung Z, the Korean Company is ready to release the SmartTV with Tizen OS.

While we writin this news, the prototype of Tizen OS-based smart TV has showing at Tizen Developer Conference which held in USA. And we have the demo video after the break.

The upcoming Tizen OS-based smartTV can be operated using remote control and also user gesture that using WiFi connectivity, and you can use your gadget to be the remote control for Smart TV when both device using the same WiFi network.

Unfortunately, there is no information about release date, but  we hope this Smart Tv will be arrive before 2015. Here is the demo video of Samsung Smart TV that running with Tizen OS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=k7O-1dIRjlA

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One of the alternative operating system is ready to released by Samsung, Tizen OS. As we mentioned before, Tizen OS is ready to hit the smartphone market soon.

And now Tizen Association is comprised of enterprise application developers, mobile management software vendors, telecommunications companies, to mobile game publisher. The 15 new members will be part of the members of Tizen Association Meetings, involved in Tizen Road Map, and enter together into the Working Groups.

Tizen Association for the announcement also reveals how developments and future plans of the association. Tizen disclosed that allows vendors and operators the freedom and flexibility to determine what types of services are best provided to end users.

It also said that Tizen Association have the support of all segments of the connected device ecosystem as more and more organizations recognize the opportunity to provide smart phones and connected devices globally from upscale market and lower classes.

The convergence of this knowledge will make Tizen be a catalyst to provide continuous innovation, not just for smart phones – each vendor and the operator will have the ability to offer a wide variety of customized services to its customers.

These are the 15 new members of the Tizen Association :

AccuWeather
Acrodea
Baidu
CloudStreet
Cyberlightning
DynAgility
Gamevil
Inside Secure
Ixonos
Nomovok
Piceasoft
Red Bend Software
SoftBank Mobile
Sprint
ZTE

In addition to the 15 new members, among other members of Tizen is Panasonic, McAffee, KONAMI, eBay, and others.

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Samsung is ready to announces their new Tizen device on Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014, while many people s asking, “What is the new devices?”

Samsung is ready to release their new Tizen-based camera device in Arts Hotel in Barcelona on February 23rd, this event will be attend by invite only, and the phones will be available in Korean and Japanese carrier.

In addition the camera device, Tizen is also ready to release their new Tizen OS based smartphone at MWC 2014 but this is still a rumor, so we have to wait then.

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We are waiting for Mobile World Congess 2014 in Barcelona, this is the one of biggest mobile tech event in Europe and ZTE has ready to showing their new ZTE Geek smartphone.

ZTE Geek is the smartphone that running with Tizen OS, this platform is developed by Samsung and Intel. But according to the news, this phone is the mid-end smartphone that offers for the user.

ZTE Geek is packs with 5 inch screen size with 720 pixel resolution, there is also 8 megapixel rear camera and 1 megapixel front facing camera, and alsi sprts with 8GB of internal storage.

There is a recent rumor that Google and Tizen will showing at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona on February, so let’s wait and see.

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There is so many rumors about the release date about Samsung Tizen device, back on May 2012, there is a news that Tizen OS will be released on Q3 2012 but another rumors is spread that Tizen OS will be released on February 2013, but all rumors is failed.

Another rumors is also spread that the Tizen OS device will be hit the market on August – September 2013 but those rumors is wrong. While for now we have heard the new rumors that the Tizen OS device from Samsung will be unveiled before Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 event on Barcelona,

And the Tizen App Store is also ready to available for download by the user on March 2014. While this information is still a rumor and there is no official statement from Samsung so we have to wait the truth.

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While Samsung will showing the sneak preview of Tizen OS on February 23, is now we have a leaked screenshot of Tizen OS 2.1, but we don’t have a screenshot of Tizen OS 3.0.

The screenshot showing the user interface of Tizen OS 2.1 that look too basic for mobile operating system today, but this screenshot is take from OS 2.1, hopefully there is much improve the interface on Tizen OS 3.0.

Here are the screenshot of Tizen OS 2.1 :

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Samsung is preparing to showed their Tizen OS device on Barcelona, that event will held on February 23rd, a day before Mobile World Congress is opens there.

According to foreign news, Samsung and Intel has been send the invitation to the media, but they didn’t explain the specific device yet, they only promising that the attendes will see “an exclusive sneak preview of the newest Tizen devices as well as an opportunity to learn about the major milestones that the Tizen project has hit since last year’s event.”

It’s seems the new era of mobile operating system on next year, since Jolla sailfish OS and Firefox OS is also ready to entering this market, while Samsung has failed to spread Bada OS to the market and now Samsung trying to built Tizen OS for smartphone, smartTV, tablet and laptop devices.

Tizen OS was developed two years ago and ow they ready to make their first debut on Mobile World Congress at Barcelona on February 2014.

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Samsung is now becoming the first Android smartphone manufacturer in the world through their Galaxy lineup smartphone. Just how badly does Samsung want to split from Android?. Samsung’s Chief Secretary Wonsuk Lee said at an HTML5 conference that the company is working on fostering a relationship between its Tizen OS and Firefox OS.

According to rumors recently, Samsung want to split from Android and focus on Tizen OS smartphone as the main product. It’s possible for Samsung to working on their own operating system, Tizen OS.

Lee said that because Tizen OS and Firefox are both based on HTML5, applications written in any of the platforms will be able to work on other platforms. Tizen device itself will be released in the first half of next year.

Last week a report emerged from South Korea, which reveal that the local operators are already testing a prototype of Tizen smartphone  provided by Samsung. Last October while compatriot competitor Samsung, LG has released Firefox mobile phone called LG Fireweb.

Speculation has Samsung eventually competing against iOS and Android with a Tizen-FirefoxOS combination, but something like that is a long way in the future.

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While for now, Tizen OS is not yet coming to the market, Tizen OS is delay coming to the public since Samsug want ot make this OS is going perfect for user and Samsung reportedly wants to enhance the platform again so it decided to release a new smartphone in early 2014.

According to the news, the Korean Carrier is reportedly already testing a prototype of Tizen smartphone. Although this does not indicate when these devices will be introduced, however, reveals that the device is indeed the platform is entering the final process.

Tizen smartphone will be revealed first time in South Korea Samsung is certainly reasonable to provide prototype units tested on the local network operator.

Unfortunately, not much is known about the prototype itself, there’s no word on its specifications or design. It was also rumored recently that NTT DoCoMo, one of the largest carriers in Japan, is pushing Samsung to release its Tizen smartphone in early 2014. As of now, the Korean manufacturer has not confirmed when we can expect to see the device next year.

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Tizen is the Linux-based mobile OS variant that already developed by Samsung and Intel is readu to support low-end smartphone devices.

After we’ve covered the news about the Tizen OS running on Samsung NX300M camera device, is now we happy to inform you there is another variant of Tizen OS, thats called as Tize Mobile Lite, the platform is targeting for smartphones with lower specifications, whichonly has  256MB of RAM.

Further, the report suggests that Tizen Mobile Lite will need a 512MB of ROM, and would also support HVGA and QVGA screen resolutions, while Tizen’s current minimum requirement for smartphones is 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM and at least HD and WVGA resolution.

Tizen OS is expected to grow and become an alternative for mobile operating system to the market. Until now, there is no Tizen product is prepared yet to be released for mobile phone. But Samsung has been showing the first Tizen OS smartphone prototype through Samsung SM-Redwood Z9005.

This phone will come with HD display and powered by Snapdragon chipset. Here is the Samsung SM-Redwood Z9005 which running Tizen OS platform:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TUgZBwZybU&feature=player_embedded

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Samsung is finally unveiled the Tizen OS platform. They have been held the Tizen Developer Conference, the Samsung Vice President Jong-Deok Cho presented the Tizen 3.0 will support 64-bit architecture of the Intel and ARM chipset.

Tizen 3.0 operating system also brings a 3D interface for the display and performance of the more interesting applications.

At the event also revealed that Tizen is not only developed for mobile phones, but also other devices such as cameras. Samsung NX300M is the first Samsung camera that running with Tizen operating system.

Jong-Deok Cho said that the Camera with Tizen platform has 2X faster than Linux-based platforms. The camera supports 20 megapixel resolution and is capable of capturing 9 images per second. Samsung mirrorless camera NX300M was launched last month at a price of 890,000 Korean won (approximately $900 USD) with 18-55mm kit lens.

While the first mobile device with Tizen operating system will reportedly launch in the first quarter of 2014. This will be the first Tizen phones running version 2.2.1. Meanwhile, the Tizen OS 3.0 with multi-user features sliding predict third-quarter of 2014.

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While for now, the first Tizen OS tablet has been officially released by Japanese company, Systena. Although the tablet is reserved for developers. And now Samsung is ready to announce the existence of the Tizen OS smartphone device.

Samsung would introduce Tizen OS 3.0 on November 11 this year. The event will helds in Seoul. At the same time, Samsung also will conduct demonstrations of Tizen OS, which was held in London and England.

But Samsung will not revealed the tablet device, because Samsung is not ready to compete with other platforms such as Windows Phone, Android, iOS or BlackBerry.

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While for now there is a rumor that the new Tizen smartphone will be release on Q3 2013, but untill now, there is a news about the released of Tizen smartphone.

The latest news reveals that the release of Tizen smartphone delayed until 2014. Reason for the delay is because the CEO of Samsung want to create the operating system that will provide a great experience for users.

Can the presence of Tizen will get great attention from users, given the new platforms such as Sailfish and Firefox OS were also entering the market? Let’s wait…

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Although predicted to be as an abandoned platform, Tizen OS 3.0 has been running on the Samsung Galaxy S3 debice a few months ago. The latest news reveals that the Tizen OS has resurfaced.

This time it operates on a tablet has just been released in Japan, is targeted for developers who are still loyal to the platform. This tablet brings quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.4GHz, 10.1-inch screen size with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory, and operate with Tizen 2.1 is specially developed for application development and product demonstrations.

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Samsung seems is ready to release the new TIZEN OS, is now we have a leaked picture that those Tizen OS has been running on Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, the picture show how the new Tizen OS 3.0 user interface is look like.

According to those picture, the new Tizen OS is look more simple than another operating system and the user interface looks similar wit6h Windows Phone OS, while the lockscreen is also look simple.

We can see the coupled picture of Tizen OS running on Samsung galaxy S4 smartphone that packs with AMOLED screen with full HD 1080p display.

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While we are waiting for the detail information about the leaked infor about the Samsung SGH-N055 as the Tizen OS smartphone, is now we’ve got another Samsung smartphone that has code SM-Z9006 which running Tizen OS, this information is leaked through official UAProf Samsung website.

Based on UAProf information, Samsung SM-Z9006 is going to support the Tizen OS smartphonethat has 720p HD screen resolution but this information did not mentioning the existence of screen size. The upcoming Tizen OS phone reportedly will also support by thedual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor .

But this phone will not using the Exynos lineup, is quite surprising and unexpected by many folks before. But according to rumors, the reliability of it’s Snapdragon chipset will support LTE.

Unfortunately, there is no exact information about the Samsung SM-Z9006, while the other Tizen OS smartphone is also expose as Samsung SGH-N055 but it’s never revealed in Japan before. So we have to wait until Samsung is released this phone officially.

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The existence of smartphone that running Tizen operating system is re-discovered. This time, a device codenamed SGH-N055 recorded in a page “bug reporting” to Tizen.

In the comments note that the device is a Samsung device that targeting for the Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is being tested.

A named Yu Kobayashi wrote the comment, “I heard that the SGH-N055, is the DoCoMo version does not have this bug”.

According to a report earlier this month revealed once mentioned that there will be 5 first Tizen smartphone, and one of which is intended for the Japan. Predict the number of these devices will be announced at the Samsung event for developers in November and December this year.

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Tizen is a Linux-based operating system backed by Intel and Samsung. It’s designed for a wide range of mobile devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and even in-vehicle systems.

For a while now, Tizen is only preparing for smartphone device, and now we got the information from Tizen Indonesia that shows the tablet device running Tizen operating system, those tablet is packswith 10 inch screen size and the tablet is made by Japanese manufacturer Shisutena, and this tablet is preparing to launch on Japan in this year.

In addition to packs with 10 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, the tablet also powered by 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, coupled with 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a microSD card slot. It has 802.11n WiFi, a 2MP rear camera and 0.3MP front-facing camera.

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Tizen operating system seems increasingly serious in the mobileindustry. This is evidenced by the opening of the Tizen App Challenge. This contest is a challenge for application developers to create apps for the Tizen OS-based smartphone. Tizen App Challenge contest gives prize money totaling $ 4 million USD.

“As a Linux Foundation Collaboration Project, Tizen and growing community could focus on developing the software, a variety of applications, as well as other ecosystems that support these platforms,” said Mike Woster, COO and VP of Linux Foundation through an official statement. “Tizen App Challenge will help bring out the best applications for the users, and also provide benefits for developers who develop early this important platform,” added Woster.

Tizen App Challeng contest is open from July 9th to November 1st 2013. Judging process carried out from November 4th to November 25th, 2013, and the winners will be announced in December 2013.

The $ 4 million in total prizes will be distributed to 50 developers in nine different categories. Game categories offer the greatest benefits to the grand prize $ 200,000, and $ 100,000 and $ 40,000 for the two runners-up. As for the other categories put up reward $ 120,000, $ 60,000, and $ 30,000.

For those who want toenter the contest can go straight to the page www.tizenappchallenge.com.

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Intel has been responses to the rumor that says ‘Tizen OS is dead”,recently, the one of blogger Eldar Murtazin, make a statements that cause turmoil in the tech world. He considered Tizen as being Dead. According to Intel, the company is very committed to the development of Tizen. Here is the statement quoted from TizenExperts.com :

Intel is very committed to the development of Tizen. We see a unique role for Tizen in the industry to create and to grow a new, open and flexible, mobile operating system that allows developers to “write once/run on many devices”. Tizen has received broad industry support through the Tizen Association and has achieved major milestones this year including establishing the storefront, releasing the Tizen 2.1 source code, the Tizen IVI 2.0 and the Tizen 2.2 Beta SDK that was just released yesterday.

Previously known as the first release of Tizen devices from Samsung apparently postponed to the 4th quarter. The main reason for this delay is due to the development of its application store. But according to Russian blogger who is also a reviewer of mobile-review.com, Eldar Murtazin, says that Tizen OS is not postponed, but it’s over.

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According to Korean media iNews24 reports, Samsung’s first Tizen mobile operating system release date will be postponed to Q4 of this year or in the original release date of two months later.

SamMobile pointed out that the company suspected of Samsung’s software ecosystem build systems encountered a little bit of work a little trouble, so they had to postpone the release date of this phone.

Whether to postpone or not, I believe that this self-developed by Samsung smartphone will have an impact in the Asian market, it is likely to become the major carriers in addition to iOS and Android beyond the third choice.

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In September of 2011 it was announced that MeeGo, a mobile operating system is open source Linux-based mobile phone that was ever released by Nokia, retired to be transitioned into an entirely new OS, Tizen. Now, almost two years later, the platform will eventually be released to the market by Samsung.

Samsung is confirming their plan to launch a Tizen smartphone with upscale category and is expected to becoming Microsoft’s Windows Phone rivals through Tizen Phone. Samsung confirmed through its executive vice president Lee Young Hee, who said:

“Tizen Mobile will be released in August or September, through the high-end category, and will be equipped with the cool specs.”

Tizen was developed with the help of a few companies such as Samsung, Intel and Sprint (service provider). Huawei is also said to be planning to release a Tizen smartphone, but there is no schedule.

The fact that Samsung as largest smartphone vendor in the world to release this new platform could be a threat to Microsoft, which is still trying to develop Windows Phone OS.

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There are quite a shocking news which annaounced by Samsung at Mobile World Congress 2013 Barcelona, Samsung reportedly has just decided to end their Bada operating system and now samsung ready to turn into Tizen OS.

While Bada OS is the operating system that’s developed by Samsung itself was introduced back in 2009. The existence of its Bada OS a few years back, it seems to still be in the shadows behind the success and popularity of the Android, iOS and Window Phone operating system.

On the other hand, Samsung also recently announced Tizen operating system which is actually going to replace Bada operating system as one of the major Samsung flagship. Tizen OS is an operating system developed by Samsung and Intel.

Tizen OS is based on Linux platform, is likely to compete with other newly launched operating systems like the Firefox OS, as well as Microsoft’s Windows Phone and an overhauled BlackBerry operating system.

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As we’ve mention before, that Samsung will released smartphone with Tizen operating system, and now we heard the news that said about the first Tizen OS smartphone will be releas soon. This smartphone is seems to be revealed in February 2013 at the Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona.

NTT DoCoMo is Japan’s largest mobile operator. Together with Samsung, Vodafone, INTEK, and others, NTT DoCoMo is committed to develop Tizen operating system based on Linux. In contrast to the semi-open Android operating system Tizen will hold the philosophy of Linux to open source code program completely for all manufacturer.

Samsung to develop Tizen OS assessed as a precaution in case the control of Google Android. Google also has purchased Motorola Mobility so that several manufacturer cooperate in the Open Handset Alliance was worried that Google will be making its own smartphone and get rid of the other partners. Google also had warned that Acer will launch a smartphone with Android OS fork in China so that Acer did not launch products.

The handset based-on Tizen OS never found the Samsung GT-i9500. This model with model GT-i9505 has recently leaked and is touted as the Galaxy S IV.

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