Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Samsung Weans Itself From Android

Wrist action: Samsung’s updated smart watch features a different operating system, perhaps signalling a broader move away from Android.

As Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona Monday, one major question is whether Samsung will abandon Google’s Android operating system for the custom Tizen OS, truly tearing apart the most powerful alliance in mobile computing.

The answer turns out to be yesat least for smart watches. Less than six months after launching a line of Androidpowered watch called Galaxy Gear (see “Is Samsung’s Galaxy Gear the First Truly Smart Watch?”) Samsung today said the next version of the devices will run on Tizen.

It is far from clear, however, whether Samsung’s planned “unpacking” of the Galaxy 5 smartphone Monday evening will include such a radical departure. Samsung might well be sticking with Android on its phonesfor now. But the smart watch move could be a clear indication that it’s only a matter of time before Samsung weans itself from Android on phones and everything else, too.

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