Samsung can now be a major player in the Wear smartwatch market, but he once completely ignored the Google platform. The first Galaxy watches operated exclusively on the Samsung’s own Tizen OS. After several generations on the essence of use and with Tizen devices that have put themselves outside, Samsung officially removes Tizen from next month.
At the beginning of last year, Samsung presented its plan to withdraw Tizen OS, the software that made its debut with the first Galaxy Watch in 2018. The operation launched on September 30, 2024, when the content of the paid watch disappeared from the Galaxy store, followed by the deletion of free downloads on March 31, 2025.
The Tizen de Samsung stop ends on September 30, 2025. After this date, downloads from the Galaxy store for Tizen watches, whether paid or free, will no longer be available (via Samobile). Everything you have already bought will always appear under Galaxy Store → Menu → My applications, but once you delete it, it is permanently gone, without any means of restarting it after the cut.
Older galaxy surveillance models lose all service supports
Samsung also closes all the remaining services linked to intelligent watches of Tizen OS, affecting each model published before the Galaxy Watch 4. This includes the Galaxy Gear, Gear 2, Gear Live, Gear S, Gear Sport and the Galaxy Watch series through watch 3.
Of course, your Tizen Watch will not stop working after September 30, 2025, but without support for the store or service, it will lose a lot of its climb functionalities in Smart and will feel more limited.
It is never ideal when a device that you use what always stops getting support, but keep in mind the last Tizen watch, the Galaxy Watch 3, is released in 2020. If you always wear one, an upgrade is probably late.
Samsung movement looks like a push to bring users to its range of more recent operating systems, especially with the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Now on store shelves.
- Housing size
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40 mm / 44 mm
- Display
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1.3 inch / 1.5 inch AMOLED
- Display resolution
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438 x 438
- Processor
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Exynos W1000
The Galaxy Watch 8 is leaning throughout your well-being, packing in smarter health tools, which actually feels useful and the personalization that finally comes out of your path. It is less a gadget and more a real sidekick for your daily rhythm.
- Housing size
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46 mm
- Display
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1.34 “Super Amoled
- Display resolution
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438 x 438
- Processor
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Exynos W1000
- RAM
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2 GB
- Storage
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64 GB
After sitting one, Samsung brings the physical rotary telescope to his new watch, giving you a solid and tactile atmosphere to scroll the alerts and applications. It is not only nostalgia – This favorite of fans is associated with Wear OS and the last UI 8 watch to offer clearer health monitoring and many new tips.
