Samsung has finally stopped supporting the Tizen Store platform for Tizen phones. Half a year ago, the company closed registration and made the store available only to current users, and they could only access previously downloaded applications. The next step is not being able to download and update apps for all users. The Tizen Store is officially closed as of December 31, 2021.
Samsung has closed the Tizen Store forever: it did not survive in the Android era
This means that all owners of models such as Samsung Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 in all countries will not be able to install and update the software. Recall that the last mobile device running TizenOS was the Samsung Z4, released in 2017. Gradually, developers lost interest in creating applications on this platform, and the meaning of Tizen Store's existence disappeared.
The closing of the store means that it's time for owners of old smartphones to ditch them in favor of Android or iOS smartphones. The abandonment of Tizen is happening in the wearable electronics segment. Last year, Samsung and Google teamed up to create the new operating system Wear OS, which is already offered in the Galaxy Watch 4. TizenOS is currently only relevant to the company's smart TVs, and the company has not yet announced plans to abandon it.
Samsung shares its Tizen TV platform with other manufacturers
As you know, Samsung has decided to ditch its Tizen operating system in favor of Wear OS in its upcoming smartwatches.
Whether this will be a good idea remains to be seen, but against this backdrop there have been speculations that Samsung will abandon Tizen altogether. We will remind that this OS is also used in the company's smart TVs, and Samsung is the leader in this market.
As it turned out, Android will not replace Tizen in Samsung TVs. The company confirmed that Tizen remains in operation and will continue to be the main platform for Samsung smart TVs in the future.
Also, the Korean giant wants to make Tizen an even more popular television platform, although it is already in the leaders. For these purposes, Samsung is ready to license Tizen to anyone. That is, any TV manufacturer can now use Tizen. But of course, for the same manufacturers, the service will be paid.
Samsung has yet to say anything about anyone already showing interest in the platform, though it's unclear if potential customers knew about it in advance.
