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> This is Tizen, and it doesn't support Android apps at all. It's a completely different operating system, so not entirely clear why Sumsung would want Android
by distances 6y ago
> This is Tizen, and it doesn't support Android apps at all. It's a completely different operating system, so not entirely clear why Sumsung would want Android apps on it.
It would be impossible to launch a new platform without compatibility for existing apps. There's no way to gain enough developer mindshare to become a serious alternative otherwise.
Jolla had Android app compatibility from the launch in addition to the platform native apps, as they knew that's the only option really.
- em-bee 6y agoand jolla could do that because they didn't have an android license from google to begin with. tizen coudn't.
- nl 6y agoThis is all true, but nevertheless this is what Samsung has done. If you look at the linage of it (Intel Meego) and the time frame they started it (2011) the strategy of HTML5 support for apps kind of made sense. Allegedly they are adding .NET support to it? It is still around and actively developed. I believe it's had some success on watches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizen
- em-bee 6y agowell, samsung had no choice really. on watches and appliances or tvs the android apps don't matter much so android support is less critical there.