Whether that’s because of hardware requirements or some arbitrary policy from Google remains a mystery. Unfortunately, the same story can’t be said for more recent Tizen-based smartwatches that may be blocked from upgrading to the new Samsung-branded Wear OS. It is rather impressive that Samsung has apparently managed to support a relatively obscure 2013 smartwatch for this long. Moreover, not all Galaxy Gear apps will be available on Tizen, but there might be similar ones by now. They can upgrade to Tizen moving forward if they want access to apps, but it’s a one-way street and there’s no turning back. While the smartwatch will continue to function, users won’t be able to install or reinstall apps after that date. Apparently, not everyone took the opportunity back then, but Samsung is now pretty much forcing their hand.Īn update to the Samsung Galaxy Store notifies owners of the smartwatch that it will be shutting down the Galaxy Store for Galaxy Gear devices on August 5, 2021. Back then, it offered an update to its new Tizen-based wearable platform, the very same OS that would take Samsung’s smartwatches to relative success for a couple of years. This partnership could make the Galaxy Watch 4 a. Samsung actually gave Galaxy Gear owners a way forward back in 2014 when it was clear that it wasn’t going to stick to its own Android smartwatch OS. The company has given up on its home-grown Tizen software platform ( except on TVs ), and has now teamed up with Google to develop Wear OS 3. Samsung is shutting that down next month, however, but it hasn’t abandoned owners of the smartwatch just yet (another surprise). Even more surprising is that Samsung was actually still running a version of its app store specifically for that Android-based OS after all this time. The Galaxy Gear launched way back in 2013 and was the only one of its kind, so it’s rather surprising to hear that Samsung still has the smartwatch and its users in mind eight years after.
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