Latest Tizen 3.0 news

PSA: Reset your Gear S3 after installing the Tizen 3.0 update

You may want to consider resetting your Gear S3 classic or Gear S3 frontier after installing the Tizen 3.0 Value Pack update, as failure to do so can result in it crashing whenever you attempt to open a watchface that’s been customized using Facer, Gear Watch Designer or WatchMaker. Related: Tizen 3.0 now rolling out to […]

By Josh L.
5 years ago

Tizen 3.0 now rolling out to the Gear S3 with Value Pack update

Samsung is releasing a major update for the Gear S3 today. Called the Value Pack update, it brings Tizen 3.0 to the Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier and, as a result, a slew of new features and enhancements. With this update, the Gear S3 is running pretty much the same software as the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Seven reasons why Tizen 3.0 is great for Samsung smartwatches

Last Friday, we received the Samsung Gear Sport, which was announced at IFA earlier this year. The Gear Sport runs Tizen 3.0 out of the box, and it is expected that Samsung will bring the upgrade to the Gear S3 Frontier and Gear S3 Classic as well. What does Tizen 3.0 bring to the table? […]

By Danny Dorresteijn
5 years ago

Tizen 3.0 will reportedly let you control smart devices with Gear S3

Samsung recently unveiled the Gear Sport smartwatch. It’s going to be the first wearable device from Samsung to ship with Tizen 3.0. The existing Gear S3 happens to be on Tizen 2.4.2. The new firmware should, in theory, bring improvements like improved syncing over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It should also bring UI tweaks, battery life […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Gear Sport, Samsung’s new smartwatch, leaked

Samsung confirmed during its Galaxy Note 8 event yesterday that it’s going to launch a new Gear smartwatch at IFA 2017 in Berlin next week. The company has provided no further details about the new wearable device as yet. Over the past few weeks, it has consistently been rumored that Samsung is working on a […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

There’s no Skype app for Tizen yet, but there’s a workaround if you want to use the IM service

Skype hasn’t released its official app for Tizen yet, but if you own a Samsung Z4, there’s a workaround if you want to use the IM service. The folks over at TizenExperts have discovered that you can use Skype on Tizen 3.0-based Samsung Z4 via its stock web browser. The stock web browser on the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

Samsung’s new QLED signage displays will be powered by Tizen 3.0

After launching world’s first smart signage displays last year, Samsung has now announced that its new signage display solutions will be based on the Tizen 3.0 open source operating system. The company will showcase these new models at the InfoComm 2017 tradeshow starting today. Moreover, some of these new signage displays make use of Samsung’s QLED and […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

Samsung Z4 hands-on: Tizen on yet another entry-level handset

Traditionally, every new device in a particular smartphone lineup comes with a couple of upgrades over the previous device. With Tizen, Samsung threw that tradition out the window with the third Tizen handset, the Samsung Z2. Well, it tweaked tradition rather than throwing it away: The Z2 was launched after the Z3, with specs that […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Samsung Z4 sales in India begin today

It was only last week that Samsung announced its new Tizen smartphone. The company confirmed that it would start selling the Samsung Z4 in India from May 19. Samsung Z4 has gone on sale in the country today via offline retailers. It’s unclear at this point in time when the handset is going to be […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

First hands-on video of the Samsung Z4 appears online

Samsung announced its fourth Tizen-based phone, the Samsung Z4, earlier this week. It is the first device running the new Tizen 3.0 operating system. The new OS comes with slightly newer UI and interesting features like Quick Reads, Quick Switch, and Quick Talk. Quick Switch lets users swipe up from the bottom of the screen […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

Samsung Z4 will be available in India starting May 19

The Tizen-based Samsung Z4, which was announced last week by the company, will be launched in India on May 19. It will be available with a price tag of INR 5,790 (approximately $89.52), and will compete with entry-level Android smartphones. The Samsung Z4 is the first phone running Tizen 3.0. It features a 4.5-inch WVGA LCD […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

First Tizen 3.0 firmware is now available online

Samsung announced the Z4, the fourth commercial Tizen smartphone, earlier today. The Z4 is humble on specs, and perhaps its only notable feature is that it runs Tizen 3.0 out of the box. Samsung has been making quite a few promises with Tizen but has been rather slow at releasing newer versions of the OS, […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Specs comparison: Samsung Z1, Z2, Z3 vs. Samsung Z4

We had been hearing for a few months now that Samsung had a new Tizen-powered smartphone in the pipeline. The company officially announced the smartphone today. While it’s not the sort of high-end Tizen flagship that Spreadtrum is hoping for, the Samsung Z4 is certainly a step up from its predecessors. Samsung confirmed today that […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Samsung announces a cost-effective solution for detecting and monitoring diabetes

Alongside the Samsung Z4, Samsung took the wraps off a new accessory called Tizen Check, a cost-effective solution for detecting and monitoring diabetes. Just like traditional methods, users need to deposit a spot of blood onto a strip that mounted on the back of their smartphone, then the companion application will use the handset’s camera and […]

By Josh L.
6 years ago

Samsung Z4 goes official with a 4.5-inch display, 1.5GHz quad-core processor

Two months ago, Samsung’s first Tizen 3.0-powered smartphone — the Samsung Z4 — passed through the FCC, then a couple of weeks later it was certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, leading us to believe that its release was imminent. Strangely, chatter died down shortly after, but was brought back to life when a copy of […]

By Josh L.
6 years ago