Samsung to replace Android with Tizen on Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch?

Samsung is rumored to introduce the second generation Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which has specification like running the Tizen operating system, and not Google’s Android.

Tizen is a joint project between Samsung and Intel, and although it has been pushed as a mobile OS, it’s also quite at home on other devices, including televisions and cameras. However, the OS has yet to make its public debut, and it has seen several delays.

Tizen uses universal HTML5 apps, and not those sourced from Google Play, which may persuade developers to write more software for the device. The main advantage is by Using an essentially in-house OS will make a way to reduce the price of the Galaxy Gear 2.

Samsung’ Galaxy Gear is now with Google’s OS. If Android is replaced by Tizen on the new watch – rumored to be a cheaper, better looking model – this statistic will rapidly change.

However, none of this information is official yet, and we don’t know for sure if Samsung will launch the Gear 2 or not. Samsung will be holding its first Unpacked event of 2014 in Barcelona on February 24, so if the Gear 2 is coming, we’d expect to see it announced there, potentially alongside the Galaxy S5 smartphone