Samsung Tizen System Beta Screen
Phoenix Technology News, August 6, Beijing time, according to AppleInsider reports, in order to reduce reliance on Google's Android platform, Samsung is vigorously developing its own Tizen operating system. Samsung co-CEO J.K. Shin stated that the Tizen operating system will become a strong competitor to the Android platform and could potentially drive Samsung's flagship smartphones in the future.
In an interview with foreign media CNET this week, Samsung co-CEO J.K. Shin expressed a positive attitude towards the prospects of the Tizen operating system, stating that the Tizen platform is "more than just another choice for the Android platform." He indicated that through the Tizen system, Samsung can offer consumers "cross-platform aggregation functions" between different products, including smartphones, PCs, cameras, and even fields outside the industry such as cars, biotechnology, and banking.
Samsung launched the Tizen operating system at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February this year, aiming to compete with Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Currently, Samsung's flagship smartphones are equipped with the Android system.
Samsung's existing Android-based phones have been customized with personalization, adding Samsung software and services to the Google system. These changes help differentiate Samsung smartphones from other Android smartphones, but at the same time, some users feel that these extra added software may harm phone performance, making it one level lower compared to Google's original Android.
This gives Google's own Nexus devices an advantage, as they run on the "regular" version of Android without any skins or additional applications. Recently, Google has also started installing the original Android on Motorola smartphones.
In addition, Google has made a major move into the hardware sector by launching the Motorola Moto X smartphone. As Google begins to erode Samsung's smartphone hardware business, Samsung might want to reduce its dependence on Google's Android system and adopt its own more controllable operating system like Tizen. When Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 smartphone in March this year, there was no mention of cooperation with Google.
Samsung's self-developed operating system, Tizen, is part of the Linux Foundation and is managed by a technical team composed of Samsung and Intel. The system supports ARM and X86 processors and is specifically designed for products such as smartphones, tablets, in-car navigation systems, and TV set-top boxes.