Google and Samsung Wear OS Deal: Samsung Exits Tizen, Galaxy Watch 9 Gets 5-Year Updates, Pixel Watch 5 Gets
Google and Samsung reached a 2021 agreement that led Samsung to permanently shut down its Tizen smartwatch operating system and integrate its code into Wear OS, securing exclusive rights to launch new Wear OS versions. Samsung now equips the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 with a 3nm Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Edition chip and offers five years of major system updates, while Google's Pixel Watch 5 retains older hardware and receives only two to three years of updates. Wear OS relies heavily on Samsung's research and development for motion tracking and battery optimization.
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