Tizen OS : Everything You Need To Know About It

Tizen is an operating system based on the Linux kernel and the GNU C Library implementing the Linux API.It targets a very wide range of devices including smartphones, tablets, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices, smart TVs, PCs, smart cameras, wearable computing, Blu-ray players, printers and smart home appliances

Tizen is a project within the Linux Foundation and is governed by a Technical Steering Group (TSG) composed of Samsung and Intel among others.Members of the Tizen Association include  telecommunications network operators, OEMs and manufacturers: Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel, KT Corporation, NEC Casio Mobile Communications, NTT DoCoMo, Orange S.A., Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung, SK Telecom, Sprint Corporation and Vodafone.

In 2013 Samsung merged its homegrown Bada project into Tizen.The first week of October 2013, Samsung's NX300M smart camera became the first consumer product based on Tizen it was sold in South Korea for a month before its OS was revealed at the Tizen Developer Summit.The first Tizen tablet was announced by Systena in June 2013, a 10-inch quad-core ARM with 1920x1200 resolution that was eventually shipped in late October 2013 as part of a development kit exclusive to Japan.The Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch uses Tizen and it was released in April 2014.

Their first Tizen OS based smartphone SAMSUNG Z1 which is launched in India in January 2015 for less than $100.

 Tizen OS Review-

As far as the Tizen OS is concerned,looks are similar to Android, at least where the look of the icons is concerned. There’s also a drop-down menu for notifications, Wi-Fi, other settings. There’s also the Favorites app feature which will show you the 8 most-used apps in two rows.
You can either stick to these or swipe further down to get to the other apps. There’s a Tizen app store and it’s not clear when or if Samsung will bring other apps stores to the OS. The smartphone will run Android apps thanks to integrated Android app support for Tizen OS. While Facebook, WhatsApp, Google haven’t created any apps for this OS, Samsung has created its own apps for these which are available in Tizen OS and thus users can access them.
As far as the overall OS is concerned, it felt fairly fast and smooth on the Z1.
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