Samsung Weans Itself From Android— at Least for Smart Watches

for now. But the smart watch move could be a clear indication that it’s only a matter of time before Samsung weans itself from Android on phones and everything else, too.

The Tizen OS has been a pet project of Samsung for years, and is meant to provide an integrated experience across all mobile devices, TVs, and even car entertainment and telematics systems. It grew out of Nokia’s MeeGo platform, and is now being developed by an industry consortium led by Samsung and Intel; last year the consortium held a series of developer challenges with incentives totaling $4 million to develop a few thousand apps

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