Linux-based mobile operating system
Linux distribution
Tizen OS
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Developer
| Linux Foundation
,
Samsung Electronics
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Written in
| HTML5
,
C
,
C++
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OS family
| Linux
(
Unix-like
)
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Working state
| Current
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Source model
| Open source
with
source available
and
proprietary
components
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Initial release
| April 30, 2012
; 12 years ago
(
2012-04-30
)
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Latest release
| 8.0 M2 / October 31, 2023
; 6 months ago
(
2023-10-31
)
[1]
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Repository
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Marketing target
| Smart TVs
,
embedded systems
, previously:
smartwatches
and
smartphones
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Package manager
| RPM Package Manager
|
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Platforms
| ARM
,
ARM64
,
x86
, and
x86-64
|
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Kernel
type
| Monolithic
(
Linux
)
|
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Userland
| GNU
|
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Default
user interface
| Graphical
(native and web applications),
One UI
for Smartwatch and Smartphone
|
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License
| |
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Preceded by
| Orsay
(smart televisions)
Bada
(smartphones)
Android
(smartwatches and smart fridges)
|
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Succeeded by
| Wear OS
(smartwatches)
Android
(smartphones)
|
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Official website
| tizen
.org
|
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Tizen
(
) is a
Linux
-based
mobile operating system
backed by the
Linux Foundation
, developed and used primarily by
Samsung Electronics
.
The project was originally conceived as an
HTML5
-based platform for mobile devices to succeed
MeeGo
. Samsung merged its previous Linux-based OS effort,
Bada
, into Tizen and has since used it primarily on platforms such as
wearable devices
and
smart TVs
.
Much of Tizen is
open source software
, although the
software development kit
contains proprietary components owned by Samsung, and portions of the OS are licensed under the
Flora License
, a derivative of the
Apache License 2.0
that grants a patent license only to "Tizen-certified platforms".
In May 2021,
Google
announced that
Samsung
would partner with the company on integrating Tizen features into Google's
Android
-derived
Wear OS
and committed to using it on future wearables, leaving Tizen to be mainly developed for Samsung Smart TVs.
[2]
History
[
edit
]
| This article needs to be
updated
.
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
(
December 2018
)
|
The project was initiated as
mobile Linux
and was launched by
Intel
in July 2007, in April 2009 the operating system had managed to updated to version 2.0 which the core was based on
Fedora
. However, on the same month, Intel turned Moblin over to the
Linux Foundation
for future development. Eventually, the operating system was merged with
Nokia
Maemo
, a
Debian
based Linux distro, into
MeeGo
which mainly developed by Nokia, Intel and Linux Foundation.
In 2011, after Nokia abandoned the project, Linux Foundation initiated the Tizen project as a successor to MeeGo, another Linux-based mobile operating system, with its main backer Intel joining
Samsung Electronics
, as well as
Access Co.
,
NEC Casio
,
NTT DoCoMo
,
Panasonic Mobile
,
SK Telecom
,
Telefonica
, and
Vodafone
as commercial partners. Tizen would be designed to use
HTML5
apps, and target mobile and embedded platforms such as
netbooks
, smartphones, tablets,
smart TVs
, and
in-car entertainment
systems.
[3]
U.S. carrier
Sprint Corporation
(which was a backer of MeeGo) joined the
Tizen Association
in May 2012.
[4]
On September 16, 2012,
Automotive Grade Linux
announced its intent to use Tizen as the basis of its reference distribution.
[5]
In January 2013, Samsung announced its intent to release multiple Tizen-based phones that year. In February 2013, Samsung merged its
Bada
operating system into Tizen.
[6]
[7]
In October 2013, the first Tizen tablet was shipped by Systena. The tablet was part of a development kit exclusive to Japan.
[8]
[9]
[10]
In 2014, Samsung released the
Gear 2
smartwatch
that used a Tizen-based operating system as opposed to
Android
.
[11]
On May 14, 2014, it was announced that Tizen would ship with Qt.
[12]
This project was abandoned in January 2017.
[13]
On February 21, 2016, Samsung announced the Samsung Connect Auto, a
connected car
solution offering diagnostic,
Wi-Fi
, and other car-connected services. The device plugs directly into the
OBD-II
port underneath the steering wheel.
[14]
On November 16, 2016, Samsung said they would be collaborating with Microsoft to bring
.NET Core
support to Tizen.
[15]
According to Strategy Analytics research, approximately 21% of the smart TVs sold in 2018 run on the Tizen platform making it the most popular smart TV platform.
[16]
On May 19, 2021, during
Google I/O
, Google announced that Samsung had agreed to work on integrating features of Tizen with the next version of
Wear OS
, and that it had committed to using Wear OS for its future wearable products.
[17]
[18]
[19]
Samsung will continue to use Tizen for its smart TVs.
[20]
On December 31, 2021, the Tizen app store permanently closed.
[21]
The last smartphone based on the Tizen operating system is the
Samsung Z4
which was released in 2017. The company switched to Google's
Wear OS 3
platform on its
Galaxy Watch 4
smartwatches.
[22]
[23]
Releases
[
edit
]
- Tizen 1.0: April 30, 2012
[24]
- Tizen 2.0: February 18, 2013
[25]
- Tizen 2.1: May 18, 2013
[26]
- Tizen 2.2: July 22, 2013
[27]
- Tizen 2.2.1: November 9, 2013
[28]
- Tizen 2.3: February 9, 2015
[29]
- Tizen 2.3.1: September 3, 2015
[30]
- Tizen 2.3.1 Rev1: November 13, 2015
- Tizen 2.3.2: September 3, 2016
[31]
- Tizen 2.3.2 Patch: December 23, 2016
- Tizen 2.4: October 30, 2015
[32]
- Tizen 2.4 Rev1: December 1, 2015
- Tizen 2.4 Rev2: December 23, 2015
- Tizen 2.4 Rev3: February 5, 2016
- Tizen 2.4 Rev4: March 4, 2016
- Tizen 2.4 Rev5: April 4, 2016
- Tizen 2.4 Rev6: May 19, 2016
- Tizen 2.4 Rev7: June 30, 2016
- Tizen 2.4 Rev8: August 2, 2016
- Tizen 3.0: January 18, 2017
- Tizen IVI 3.0 (In-Vehicle Infotainment): April 22, 2014
[33]
[34]
- Tizen 3.0 Milestones (M1): September 17, 2015
[35]
- Tizen 3.0 Public M2: January 18, 2017
[36]
- Tizen 3.0 Public M3: July 5, 2017
[37]
- Tizen 3.0 Public M4: November 30, 2017
[38]
- Tizen 4.0: May 31, 2017
- Tizen 4.0 Public M1: May 31, 2017
[39]
- Tizen 4.0 Public M2: November 1, 2017
[40]
- Tizen 4.0 Public M3: August 31, 2018
[41]
- Tizen 5.0: May 31, 2018
- Tizen 5.0 Public M1: May 31, 2018
[42]
- Tizen 5.0 Public M2: October 30, 2018
[43]
- Tizen 5.5: May 31, 2019
- Tizen 5.5 Public M1: May 31, 2019
[44]
- Tizen 5.5 Public M2: October 30, 2019
[45]
- Tizen 5.5 Public M3: August 27, 2020
[46]
- Tizen 6.0: May 31, 2020
- Tizen 6.0 Public M1: May 31, 2020
[47]
- Tizen 6.0 Public M2: October 27, 2020
[48]
- Tizen 6.5: May 31, 2021
- Tizen 6.5 Public M1: May 31, 2021
[49]
- Tizen 6.5 Public M2: October 31, 2021
[50]
- Tizen 7.0: May 31, 2022
- Tizen 7.0 Public M1: May 31, 2022
[51]
- Tizen 7.0 Public M2: October 31, 2022
[52]
- Tizen 8.0: May 31, 2023
- Tizen 8.0 Public M1: May 31, 2023
[53]
- Tizen 8.0 Public M2: October 31, 2023
[1]
Compatible devices
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Smartwatch
[
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Camera
[
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]
Smartphone
[
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Television
[
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]
- Samsung Smart TVs since 2015
[54]
Appliances
[
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]
- Family Hub 3.0 Refrigerator
[55]
LED Wall controllers
[
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]
Controversies
[
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]
On April 3, 2017,
Vice
reported on its "Motherboard" website that Amihai Neiderman, an Israeli security expert, has found more than 40
zero-day vulnerabilities
in Tizen's code, allowing hackers to remotely access a wide variety of current Samsung products running Tizen, such as Smart TVs and mobile phones.
[57]
After the article was published, Samsung, whom Neiderman tried to contact months before, reached out to him to resolve the issues.
[57]
TizenRT
[
edit
]
In December 2016, Samsung created TizenRT,
[58]
a fork of
NuttX
, a
real-time operating system
(
RTOS
), for smart home appliances and IoT devices.
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
"Tizen 8.0 Public M2"
.
tizen.org
.
- ^
Gartenberg, Chaim (2021-05-23).
"Google's new Samsung smartwatch partnership looks a lot like giving up"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2024-04-30
.
- ^
Ricker, Thomas (2011-09-28).
"MeeGo is dead: Resurrected as Tizen, the newest Linux-based open source OS"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2019-01-21
.
- ^
Robertson, Adi (2012-05-07).
"Sprint becomes first North American carrier to join Tizen Association"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2019-01-21
.
- ^
Best, Jo.
"Tizen Linux heads for vehicles as car makers and tech firms form workgroup"
.
ZDNet
. Retrieved
2019-01-21
.
- ^
Byford, Sam (2013-02-25).
"Samsung finally folding Bada OS into Tizen"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2019-01-21
.
- ^
Souppouris, Aaron (2013-01-03).
"Samsung confirms it will launch multiple Tizen handsets this year"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2019-01-21
.
- ^
Brown, Eric (June 27, 2013).
"World's first Tizen tablet?"
.
LinuxGizmos.com
. Archived from
the original
on July 2, 2013
. Retrieved
February 23,
2014
.
- ^
Brown, Eric (25 October 2013).
"First Tizen tablet ships to developers"
.
LinuxGizmos.com
. Archived from
the original
on October 28, 2013
. Retrieved
February 23,
2014
.
- ^
Buckley, Sean (October 25, 2013).
"First Tizen tablet launches in Japan, caters exclusively to developers"
.
Engadget
. Archived from
the original
on January 25, 2014
. Retrieved
February 23,
2014
.
- ^
Savov, Vlad (2014-02-22).
"Samsung drops Android for Tizen in new Gear 2 smartwatches"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2019-01-21
.
- ^
"Tizen:Common to Ship with Qt Integrated"
.
tizenexperts.com
. 14 May 2014.
- ^
"Tizen - Qt Wiki"
.
wiki.qt.io
.
- ^
"Samsung Ushers in a New Era of Driving Experience with Samsung Connect Auto"
. February 21, 2016
. Retrieved
March 10,
2018
.
- ^
"Samsung announces .NET Core support and Visual Studio Tools for Tizen OS"
.
MSPoweruser
. November 16, 2016.
- ^
"Samsung's Tizen OS dominates global smart TV market"
. March 25, 2019
. Retrieved
August 23,
2019
.
- ^
Amadeo, Ron (2021-05-18).
"Google, Samsung, and Fitbit team up to save Wear OS"
.
Ars Technica
. Retrieved
2021-05-19
.
- ^
"Google and Samsung team up to create a new OS named 'Wear'
"
.
SamNext
. 2021-05-18
. Retrieved
2021-05-19
.
- ^
Welch, Chris (2021-05-18).
"Google and Samsung are merging Wear OS and Tizen"
.
The Verge
. Retrieved
2021-05-19
.
- ^
Adhikari, Sumit (2021-05-21).
"Samsung TVs Will Continue To Use Tizen OS"
.
Android Headlines
. Retrieved
2021-06-15
.
- ^
Beguwala, Esmail (10 January 2022).
"Samsung shuts down Tizen app store"
.
onlytech.com
. Retrieved
2022-04-21
.
- ^
"Samsung shuts down the Tizen app store"
.
GSMArena.com
. Retrieved
2022-04-21
.
- ^
"Samsung officially shuts down its Tizen app store"
.
The Times of India
. 10 January 2022
. Retrieved
2022-04-21
.
- ^
"Tizen 1.0 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.0 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.1 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.2 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.2.1 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.3 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.3.1 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.3.2 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 2.4 Release Notes"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen IVI 3.0 Milestones"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen Common milestones"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 3.0 Milestones"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 3.0 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 3.0 Public M3"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 3.0 Public M4"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 4.0 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 4.0 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 4.0 Public M3"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 5.0 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 5.0 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 5.5 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 5.5 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 5.5 Public M3"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 6.0 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 6.0 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 6.5 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 6.5 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 7.0 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 7.0 Public M2"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
"Tizen 8.0 Public M1"
. Tizen.org.
- ^
Silva, Robert (31 December 2020).
"Samsung's Tizen Smart TV Operating System"
.
lifewire.com
. Retrieved
21 February
2022
.
- ^
"Side-by-Side Refrigerator with Family Hub (RS27T5561SR) | Samsung US"
.
Samsung Electronics America
. Retrieved
2020-06-25
.
- ^
"accessories | SBB-SNOWJ3U | Samsung Display Solutions"
.
displaysolutions.samsung.com
. Retrieved
2019-10-31
.
- ^
a
b
Zetter, Kim (April 3, 2017).
"Samsung's Android Replacement Is a Hacker's Dream"
.
Motherboard
. Retrieved
2020-06-30
.
- ^
TizenRT repo
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Tizen
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Items
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are no longer maintained or have planned end-of-life dates.
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- Central South America
- China
- CIS
- Europe
- Japan
- Middle East
- North America
- South East Asia
- South Asia
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