Samsung has confirmed that support for its Tizen-powered smartwatches will officially end in September 2025. The decision marks the final phase of a gradual wind-down process that began last year and reflects the company’s strategic shift toward its Wear OS–powered devices from its own in-house Tizen. If you recall, the South Korean giant began moving away from it back in 2021.
The phase-out started on September 30, 2024, when the Galaxy Store stopped offering paid content for Tizen devices. This was followed by another key deadline on May 31, 2025, when new downloads of free Tizen content were disabled. Finally, by the end of September 2025 later this year, users will no longer be able to re-download any previously purchased content via the Galaxy Store.
At the time, Samsung had shared the following timeline in an official "Tizen Watch Service Termination Schedule" notice as it wrote:
We inform you that we will be discontinuing Tizen Watch service on Galaxy Store. The termination of Tizen Watch service will proceed according to the schedule below; after September 30th, 2025, Tizen Watch service will be completely suspended.
September 30th, 2024 Suspension of Tizen Watch paid content sales and new downloads
November 30th, 2024 Settlement of Tizen Watch paid content sales
May 31th, 2025 Suspension of new downloads for Tizen Watch free content
September 30th, 2025 Suspension of re-downloading of pre-purchased content from Galaxy Store and termination of Tizen Watch service
While Samsung has not specified the list of affected wearable devices that will no longer receive Tizen support after September 2025, the following products are likely to be getting the axe:
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Galaxy Gear Series
- Samsung Galaxy Gear (Original model)
- Samsung Galaxy Gear 2
- Samsung Galaxy Gear S2
- Samsung Gear S3 Classic
- Samsung Gear S3 Frontier
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Galaxy Watch Series (Tizen-based)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch (First Generation / Galaxy Watch 1)
- Samsung Galaxy Watch Active
- Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 3
Thus, devices launched after the Galaxy Watch3, including the Galaxy Watch4 series and subsequent models, are built on Wear OS and remain unaffected by this transition. On the flip side, Samsung is not planning to switch to Google TV for its TVs, as these still come preloaded with its own Tizen OS, and even offer seven years of support.
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