The company may have dropped its Tizen smartphones plans

Jan 2, 2015 22:16 GMT  ·  By

Tizen OS, Samsung's try on a mobile operating system has failed before even making it to market. Since the platform was announced last year at Mobile World Congress, some smartphones powered by Tizen OS were leaked and a few even got released in Russia, but the commercial release of the new operating system has yet to come.

Well, it looks like Samsung has other plans for Tizen OS, plans that do not imply the release of any smartphones. The South Korean company recently announced that beginning 2015, all its Smart TVs will be powered by Tizen OS.

The first Smart TV powered by Tizen OS will be showcased at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015, in early January.

“Building our Smart Platform around Tizen is a groundbreaking step towards a much more intelligent and integrated system. Tizen not only enriches the entertainment experience for our customers today, but unlocks great potential for the future in home entertainment,” said Won Jin Lee, executive vice president of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics.

Samsung Smart TVs will include a lot more entertainment services

A few days ago there was word that Samsung Smart TVs will also allow owners to play PlayStation game without having to own a console.

With the help of the PlayStation Now cloud-streaming game service, which is now available in North America, Samsung Smart TV owners will be able to play hundreds of PlayStation 3 games by simply pairing their TVs with DualShock 4 controllers.

Samsung's Milk Video will be included on all Smart TVs manufactured by the South Korean company, along with Samsung Sports Live and the popular dance Ubisoft game Just Dance Now, which will allow owners to play the game in front of their TVs using the Samsung Smart Remote and Samsung smartphones.

Samsung will probably continue to put Tizen OS on its smartwatches as well, but Smart TVs seem to have become the main focus for the proprietary platform.

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