Samsung is dropping Tizen smartwatch content material from the Galaxy Retailer on September 30

Samsung might now be a serious participant within the Put on OS smartwatch market, nevertheless it as soon as ignored Google’s platform solely. Early Galaxy Watches ran completely on Samsung’s personal Tizen OS. After a number of generations on Put on OS and with Tizen gadgets ageing out, Samsung is formally retiring Tizen beginning subsequent month.

Early final yr, Samsung laid out its plan to retire Tizen OS, the software program that debuted with the primary Galaxy Watch again in 2018. The phase-out kicked off on September 30, 2024, when paid watch content material vanished from the Galaxy Retailer, adopted by the removing of free downloads on March 31, 2025.

Samsung’s Tizen shutdown wraps up on September 30, 2025. After that date, Galaxy Retailer downloads for Tizen watches, whether or not paid or free, will not be out there (by way of SamMobile). Something you’ve already purchased will nonetheless present up beneath Galaxy Retailer → Menu → My Apps, however when you delete it, it’s completely gone, with no strategy to re-download it after the cutoff.

Older Galaxy Watch fashions lose all service assist

Samsung can also be shutting down all remaining providers tied to Tizen OS smartwatches, affecting each mannequin launched earlier than the Galaxy Watch 4. That features the unique Galaxy Gear, Gear 2, Gear Stay, Gear S lineup, Gear Sport, and the Galaxy Watch collection up by way of the Watch 3. None of those gadgets will get additional updates or assist for his or her linked providers.

After all, your Tizen watch received’t cease working after September 30, 2025, however with out retailer entry or service assist, it’ll lose plenty of its smartwatch options and really feel extra restricted.

It’s by no means very best when a tool you continue to use stops getting assist, however take into accout the final Tizen watch, the Galaxy Watch 3, got here out in 2020. When you’re nonetheless sporting one, an improve might be overdue.

Samsung’s transfer appears like a push to get customers onto its newer Put on OS lineup, particularly with the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Basic now on retailer cabinets.