Samsung stopped making Android smartwatches some time ago, the latest being the Gear Live announced in 2014 – back when Wear OS was called Android Wear. He then turned to his internal Tizen operating system and hasn’t looked back since. However, that could change as the South Korean company’s upcoming smartwatches are said to run Google’s Wear operating system or its own Android-based user interface.

This development comes from Ice universe, that does not share any additional information about a specific upcoming watch. However, people at Galaxy club report that Samsung is working on two devices with model numbers SM-R86x and SM-R87x. They think they could be part of the Galaxy Watch Active 3 or 4 series. Given that the regular Galaxy Watch series was already updated last year, it would make sense for the next models to feature the Active brand. .

The rumored Samsung Wear OS watch could succeed the Galaxy Watch Active2.

Samsung and Google have been getting closer in recent times, and the Galaxy S21 series is proof of that. Phones replaced Samsung’s SMS app with Google Messages and even gave users the option to view Google’s Discover feed to the left of their homescreen. Last year, the two companies teamed up to make their smart home products more interoperable as well. There have even been reports that Google has convinced Samsung to ditch Bixby and the Samsung App Store. However, this has yet to materialize.

Over the years, Samsung’s Tizen operating system for smartwatches has been refined to deliver a superior experience to most Wear OS watches, especially in the areas of power efficiency and performance – which Corbin noted in his review of the Galaxy Watch3. Whether the next Galaxy Watch adopts Wear OS or a new customized version of Android, it remains to be seen whether Samsung can deliver such a good experience.

If the rumor does come to fruition, it may turn out to be a bullet in the arm that Wear OS badly needs.