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Google I/O 2021: The fourteen biggest announcements

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    Akir
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    Wow. Now if only Samsung would abandon Tizen everywhere else, we'd be fine dandy. I know that Tizen is just a fancy Linux distribution the same way Android is, but it's literally the poster child...

    Google announced Wear OS (now called just Wear) and Samsung’s Tizen will be combined into a unified platform. That should lead to apps launching faster and longer battery life.

    Wow. Now if only Samsung would abandon Tizen everywhere else, we'd be fine dandy.

    I know that Tizen is just a fancy Linux distribution the same way Android is, but it's literally the poster child for software only being as good as the support behind it. The frequency I reset my Tizen-powered 'smart' TV rivals the worst Windows ME PCs I've ever owned.

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      teaearlgraycold
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      Oh, is that what is on my Samsung TV? I need to hard reset it about once per month... they don’t even let you do it through the UI.

      Oh, is that what is on my Samsung TV? I need to hard reset it about once per month... they don’t even let you do it through the UI.

      1. Akir
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        soft resetting by holding the power button on the remote fixes most, but not all, problems.

        soft resetting by holding the power button on the remote fixes most, but not all, problems.

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