Samsung explains why Galaxy Watch gives up support for iOS: unable to give users a consistent experience

CTOnews.com, July 27 (Xinhua)-- Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series of smartwatches last night, but iPhone users don't need to pay much attention. Because since Samsung abandoned its Tizen platform in 2021 to return to Wear OS and use it on Galaxy Watch 4 and later smartwatches, Samsung's Galaxy Watch is no longer compatible with iOS devices and cannot be paired with iPhone.

Why did Samsung suddenly decide to limit the functionality of its best smartwatch to Android devices? TechRadar interviewed Junho Park, Samsung's global director of product planning, at the Samsung conference, and he explained: "our goal is: how to provide the best experience for our customers?" We found that when users use Galaxy Watch to pair with iOS devices, some of the major limitations they encounter are not caused by the watch itself or the core product. So we think there are still a lot of gaps between the two systems, which is one of the reasons we gave up (supporting iOS on Galaxy Watch)-we can't provide the same level of experience on Android and iOS. "

Park suggested that some of the restrictions on Samsung's Galaxy Watch were not caused by the "watch itself". CTOnews.com notes that not only iOS devices don't use many of the features of Galaxy Watch, but some Android devices don't support it well, and users may really need a Samsung Galaxy phone to take full advantage of Galaxy Watch's features.