At its annual developer conference 2021, Samsung took the wraps off many new software and services. The Korean giant has announced various improvements for its Bixby voice assistant, Samsung Health, Samsung Knox security system, and the SmartThings ecosystem. Amongst these, an important announcement that Samsung made was opening up the Tizen OS platform to other smart TV makers.

So, it is pretty refreshing to see that Samsung joining the likes of Google and LG to offer its feature-packed Tizen platform to other smart TV manufacturers. However, it is currently unclear how many brands are willing to take up Samsung’s offer and ship their smart TVs with Tizen OS on board.