#WHO OWN TIZEN STORE ANDROID#
(As such, I can't comment on the performance of the android apps as I haven't yet installed any Android app on my Tizen phone.)
#WHO OWN TIZEN STORE HOW TO#
Jolla allows me to install Android apps from outside the Jolla store too, but the Samsung Z1 seems more restrictive and I haven't yet explored how to install apps downloaded from other stores / sources. The Tizen store is better organized though with "Categories". Even if it is an Android app, the description doesn't often outright says it and just mentions that the app is an "ACL enabled app" (ACL - Application Compatibility Layer - is the "android layer" for Tizen OS). The Tizen store doesn't do this, and you have to read the description to find out whether it is a native app or an Android app. However, the Jolla Store does a better job of distinguishing between the two - Android apps are marked with the droid logo. And both the Jolla store and the Tizen Store have native and some handpicked Android apps. Sailfish is less restrictive Tizen has better Android support (because of Samsung $$$)īoth OS do offer "Android Compatibility" and you have to "enable" the same by installing the "Addon / Layer" through the respective store. This is a feature that Sailfish sorely lacks, and needs to implements so that we, the user, continue to remain in control of our personal data.Īpart from this, Tizen OS also seems to have a "private mode" using which you can hide any particular files that you don't want someone to easily find and access.Īpps / Apps Store / Android Compatibility Apart from this, Tizen OS Settings includes more options under 'Privacy' where it allows you to individually define which apps can access your Calendar data, Call log, Contacts, Locations and, Messages. Tizen OS however offers more transparent options to protect user data than Sailfish OS.Įvery app in the Tizen store clearly mention how they'll interact with the hardware (access to microphone, storage, internet etc.) and your data (Contacts, messages etc.) before installation. So +1 to Jolla for not going that route (yet). They even give you an (thankfully optional) option "to combine data from various services" to receive more "personalized" content. They also mention that some services record audio and video, and some may transfer urls and search terms and all these too may be used by them. I went through the terms and conditions and privacy policy that you have to agree to create and activate your Samsung account and use it with the Tizen store - Samsung makes it very clear that the data they collect from various apps / services will also be transferred to their "Ad Hub" to better serve you more "relevant" content (read ads). Jolla is currently on the right track and way, way better than Samsung. So personally, I felt that Tizen OS is a tad bit faster and smoother than Sailfish. Opening many apps doesn't seem to make the system sluggish at all. The browser too doesn't seem to slow down the system. Youtube videos play well (through the youtube app) without hiccuping at all. Every interaction is fluidly smooth and effortless. (And with one hand too - with the Z1 I occasionally had to use both hands to do things faster, and to reduce the strain on my fingers.)Īll the reviews of Z1 cribbed about the poor hardware (1.2 Ghz of a cheap chinese processor, 768 MB RAM etc.) Samsung settled on. Overall, Sailfish OS makes it easier to do things faster. It does add a cool factor to the UI (as it is something different) and is intuitively easier to learn then Sailfish.īut then you open any app, and you have to interact with it like any android app - clicking the back button, or home button or menu button - or if you want to switch apps or go to the home screen, and you realize how much better Sailfish is. And if there are more icons then can be shown, you can again scroll to the left or the right to view them. In this view, the first two rows then stay stationery, and the bottom half of the screen display all the other apps icons. When you flick up, the two rows of icons that were at the bottom in the Home screen now appear on top as the first two rows. To see all the other installed apps, you flick up, like in Sailfish. If you add more than one widget you can scroll the top half of the screen to the left or the right to view them. In the home screen, the first half holds the Widgets (Calendar, contacts, alarms, FM, music etc.), and the bottom half holds 2 rows of app icons (which you can change to whatever app you use most). But Samsung has tweaked it a bit and divided the screen into two parts. The Tizen OS interface on the Z1, at first glance, looks like Android's. Sailfish OS is better (despite the learning curve) These are my first impressions on the OS. Samsung finally launched a Tizen OS phone in India, and I bought one to compare with my Jolla Smartphone.