Samsung wants iPhone users don’t buy Galaxy Watch, but why?

Powered by Wear OS, the latest Samsung smartwatches are equipped with a number of notable features and health-tracking tools. Meanwhile, Samsung doesn’t want Apple iPhone users to buy Galaxy Watch, as it dropped support for iOS devices.

The company’s smartwatches that run Tizen OS can be paired with Apple iPhones. With Galaxy Watch 4, Samsung dropped support for iOS of the iPhone as it could not be able to deliver the same level of experience. This statement has given by a Samsung official during the Galaxy Unpacked event.

In an interview with TechRadar, Samsung’s Director of Global Product Planning, Junho Park, elaborated on the matter:

“The goal is: how can we provide the best experience to our customers? We found that some of the heavy limitations [users experienced when using a Galaxy Watch with iOS] were not driven by the Watch [itself], by the core product.”

The executive further added that some of the limitations of the Samsung Galaxy Watch are driven ‘not by the Watch itself’, but while you can use the Galaxy Watch series with any one of the best Android phones, many of its abilities are locked unless you’re using the Samsung Health app.

“So we thought, ‘Hey, there is still a lot of disconnection [between these two systems].’ That was one of the reasons we dropped [iOS support on Galaxy Watches] – we could not deliver the same level of experience with Android and iOS.”