Just ahead of its return to Android-based smartwatches, Samsung is pulling support for the original Galaxy Gear by killing its store for apps.
Samsung’s Tizen-based smartwatches are what has brought the company some success, but Android was what first filled that role. Now, though, the 2013-released Samsung Galaxy Gear is about to lose access to apps if it’s still running Android. The original Galaxy Gear has seen a bit of a roller-coaster ride since launch. In 2013, the product launched with a forked version of Android around the same time that Google launched Android Wear and Samsung also launched the Gear Live using the platform.
