Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series will not support iPhone as Google's Wear OS takes over

Samsung has launched the first Galaxy Watch that runs Google's Wear OS and not the company's Tizen OS.

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Watch 4 series, which includes the vanilla Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, is obviously an important stage in the South Korean company’s journey towards capturing a larger wearable market. But more than that, the Galaxy Watch 4 series is crucial for Google because these two are the first smartwatches to come with Wear OS 3. It is also how Google wants to be like Apple. Result: Samsung’s new Galaxy watches do not support the iPhone. Google’s Wear OS smartwatches have everything but a capable rival to the Apple Watch. As an operating system, Wear OS has not really matured. That is the reason why leading smartphone companies, such as OnePlus, prefer using their own custom software over Wear OS. But while most Android smartwatches have not been that popular, they have always supported Apple’s iOS platform, even though with limited functionality. I have found this integration a bit useful even though it is not necessarily meant for Android phones.