smartwatches, it’s Apple against the world. Per recent numbers from CounterPoint, the Apple Watch commanded more than one-third of global shipments in Q1. Samsung/Tizen’s own market share is a distant — but respectable — second place, with 8%. With Google’s Wear OS at fifth place at just under 4%, it’s easy to see both companies — utterly dominant in other categories — are itching for competitive advantages. For Google, the answer is two-fold. First, the Fitbit acquisition effectively doubles its existing market. Convincing Samsung to return to Wear OS after a long time in the Tizen woods. For Samsung, a return to the Google operating system made sense from the standpoint of developer access — and the resulting apps. And hey, if it means Google gets to deal with the underlying support issues, that’s all the better. http://ttl.co-re.de/forum/showthread.php?tid=116160 https://www.forumdime.com/Thread-%E2%80%9C%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B-7-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%E2%80%9D-%...