It’s fair to say no-one has answered the smartwatch question yet. But in Google’s Android Wear and Samsung’s Tizen OS, we have two very different attempts.

We pit the two operating systems against each other, looking at hardware, compatibility, interface, health and fitness tracking and apps to help you decide which platform to plump for.

Tizen v Android Wear: Smartwatches

Features and apps might sway your ultimate decision but your gut feeling on which smartwatch platform to choose will probably be based on the hardware itself. And it feels a bit odd to describe these smartwatches as hardware these days as on both sides, tech companies are doing a much better job of disguising the tech as truly wearable accessories.

On the Tizen side, you have Samsung’s current flagship wearable, the geek chic Samsung Gear S2 to tempt you and the upcoming Gear S3 to look forward to.

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