If you ask Microsoft, they can tell you that smartphone applications can make or break a new entry into the smart device ecosystem. With the imminent launch of Samsung’s Z1—a Tizen-powered smartphone—in India possibly as early as today, Samsung will instantly feel the pressure of consumers needing apps for their device.
Samsung has promised that many of our favorite Android apps will appear in the Tizen store in a native Tizen OS format, but if the Samsung Galaxy Apps Store is any indication of what one might expect from the Korean tech behemoth, the Tizen store could have quite a rocky start. Enter Open Mobile’s emulator app: Application Compatibility Layer (ACL), which harbors a sizable database of thousands of Android apps.
Open Mobile’s ACL app functions very similar to Linux operating systems’ emulators, so if you’re familiar with running programs of that sort, then you may have an idea of how this app functions. The ACL emulator will create an Android-like environment for Open Mobile’s featured Android apps to run in, all layered on top of the Tizen OS.
As you can see in a video provided by Tizen Experts, there does not appear to be a significant source of lag when running an app inside of ACL. The cost to battery life, on the other hand, is not seen.
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ACL will be available on the Tizen store from day 1, but no word has been given as to whether or not the app is supported or endorsed by Samsung.
If you’re curious about what we might see in the Samsung Z1 spec-wise once it’s released, you can click here to read an article by Talk Android’s Valerie Richardson, which ran last month.
Source: Tizen Experts
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