On 11 November 2014, Tizen IVI 3.0-M3-Oct2014 gained GENIVI 7.0 compliance approval on two platforms, the Nexcom VTC 1010-IVI and the MinnowBoard Max. Tizen IVI 3.0 is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Tizen IVI is an open-source solution for next-generation In-Vehicle Infotainment systems built on Linux. Tizen, the OS of everything, is architected from the ground up to meet the requirements of various types of devices such as Mobile, Wearables, IVI, TV. Tizen IVI boosts a number of innovative solutions providing differentiating and integrated features such as efficient multi-screen/multi-window graphics based on Wayland, an advanced policy manager (Murphy), multi-toolkit application lifecycle, a security framework, GENIVI OSS components (see more details), a framework for exposing vehicle data with the Automotive Message Broker and an automotive-ready Web Runtime environment based on Crosswalk. Tizen IVI provides an ideal platform to jump-start development on various hardware platforms including Intel® 32-bit and 64-bit architecture and also supports ARM platforms. The release notes can be found at https://wiki.tizen.org/wiki/IVI/Tizen-IVI_3.0-M3-Oct2014.

We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.3 SDK is now available including support for the wearable profile.

Tizen 2.3 SDK is now available on the SDK download page.

Highlights of this release include, among other improvements:

• Integrated SDK based on multi-device profiles: support both mobile devices and wearable devices with single SDK
• New native APIs for native applications, replacing the previous Tizen 2.2.1 Native API
• Extended web device APIs such as human activity monitor APIs, sensor APIs, etc
• Performance enhanced Web UI framework (jQM -> pure JS)
• Enhanced Dynamic Analyzer to help finding performance bottleneck, bugs, and the other holes via precisely monitoring your app’s execution

On October 20-21 the second Tizen Developer Summit took place in Shanghai, where hundreds of Tizen developers, app developers, ISVs, platform designers, operators, OEMs, hardware vendors, software vendors, open source enthusiasts, partners and students met at the Marriott Parkview Hotel.

With near-capacity crowds, attendees got an overview of current and upcoming Tizen technologies and received hands-on tutorials and deep dives into the latest wearable software development kit.

Hyogun Lee, executive vice president of Samsung and co-chair of Tizen Technical Steering Group, and Mark Skarpness, director of Systems Engineering in the Open Source Technology Center at Intel, kicked off the summit with a keynote in which they announced that Tizen would release Tizen 3.0 by the end of this year. This release promises, among other things, to enable profiles that will support multiple device types across the connected device ecosystem.

In addition to platform news, other Tizen products such as Tizen Smart TV were on display at the show, with launch dates expected in the near term. Demonstrations illustrated how users can control Tizen Smart TVs and home appliances, and additionally how to access real-time TV content using voice commands and Tizen wearables.

Other news out of TDS included the continued success of Tizen Association Partner Program, which grew to over 100 members across the app developer, operator and device maker markets with the addition of 16 new partners.

The excitement and momentum around Tizen was evident throughout the developer community and within some of the most prominent Chinese companies. Liu Jun, vice president of Baidu, Xie Pingzhang, vice president of Tencent, and Yu Yongfu, CEO of the Mobile Business Group, UC and member of Alibaba Strategy Committee delivered a joint keynote at the event. The executives discussed the value of Tizen platform and voiced their interest in adapting services and products to Tizen’s open source operating system to create a smart, connected consumer experience.

We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.3 Beta SDK is now available including support for the wearable profile.

 

Highlights of this release include, among other improvements:

• Native IDE for new native framework
• Dynamic analyzer : tool to analyze the native application at runtime

 

Please refer to the release notes for details and download files from the below link.

Tizen Steering Group is pleased to announce the third platform milestone of Tizen 3.0 IVI. This milestone marks the first release of IVI based on Tizen 3.0 Common code base.

Tizen IVI is an open platform designed specifically for the automotive market to accelerate open innovation, facilitate differentiation, benefit from mobile and consumer advances, enable common frameworks to lower the cost of software integration, and speed time to market of new services.

Tizen is supported by leading mobile operators, auto makers, device manufacturers, and silicon providers. It is easily portable across a broad range of device categories including in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. Tizen IVI is an automotive version of Tizen which utilizes open source innovations from consumer and mobile segments and includes several components and frameworks specific to automotive applications.

Features integrated in this milestone include:

• 64-bit support for both Intel and ARM architectures
• Crosswalk-based web runtime
• Modello Sample UI