HERE Maps has come to Android as a beta application, thanks to a new agreement between Nokia and Samsung .

Unfortunately, this means that the application will be restricted for use on certain devices from the South Korean firm, rather than models of any manufacturer working on Android models.

course, and among the expected features, this means HERE Maps that will work on a variety of smartphones Galaxy selected by Samsung, but also that the application will be part of the new smartwatch Gear S.

The biggest feature with HERE Maps is the ability to download entire maps to be used without an internet connection, but still using the GPS feature of your phone. This is a very useful feature, especially when using the application when you travel internationally. Stored on your device cards are very useful, and arrive with a search tool, like their online use.

Using HERE Maps with a data connection adds other features, such as updates to the live traffic, giving you the chance to share your location on social networks, or add bookmarks. Altogether HERE Maps covers 200 countries worldwide and offers a voice guided navigation in almost half of them, as well as options for transit in 40 countries.

The Android HERE Maps application will be exclusive to Samsung Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S5, and once it is released, it will synchronize with the smartwatch Gear S . Your site will appear on the screen shows connected along with directions to your destination. Since Gear S will have its own data connection, you can plan your route on your smartphone or send the card on the watch to work independently.

The launch of HERE Maps on Android Samsung and Tizen smartphones smartwatch, is another step in the efforts of Samsung to reduce its dependence on Android. Google Maps will no longer be the only application pre-installed on smartphones Samsung Galaxy navigation, and one can imagine that HERE Maps will have a prominent place on the home screen of their mobile devices.

HERE Maps is also available for Windows Phone, and is installed on Firefox OS devices, but the iOS app has been removed from the iTunes App Store at the end of last year.

Well, Tizen seems to be eating all the sauces right now. After a promising start when it was learned that both Samsung and Intel were to pool their efforts to offer a mobile operating system to rival Android and iOS, the OS was quickly disappointed pushed constantly for no apparent reason, leaving our good feelings in the closet. This bad news put together, especially for a young operating system that has not yet made ​​a significant first appearance before the public, has already clearly been surpassed by Firefox OS Mozilla, or Sailfish OS Jolla. Anyway, with the financial power of Samsung and Intel behind Tizen, you would have thought it would have been one of the first to be unveiled ...

While the South Korean firm has not been very vocal on Tizen and its progress in the past, we are all waiting for a demonstration of the Tizen Mobile World Congress next week, an event that might be perfect for finally have a launch worthy of the name for the OS.

Nevertheless, and although it is a rumor and that it should be taken with a grain of salt, according to USA Today and "three sources", the Galaxy Gear 2 abandon Android as a system operation, to switch to ... Tizen . While this may be a little wacky, especially so close to a possible launch, this can be a great way for Samsung to develop its own OS and push its own services.

The news goes on to mention that Samsung reportedly plans to unveil the second generation of its Galaxy Gear alongside a new HTML5 version of Tizen at Mobile World Congress next week . If Android is already in a dominant position in the smartphone and tablet market, as we have recently seen, also on the market for smartwatch, this could be a great idea from the Korean giant for not make Android the OS of choice on mobile devices.

However, but if it has very little meaning for a second album that should draw conclusions mixed debut of the first version, using Tizen offer a clear advantage to Samsung, which was a real low point on the Galaxy Gear: it could function as a standalone device instead of depending on the application in Samsung Apps, which means it could be compatible with non-Samsung devices, something that many people hope.

Samsung will hold a press conference at MWC on February 24, so we are left with very little time to wait to see what will happen in the South Korean giant. According to The Verge , Samsung may have several models of Galaxy Gear , suggesting that it is possible that Tizen version of the watch could be made, in order to announce the future and thus show the power of the OS .