TouchWiz
Sign in to saveTouchWiz is a discontinued user interface developed by Samsung Electronics with partners, featuring a full touch user interface. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as an operating system. TouchWiz was used internally by Samsung for smartphones, feature phones, and tablet computers, and was not available for licensing by external parties. The Android version of TouchWiz also comes with the Samsung-made app store Galaxy Apps. It was replaced by Samsung Experience in 2017 with the release of Android 7.0 "Nougat".
Key facts
- OS.name
- TouchWiz
- OS.screenshot
- TouchWiz Grace UX Homescreen.png
- OS.screenshot_size
- 250px
- OS.caption
- TouchWiz Grace UX screenshot on a Galaxy Note 7
- OS.developer
- Samsung Electronics
- OS.working state
- Discontinued
- OS.discontinued
- Yes
- OS.latest release version
- TouchWiz Grace UX (Android 6)
- OS.latest release date
- 2016
- OS.prog_language
- C++
- OS.language count
- 90+
- OS.language footnote
- (varies by carrier and/or country purchased) <!--
- OS.genre
- Graphical user interface-->
- OS.license
- Proprietary
- OS.supported_platforms
- ARMv6, ARMv7, ARMv8, x86
- OS.succeeded by
- Samsung Experience
- OS.support_status
- Unsupported as of August 1, 2018 Google Play Store support dropped since February 2026 Google Play Services supported until August 2026
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Article
28 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- TouchWiz 1.0
- TouchWiz 2.0
- TouchWiz 3.0
- TouchWiz 4.0
- TouchWiz Nature UX
- Premium suite upgrade
- TouchWiz Nature UX 2.0
- TouchWiz Nature UX 2.5
- TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0
- TouchWiz Nature UX 3.5
- TouchWiz Nature UX 4.0
- TouchWiz Zero UX & TouchWiz Noble UX
- TouchWiz Hero UX
- TouchWiz Grace UX
- Devices running Samsung TouchWiz
- Samsung Mocha (Modular & Configurable Handset Software Architecture)
- Bada
- Windows Mobile
- Symbian
- Tizen
- Android
- Cameras
- Smartphones
- Tablets
- Android 5 and later based TouchWiz versions
- References
TouchWiz is a discontinued user interface developed by Samsung Electronics with partners, featuring a full touch user interface. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as an operating system. TouchWiz was used internally by Samsung for smartphones, feature phones, and tablet computers, and was not available for licensing by external parties. The Android version of TouchWiz also comes with the Samsung-made app store Galaxy Apps. It was replaced by Samsung Experience in 2017 with the release of Android 7.0 "Nougat".
Samsung's approach to its TouchWiz UI was distinct from its Android version updates. While Android updates brought new features and improvements to the operating system, Samsung often customized its UI separately. This meant that even if two devices ran the same Android version, their TouchWiz UI could differ based on the device's release date and hardware capabilities.