Samsung Electronics has been reportedly developing a new smartphone that runs on the next Tizen operating system (OS), as the company seeks to decrease its dependence on Google's Android platform.

The South Korean tech giant currently has a device in the pipeline that will be the company's first smartphone with the impending Tizen 3.0, Yonhap news agency reported citing "sources with knowledge of the matter."

The handset, dubbed the SM-Z250, is internally known as "Pride," according to the report.

Tizen has been using the Tizen OS for wearables, TVs and some low-budget smartphones from the Z-series, including the Z2 which was launched in August 2016.