The long-awaited release date of the Android version of Fortnite has finally been announced, however it won't be available to everyone straight away. Tim Sweeney, the chief executive of Fortnite developer Epic Games, revealed that the game will available from 9 Aug but only for owners of the Samsung smartphone. The latest Galaxy Note 9 smartphone was unveiled at an event in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday, 9 August. A beta version of the game will also be available for a range of recent Samsung devices, including the Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9 Plus, Note 8, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8 Plus, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Tab S4 and Tab S3. According to Samsung, this exclusive period will last for "the next few days." When it is rolled out more widely, the  Fortnite app  will not be available through the Google Play Store, after Epic Games complained about the "disproportionate" cut that Google takes for enabling downloads through its online app store. Google ta...

Highlights Android 9 Pie has been officially released. This comes as the successor to Android OreoThe new platform includes a gesture-based navigation system. Android 9 Pie, the next iteration in the Android family, has now been officially released. The latest Android version comes after the debut of five developer preview builds of Android P that are claimed to have been tested by more than 140,000 beta testers till date. Google also earlier this year announced its partnership with seven OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to bring the beta releases of Android Pie to their flagship devices. However, the new software package, which was previously speculated to debut as Pistachio Ice Cream, isn't designed for  Nexus models, including the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel C.  This doesn't mean that the search giant isn't favouring its native hardware altogether. The fresh experience t...