The newest version of Android, Android 9.0 – or Pie if you like, is out today. Unfortunately, it’s only available on Google’s own Pixel phones and Essential’s phone at the moment, though it’s expected to roll out to other handsets over the coming months.

Battle Royale du jour Fortnite has yet to launch on Android devices, with many rumours suggesting that when it does, it’ll be exclusive to Samsung phones for a while. New rumours even suggest that the version that’ll launch will even use Samsung’s own In-App Purchase SDK. Other rumours said the game would bypass Google’s Play Store.

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have come together to create a new open standard that’ll make it easier for users to transfer their data between applications. It’s called the the Data Transfer Project, and its goal is to let users “transfer data directly from one service to another, without needing to download and re-upload it.”

Google is stepping up their efforts to challenge Spotify with a new YouTube Music service.

Given the recent controversies around Russian influence in election advertising in the US, Google is responding by improving its verification process for all US related political advertising.

Despite the technology being 20 years old, many people still rely on SMSes to communicate with others. Its popularity is rapidly decreasing though and a new Android update could finally start seeing the SMS as we know it come to an end.

Data giant Google has announced that it’s working on new technology that will allow for easy deployment of open-source, scalable servers for video games…and they’re doing it in collaboration with Ubisoft.

When Android launched in 2008, its already diverging flavours mostly shipped with a functional, but honestly terrible keyboard compared to the iPhone keyboard that shipped with Apples phones a year earlier. Swype came to the rescue! It's now been discontinued.