Samsung's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S9 could soon get Android Pie

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S9 owners could be one step closer to getting a blockbuster update on their devices. Android 9 Pie was announced by Google earlier this year with many of the world's biggest tech firm's now pushing out this operating system to customers. As you'd imagine, Google's own Pixel phones were some of the first to get this new software with Sony, OnePlus and Nokia all now committed to Android 9 Pie. Android 9 not only brings plenty of new features to smartphones but will also mean they have all the latest security updates being released by Google.

Along with improved security, one of the most notable additions is Adaptive Battery that uses machine learning to analyse what applications a user takes advantage of most in order announces. Such a feature should extend the battery life of all smartphones that adopt the software. Whilst some of the world's biggest manufacturers have adopted Pie, Samsung has been slow to reveal news about when it will push out Google's newest software. Now it seems we know Android 9 Pie will arrive on Galaxy S9 and probably S8 devices early next year. In a post on the Samsung+ app, the firm has teased what will be new in Pie along with confirming that the upgrade should be launching in early 2019. This news would follow Samsung's usual release schedule with the official upgrade of Android often becoming available in the first part of the year.

Android 9 Pie could arrive on Galaxy phones early next year

When it does arrive it seems Samsung fans could be in for a treat. A version of Samsung Experience 10, which runs on Android Pie, was recently leaked online and appears to show a fully redesigned and more round look. New features such as being able to scroll through apps more easily and improvements to security and battery life could be included. We're also expecting more emojis to arrive as part of the update and a way to get to the applications you use the most fasters with something called App Slices. It's unclear which devices will get this upgrade first but it's likely that S9's bought directly from Samsung will be top of the list. If you own an S8 or S9 on contract you could be in for a longer wait as once Samsung has finished its testing it will then be pushed to operators before being released to customers. Most Galaxy S8 users who had contract phones didn't begin getting Android 8 Oreo until February of this year - that's almost six months after Google first released this update.