This week on the Friday News Update:
- Samsung have announced the Galaxy Note9, with a 4000mAh battery, new camera features and a Bluetooth S-Pen that can control the phone from metres away, plus an exclusive Fortnite skin
- Samsung have also launched the Galaxy Watch with 7 day battery life, stress detection and Tizen 4.0
- Samsung have also announced their first smart speaker with Bixby, the Galaxy Home, with AKG sound, SoundSteer to point the speaker's audio at you and a touch-sensitive white light ring which can control the volume, updates to Bixby including Google Assistant-like follow-up questions and personalised recommendations, and new Spotify integration for their devices that lets you pause music on one device and continue listening on another
- Android P's official name is Android Pie
- Qualcomm will finally announce a new smartwatch processor next month

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