Samsung Redesigns Galaxy Store, Puts More Focus on Gaming

Samsung has redesigned its Galaxy Retailer to focus extra on gaming. The brand new design is aimed to permit players uncover, browse, and play extra video games. It additionally seems to supply a curated checklist of sport suggestions and higher gaming perks. Players can even obtain Fortnite by Galaxy Retailer. The favored battle royale title was pulled from Apple and Google app shops not too long ago over a authorized battle for income shares. Samsung claims that Galaxy Retailer is at the moment the one cellular app retailer in the USA the place you’ll be able to obtain Fortnite from.

The revamped Galaxy Store has a minimalistic interface with simply two tabs on the house display screen – Video games and Apps. Earlier, the app had a number of tabs like Dwelling, Discover, Video games, and even Exclusives. Galaxy Retailer now additionally provides unique previews, promos, and rewards for video games. Samsung Rewards preserve accumulating whilst you preserve leveling up in your sport. These factors may be exchanged on the following sport the consumer downloads, Samsung defined in a press release.

The Apps part claims to have tailor-made suggestions based mostly in your Samsung Galaxy cellphone. That is totally different for each consumer and relies on their obtain patterns. Samsung has additionally partnered with firms to supply app-exclusive options and provides. As an illustration, Adobe Acrobat Reader app on the Galaxy Retailer provides a 7-day free trial whereas Contact of Fashionable app provides 10 p.c retailer credit score again on all purchases. The Climate Channel app on Galaxy Retailer provides unique themes, shortcuts, and a personalised calendar as nicely. To launch the brand new Galaxy Retailer, scan the QR code in your eligible Samsung cellphone from here.

Is that this the tip of the Samsung Galaxy Word sequence as we all know it? We mentioned this on Orbital, our weekly know-how podcast, which you’ll subscribe to by way of Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or simply hit the play button under.