Garena Free Fire, AppLock Available through Samsung’s App Store Despite Ban

Garena Free Fire, the battle royale recreation that was amongst the cellular apps and video games that the federal government banned on Monday, continues to be obtainable for obtain in India by Samsung’s Galaxy Store. In addition to Free Fire, AppLock developed by DoMobile is out there from the Samsung retailer, with none restrictions. The ban imposed by the IT ministry resulted within the removing of Free Fire, AppLock, and different 52 apps from Google Play and Apple’s App Store within the nation on an instantaneous foundation.

As initially spotted by 91Mobiles, Garena Free Fire is out there for download by the Galaxy Store that comes preloaded on Samsung gadgets.

Gadgets 360 was capable of independently confirm the existence of Free Fire on the Galaxy Store.

Once put in, the sport is out there for taking part in, with none restrictions. Users may also set up its updates from the Galaxy Store.

Alongside Garena Free Fire, the Galaxy Store has AppLock as not less than one different app from the listing of apps and video games that had been banned on Monday.

Garena Free Fire (left) and AppLock (proper) each can be found for obtain by the Galaxy Store

Gadgets 360 has reached out to Samsung for a touch upon the matter and can replace this text when the corporate responds.

Although the federal government has banned the 54 extra apps and video games on “security threats” grounds, most customers who’ve these apps and video games put in on their gadgets are nonetheless ready to make use of them.

This is in contrast to the earlier collection of bans the place the sport builders had been ordered to utterly shut down their servers. Telecom operators and Internet service suppliers (ISPs) had been additionally directed on the time to implement community entry restrictions for customers to entry providers which might be part of the banned apps and video games.

People accustomed to the event advised Gadgets 360 that telcos and ISPs weren’t knowledgeable about implementing any such restrictions this time.

Garena in a quick assertion on the matter stated that it’s working to deal with the state of affairs and apologised to its customers for any inconvenience.