Android when? Android now!
Fortniteis finally available to the vast majority of the phone-carrying masses. Epic put the iOS version into beta in March, and iPhone users have been able to playFortniteon the go ever since. After an unbearable seven month wait, Android users have caught up.
Today, Epic has made theFortniteAndroid beta available without any sort of invite required. Anyone can download it. Go tofortnite.com/androidon an Android device to start the installation. (This is probably old news for anyone who has been in the invite-only beta since August.)
Watch out because there are plenty of phishing schemes trying to pass themselves off asFortnite. That link is the only official place to download it. And remember thatFortniteisn’t actually available through Google Play. Epic is circumventing the 30 percent Google storefront tax by handling its own distribution. That’d be a risky play for most developers, but Epic has the sort of generational hit on its hands that essentially guarantees success.
As for compatibility, Epic has compiled a list of Android phones that can runFortnite. They are:
This list isn’t necessarily exhaustive, though. Epic says that other mobile devices might work as long as they are: Running Android 8.0 or higher; have at least 3GB RAM; and have a GPU that’sAdreno 530 or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher.
