When will Fortnite Battle Royale come to Android phones?

When will Fortnite Battle Royale come to Android phones?

Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS & Xbox One) is now playable on selected iOS phones and tablets. But when will Fortnite be released on Android phones? When will the Fortnite download start on Android? That might still take a while. You can find out why here.

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Epic Games, the developers behind Fortnite, are extremely fast and hardworking. In addition to new game modes, weapons and skins for Fortnite: Battle Royale, they have also released the full game on iOS phones and Apple smartphones.

The game runs quite well despite some control issues. The Unreal Engine used is made for mobile applications, we know that.

With all the enthusiasm from the Apple supporters, Android users are now asking: “When will Fortnite finally be available for Android and why is it taking so long?”

Why is Apple first?

According to the developers, the Android version of Fortnite may still take a while.

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But what is the reason for this? Does Epic Games have an exclusivity deal with Apple? Do Android users have to wait just because a deal requires it? Not at all, because if it were up to Epic, all smartphone and tablet users would already be playing Fortnite.

Rather, the problem lies in the many devices that all use the Android operating system. At Apple, only a handful of devices use the iOS operating system. And these devices are all made by Apple. They are therefore always precisely tailored to the operating system.

Android release – Too many devices are responsible for the delay

On the open Android operating system, however, the operating system must work with devices from dozens of different manufacturers. From Samsung to Huawei, from LG to Google itself, the Android system has to support all devices. Therefore, it is more difficult for developers to create a complex app that works equally well on all eligible Android devices.

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Therefore, the developers are still hard at work until the optimal version of Fortnite for Android is ready. In a letter to Forbes, an Epic employee confirmed this again:

“There is a wide range of Android devices that we want to support. We want to ensure that Android players have a great gaming experience, and therefore we are taking the time to do it right.”

Epic is working quickly

However, considering the pace at which Epic is currently working on Fortnite, this challenging task will likely be completed sooner rather than later. Furthermore, by the time the Android release occurs, the worst bugs and issues of the Apple version should be resolved and incorporated into the Android version.

But it will probably still take a while before Fortnite appears on Android and the download can begin here. This seems to be a matter of weeks rather than days.


This is what Fortnite looks like on mobile and how it plays!

Source(s): Forbes
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