At long last, Epic Games' popular battle royale game
Fortnite is available on Android. Well, sort of.
It's still technically a "beta" for the game, but Epic has opened it up to anyone and everyone with a compatible Android device; no invite needed. So which Android devices are compatible with
Fortnite on mobile? According to Epic, the Android Beta initially will work with any of these devices:
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Samsung Galaxy: S7 / S7 Edge , S8 / S8+, S9 / S9+, Note 8, Note 9, Tab S3, Tab S4
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Google: Pixel / Pixel XL, Pixel 2 / Pixel 2 XL
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Asus: ROG Phone, Zenfone 4 Pro, 5Z, V
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Essential: PH-1
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Huawei: Honor 10, Honor Play, Mate 10 / Pro, Mate RS, Nova 3, P20 / Pro, V10
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LG: G5, G6, G7 ThinQ, V20, V30 / V30+
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Nokia: 8
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OnePlus: 5 / 5T, 6
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Razer: Phone
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Xiaomi: Blackshark, Mi 5 / 5S / 5S Plus, 6 / 6 Plus, Mi 8 / 8 Explorer / 8SE, Mi Mix, Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix 2S, Mi Note 2
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ZTE: Axon 7 / 7s, Axon M, Nubia / Z17 / Z17s, Nubia Z11
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HTC: 10, U Ultra, U11/ U11+, U12+
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Lenovo: Moto Z/Z Droid, Moto Z2 Force
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Sony: Xperia XZ/Premium, Xzs, XZ1/Compact, XZ2/Premium/Compact, XZ3
If the phone you own is not on this list, you're not completely out of luck. The beta may still work assuming you have the following specs:
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OS: Recommended Android 8.0 or higher, 64 bit
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RAM: 3GB or higher
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GPU: Adreno 530 or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or hi
Epic recommends Android 8.0 or later as it
"substantially improves the stability and performance of Fortnite and other games." While
Fortnite may run with earlier versions of Android OS, Epic warns
"you will encounter significant performance issues."
You can download
Fortnite for Android
here.