Fortnite, the most played multiplayer game in the world on PC and iPhone, is finally released in the Android version, free, although not for all smartphones and not downloadable through the Google Play Store. Epic Games has decided, with a strategy of exclusive agreements, that its blockbuster and popularity game should remain outside the Google Play Store and be downloadable exclusively from its website, only on supported smartphone models.
In official way it is therefore possible to download Fortnite for Android only on smartphones Samsung Galaxy S9, S8, S7, Note 8, Note 9, Tab S3, Tab S4 .
In addition , Google Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones are also supported, Huawei Honor 10, Honor Play, Mate 10, Huawei P20, LG G5, G6, G7, Nokia 8, Xiaomi Mi8, Mi Mix, Sony Xperia XZ, Motorola Moto G5 and other models .
The complete list of supported phones can be found on this page.
Fortunately, being Android an open system, it is also possible to try installing Fortnite on every Android smartphone even if it is not supported, bypassing the official channels and see if it works on your phone.
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IPhone owners, this time, are more fortunate and have long been able to download and install Fortnite from the Apple Store without any complications.
Who has a Samsung Galaxy S7 / Edge, S8, S9, Note 8, Note 9 smartphone can already download Fortnite on the official website, by downloading directly from the phone by going to the browser on www.fortnite.com/android .
The Samsung link will send you back to the Galaxy Apps store where you just need to press the Install button to download the installer.
After the installation is complete, start Fortnite and complete the installation by downloading additional files that are 1 GB in size.
Those who have an Android smartphone among those supported can download Fortnite from the official website www.fortnite.com/android .
For installation you will have to download the Fortnite Launcher which is a small file.
However, the installation will be blocked if you do not allow the phone to install applications that are not from the Google Play Store.
To give this permission, you need to go to Android Settings, in the Security menu and allow installation from unknown sources.
In Android 8 you simply have to give permission from the notification that appears, without looking for the option of unknown sources that is not there.
The Fortnite installer downloaded from the Epic website will then be able to download the game files to complete the installation.
Download Fortnite to other Android smartphones not officially supported .
If you want to try installing Fortnite on your smartphone anyway, you can follow the procedure above to download the APK file without problems, even if it is not listed among the supported ones.
You can then test the game and see if it starts and runs smoothly.
The minimum hardware requirements to play Fortnite say that you must have Android 8 or later, 64 bit, 3GB of RAM and, this is the critical point, an Adreno 530 GPU or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher .
For example in my test on an Honor 9 it didn't work.
You can also download the Fortnite APK file from external and unofficial sites, perhaps a modified version that works on all Android phones .
This poses a security problem, because if you install an APK file with viruses inside all the data on your phone it can be compromised.
With all the necessary precautions, the most reliable site from which to download the Fortnite APK is definitely APKMirror.
Always authorizing unknown sources, you can download the entire game from APKMirror or just the installer and try to see if the installation procedure is successful and if the game remains well playable without problems.
In this regard, also read how to download APK of Android apps and receive updates without Google Play.
The modified version of Fortnite for unsupported Android phones can be found on the XDA Developer forum .
For those unfamiliar with Fortnite, it is a third-person shooter game, of the Battle Royale genre, where 100 players all clash against everyone in the open field until there is only one alive.
The game is completely multiplayer, so all players are real.
Those who want a similar game can download PUBGG for free for iPhone and Android, the main competitor of Fortnite.
