With over 350 million players worldwide, Epic Games' free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite has morphed into a true mainstream phenomenon. You can now find it on nearly every platform, including PC, Mac. consoles, and even mobile devices. But is Fortnite cross-platform compatible?
The answer is that yes it is (for the most part). In fact, part of the game's success is due to Epic allowing players to compete with their friends across most platforms that support Fortnite.
On PC, Fortnite will match you with mobile, PS4. Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch players who are in a cross-platform party — unless you're playing Solo mode (see the gallery above). How to Fortnite cross-play with PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, iOS, Android First, as discussed above, you need to log into your Epic Games account. You need to do this on a phone, tablet, desktop,. Here's the most important part of the Fortnite cross-platform feature. If you want to play Fortnite with the most online friends across the most platforms, your best bet is to play on the Windows. Did cross-platform for Xbox/PC come back after the new patch? I have been playing with people with hyphens in their 'Gamertag'. I also asked some players and they said they were on PC.
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In this guide, we will tell you how to enable Fortnite cross-platform play so you can battle, or just hang out with friends — whether they are on a PC, console, or mobile device.
Sign up for an Epic Games account
The one thing Fortnite cross-platform players need to get started is a free Epic Games account. You can do that inside the game itself, or via Epic's website. The Epic account keeps track of your account progression, along with any in-game purchases you've made, so that if you switch from, say, your Android phone to an Xbox One, your progress and items will still be available.
If you want to play online with others across different Fortnite platforms, you will need to link your platform to your Epic Games account. Players on Android and Windows have to make that link to play anyway. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players can link to their Epic account on the game's official website. Nintendo Switch players are asked to link to their Epic account when they start their game.
iOS and Android Fortnite gamers can also sign up for an Epic Games account inside the game itself. You can create a standard email account, or use your Facebook, Google, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, or Nintendo Network account to sign in.
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Adding your Fortnite online friends across platforms
Getting together with your friends online in Fortnite is actually pretty easy. On console and Android, you can add friends with an Epic Games account directly through the game via the main menu. PC gamers can do the same via the Epic Games Launcher. There's also the option of using the game's Party Finder feature to search for any of your Epic Games account friends across platforms if they happen to be online.
The game also has a Squad Fill feature that lets you auto-fill a party with random users not on your friends list. However, you have to be in a cross-platform party to play against players on other platforms.
Fortnite cross-platform compatibility
Here's the most important part of the Fortnite cross-platform feature. If you want to play Fortnite with the most online friends across the most platforms, your best bet is to play on the Windows, Android, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4 and 5 versions of the game. Those players can battle with any other player on those platforms.
Also, Android players can only play against PC, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox One players if those players join a crossplay party. If that's the case, then they be will be placed in crossplay matchmaking queues.
iOS and Mac Fortnite cross platform issues: Apple versus Epic
In August 2020, Epic Games launched its own in-app store payment system in Fortnite. This went against the app store policies of Google's Android and Apple's iOS systems. Both companies removed the game from the Google Play Store and iOS App Store, respectively. While Android device owners can still install and update Fortnite without Google Play, that's impossible for iOS game fans. As a result, Fortnite cross platform play for both iOS and Mac versions has been disabled from all other platforms. iOS and Mac players can still go online and play the game, but just with each other. Also, Apple gamers cannot update their Fortnite apps to the current version that's available for other platforms.
How to merge Fortnite accounts
Because Sony waited so long to support full cross-platform play for Fortnite, some players have two accounts: one for the PlayStation 4 and the other for the Xbox One and Switch consoles. Epic Games later added the ability to merge accounts so that players can finally play the game under one account.
If you are one of these players, and if one of your Fortnite accounts was on the Xbox One or Switch and the other was on the PS4 before September 28, 2018, you can now merge them together, and transfer any cosmetic items and V-bucks you had into that one account as well.
How to merge Fortnite accounts:
- First, go to Epic's Fortnite Account Merge website.
- Then, sign into what you want to be your primary Fortnite account.
- You will be sent an email with a security code. Type or paste that code into the website.
- You will be asked to verify your Fortnite username on your primary account.
- Once you do that, it's onto your secondary Fortnite account. Sign into that on the Account Merge page.
- As before, you will get a security code via email. Enter it into the secondary account section of the site.
- Finally, verify your Fortnite username on your secondary account.
That concludes the process, except for one thing. The actual transfer of your cosmetic items and V-Bucks from your secondary account to your primary account will take about two weeks. Be patient and before you know it's you'll have all your Fortnite goodies in one place!
Is Fortnite On Pc Cross Platform Free
As you can see, Epic Games has developed Fortnite for crossplay and cross-platform gamers in mind. It's a shame that Epic's legal issues with Apple have cut iOS and Mac cross-play.
