Fortnite for Android Launches Exclusively on Samsung Devices [Update: More Phones Soon]

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Fortnite is finally coming to Android, Epic Games announced on stage at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event announcing the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. It will launch as an exclusive for Samsung Galaxy devices, starting immediately with the Note 9.

Samsung devices with the exclusive include the Note 9, Note 8, Galaxy S9 and S9+, S8 and S8+, S7 and S7 Edge, Tab S4 and Tab S3. Note 9 and Tab S4 owners will get an exclusive Galaxy skin for their avatars.

This exclusivity may only last a few days. On Epic's website, it listed devices that the beta will be playable on. They include:

  • Google: Pixel / Pixel XL, Pixel 2 / Pixel 2 XL
  • Asus: ROG Phone, Zenfone 4 Pro, 5Z, V
  • Essential: PH-1
  • Huawei: Honor 10, Honor Play, Mate 10 / Pro, Mate RS, Nova 3, P20 / Pro, V10
  • LG: G5, G6, G7 ThinQ, V20, V30 / V30+
  • Nokia: 8
  • OnePlus: 5 / 5T, 6
  • Razer: Phone
  • 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
  • ZTE: Axon 7 / 7s, Axon M, Nubia / Z17 / Z17s, Nubia Z11

Epic is working on fixes for phones from HTC, Lenovo and Sony. It also suggests that any phone with 64-bit Android 5.0 or higher, 3GB of RAM, and an Adreno 540 GPU or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher.

Epic already announced it will be skipping the Google Play store and release the APK on its own website. You can go to Fortnite.com on your Android phone or tablet to sign up.

Updated 11:58 a.m. ET with more devices.

Andrew E. Freedman
Andrew E. Freedman

Andrew E. Freedman is a senior editor at Tom's Hardware focusing on laptops, desktops and gaming. He also keeps up with the latest news. A lover of all things gaming and tech, his previous work has shown up in Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Kotaku, PCMag and Complex, among others. Follow him on Threads @FreedmanAE and Mastodon @FreedmanAE.mastodon.social.

5 Comments Comment from the forums
  • captaincharisma
    that's one way to stop the kids from wanting another overpriced iphone. their parents wallets will thank them lol
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  • canadianvice
    Apk, or sdk?
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  • techy1966
    I am gonna say it will also run on my Samsung Galaxy S5 since PUBG ran fine on it which surprised me big time being that the game is not known to be hardware friendly on the PC. Then again I only played it for like 30 minutes before getting bored with it and uninstalling it from my phone.
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  • baflgv20
    I'm sure they meant the min. specs was an adreno 530 and higher, being that the G5,V20 and pixel phones are in the supported list.
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  • Gillerer
    21218259 said:
    I am gonna say it will also run on my Samsung Galaxy S5 since PUBG ran fine on it which surprised me big time being that the game is not known to be hardware friendly on the PC. Then again I only played it for like 30 minutes before getting bored with it and uninstalling it from my phone.

    Fortnite requires 3 GB or more RAM, so maybe Epic omitted the Galaxy S5 because it has both 3 and 2 GB RAM variants. (Only the LTE-A ones have 3 GB.)

    Including all the details and exceptions for every phone model with both compatible and uncompatible variants would have bloated the announcement unnecessarily. Instead they added the minimum requirements in the end and stated that other phones meeting them "may work".
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