How to install Fortnite game on Android phones

The world's most popular PVP battle royale game is coming to Android. Right! Finally you can play Fortnite on your Android device. Celebrate and prepare to fight!

But did you know that Fortnite is not officially available on Google Play Store. Fortnite developer, Epic Games, wants you to use a specialized launcher, but that means that the download and sideload restrictions of third-party applications are disabled, and this can cause Take risks for users.

Here's how to safely install Fortnite on Android and the precautions you should take.

Why is Fortnite not available on Google Play Store?

Epic Games recently confirmed that their extremely popular royale Fortnite game finally finally found a way to get to Android devices.

However, at the same time, Epic Games also confirms the rumor that Fortnite will use a separate launcher, downloaded directly from the developer, instead of Google Play Store, the application has been set up for a long time. and have higher security.

This decision was made for two main reasons:

1. Epic Games does not want Google to make a regular 30% cut in profits, if Epic Games uses Google Play Store.
2. Epic Games founder, Tim Sweeney, believes that 'competition between services gives consumers a lot of great options, and allows the best choice to be worthy of success'. Mr. Sweeney also said that if this option is available for iOS devices, the same will happen.

This starting point is very important, especially when you consider the huge revenue that Fortnite has obtained in Windows and MacOS. Do you know how much that number is? Fortnite players spent $ 318 million, only in May 2018, and the total purchase volume on the app was over $ 1 billion.

The royale battle games are the top picks in the present time, and Fortnite games are the most popular game in this genre.

In July 2018, Fortnite had more than 820,000 viewers, on the Twitch video game streaming platform, streaming content over 151 million hours. Remember, it was only July 2018. At the same time, Fortnite's direct competitor, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), only brought in over 580,000 viewers, with a total of 44.1 million broadcast hours. online content.

The numbers may be inflated, but it gives us an idea of ​​Fortnite's popularity, as well as the reason why Epic Games decided to remove Google from the game, in terms of financial-related factors. .

How to install Fortnite launcher on Android

At the time of writing, the Android version of Fornite is in beta testing. If you already have an Epic Games account, you will have a great chance to have access to this beta. See the video above for brief instructions on how to install the Fortnite launcher on your Android device. The example is using Samsung Galaxy S8, and you can change it to any device you want.

1. On the Android device, visit the Fortnite homepage: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/buy-now/battle-royale. Select Epic Games link to start the download, then click Open when the download finishes.
2. When the ' Install unknown apps ' alert appears, click Settings. Then, switch to Allow from this source and return to the Fortnite installer.
3. Click Install. Wait for the installation process to complete, then click Open.
4. Let the Epic Games launcher work.
5. Select Continue to accept the " Game Storage Required " prompt, then allow the Fortnite launcher to access your media and memory.
6. The download and installation process will automatically start. Wait for it to complete; You can then launch Fortnite beta for Android.
7. Remember to turn off installation access for unknown sources. Go to Settings> Lock Screen and Security> Install unknown apps> Chrome> Allow from this source .

The structure and menu names may vary depending on your Android device.

Which device is compatible with Fortnite on Android?

Epic Games is conducting an exclusive beta phase agreement for Samsung devices. Therefore, readers with Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, S8, S8 +, S9, S9 +, Note 8, Note 9, Tab S3 or Tab S4 all have immediate access to Fortnite games.

Other compatible Android devices include:

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

When the full version is released, Epic Games will announce more compatible devices.

Security considerations for Fortnite on Android

For many people, Epic Games' first thought of rejecting Google Play Service is security. Despite the risk of being cut by 30% from Fortnite's profit, Google has significantly improved Google Play Store in recent years.

And while malware, phishing, phishing and security issues will never disappear, the introduction of Google Play Protect has enhanced protection for billions of Android users.

In fact, Google reports that "has removed more than 700,000 Google Play policy violations, 70% more than the total number of applications removed in 2016. We not only delete many applications worse, we can identify and act against them early, in fact, 99% of applications with infringing content were identified and removed before anyone installed them. .

However, malware variants are still very dangerous, including banking trojans, malware botnets, malicious cryptographic applications, as well as other fraud and theft campaigns.

The beta Fortnite launcher for Android is hosted solely on the Epic Games website, and is the only place you will find an official download. After you install the Fortnite launcher and application, it will automatically update to provide both game fixes and security updates without the intervention of Google Play Store.

However, as with other popular games, Fortnite always has bad guys stalking around and waiting for the opportunity to attack. On the other hand, it doesn't make any difference from other popular games using Google Play Store.

Furthermore, Google will not allow mimic applications to appear on Google Play Store.

So, is there any risk? Yes of course. A potential user can click on a simulated website, to imitate the Epic Games website, download a malicious APK file, and install malware on their device.

Is Fortnite more risky than other games? This is not sure. You just need to do an Internet search on 'FIFA 18 APK', scroll down a bit and you will probably find some installation directories that look unsafe.

As long as Epic Games continues to approach the Fortnite launcher on their Android, most users are still safe.

That doesn't mean there won't be a spike in Fortnite-related malware targeting Android devices. Detected malicious links about Fortnite for Android along with YouTube videos since June, so pay attention to what you're downloading and where you download them.

See more:

1. How to download and play Fortnite on Samsung devices
2. Multi-platform Fortnite playing guide
3. Top website download safe APK file for Android