Fortnite is now available on the Google Play Store-- Epic Games have annouced that Fortnite is now available to download and install on Android devices in a familiar way. Gamers can now head over to the Google Play Store and download Fortnite Mobile directly.
Fortnite is now available on the Google Play Store
Epic Games have announced its battle royale hit Fortnite is now available for Android on the Google Play Store. When Fortnite launched for mobile on March 9th, 2018 the game was previously available outside the Google Play Store as a direct download from developer Epic Games official website (fortnite.com), But now it’s been confirmed that Fortnite is now available to download and install on Android devices in a familiar way. Gamers can now head over to the Google Play Store and download Fortnite Mobile directly.
Fortnite is now available on the Google Play Store.— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 21, 2020
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Epic said in a statement;
"After 18 months of operating Fortnite on Android outside of the Google Play Store, we’ve come to a basic realization, “Google puts software downloadable outside of Google Play at a disadvantage, through technical and business measures such as scary, repetitive security pop-ups for downloaded and updated software, restrictive manufacturer and carrier agreements and dealings, Google public relations characterizing third-party software sources as malware, and new efforts such as Google Play Protect to outright block software obtained outside the Google Play store.”
So for now, Fortnite Mobile gamers will continue to have their version supported, downloading a new version of the game if they don’t want to.
Either way, this release helps Android players who weren’t able to download the app with the previous release method.
You can now download Fortnite for Android for free on the Google Play Store.
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