Good news! Fortnite, arguably one of the most popular online games on any platform, is now available on the Google Play Store.

This means you no longer have to download and install the Epic Games app on your Android device to play Fortnite. Not only that, you’ll be able to make in-app purchases using your Play account, just like in other games available on Google’s app store.

Before installing game launcher on your Android phone or tablet, make sure you have an additional 7.4GB of storage available to run the game. Also, since Fortnite is one of the most graphics intensive titles you can play on any modern mobile device, you need an Android that meets these minimum requirements:

• OS: 64-bit Android 7.1 Nougat or higher
• RAM: 3GB or higher
• GPU: Adreno 530 or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher

Do note that these are from an earlier build of Fortnite, so they may have changed over time. If you want the best experience possible, you need an Android flagship or a midranger with a powerful chipset like a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G or MediaTek Dimensity 1000L.

In an official statement sent to international gaming website Polygon explaining why Epic Games agreed to listing Fortnite on the Play Store, the developer said:

‘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’

The statement sounds like the American tech giant didn’t really give Epic much of a choice, despite its best efforts to try and circumvent Google’s hefty 30% cut on all in-app purchases made by users.

You might also recall that the developer partnered with Samsung when it launched the Android version of Fortnite as a Samsung Galaxy Apps store exclusive in 2018, coinciding with the release of the Galaxy Note 9. Limited-edition Fortnite skins were also made available to owners of eligible Samsung devices.

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With a free-to-play model, Fortnite relies on in-game content bought by players to draw in revenue. And while Epic noted it will continue operating Fortnite for Android outside of the Play Store, it’s hard to imagine how that’s going to work for the company moving forward now that the game is more easily accessible via Google’s ecosystem.

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