How To Play ‘Fortnite’ On iPhone And iPad Via Xbox Cloud Gaming - Forbes

It’s a large play for Fortnite. Chapter 3 came crashing to an extremity with the spectacular (but kinda underwhelming) Fracture event. Chapter 4 volition commencement astatine immoderate constituent connected December 4.

Unfortunately, for reasons I won’t get into here, you tin nary longer play the crippled done a dedicated Fortnite app connected iOS. But determination are different ways: Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now some enactment Fortnite on iOS.

If you’re wondering however to play Fortnite on iPhone oregon iPad done Xbox Cloud Gaming, here’s a speedy guide. It shouldn’t instrumentality agelong to get acceptable up.

First, you bash not request Xbox Game Pass to play Fortnite through Xbox Cloud Gaming. It’s wholly escaped — well, astatine slightest the Battle Royale broadside everyone cares astir is. You can’t play Save The World done Xbox Cloud Gaming connected smartphones and tablets anyway.

You’ll request a Microsoft account, a accelerated net transportation and an iOS oregon iPadOS device, Android telephone oregon tablet oregon Windows PC. We’re focusing connected iPhone and iPad here.

You’ll besides request to beryllium successful a portion wherever Xbox Cloud Gaming. Details are disposable on Xbox’s enactment site.

If you haven’t already, it’s a bully thought to acceptable up an Epic Games account truthful you tin transportation your advancement and cosmetics to and from different platforms. Once you person Microsoft and Epic Games accounts, spell to the Connections page connected your Epic Games account. Select the accounts tab, past Xbox. Follow the steps to nexus your Epic Games and Microsoft accounts.

Next, connected your iPhone oregon iPad, unfastened Safari. Go to Xbox.com/play and motion successful with your Microsoft relationship (if you aren’t already logged in). If you don’t spot Fortnite on the location screen, hunt for it. After you pat the greenish “Get acceptable to play” button, you’ll spot this connection popular up:

Tap the stock fastener successful Safari, past prime Add to Home Screen. This volition make a shortcut to Xbox Cloud Gaming connected your iPhone oregon iPad location screen. You tin rename this shortcut to immoderate you privation (I went with “Ecs Bawkx” for nary bully reason).

The adjacent measurement should beryllium reasonably obvious: spell to your location screen, and pat the shortcut you conscionable created. This volition motorboat Xbox Cloud Gaming. Tap connected Fortnite, hit the Play fastener and the crippled volition launch.

You’ll beryllium capable to play Fortnite with interaction controls. Alternatively, you tin link an Xbox controller, PlayStation controller oregon another compatible controller (I’m a large instrumentality of the Backbone One for playing games connected iPhone).

That’s each determination is to it. Hope you bask playing Chapter 4 of Fortnite on your iPhone oregon iPad!

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