Now it is possible play with friends in Fortnite Battle Royale regardless of the platform each of them has, although there are some exceptions. So you don't mess around, we tell you everything you need to know to add and play with friends in the game.
Fortnite Battle Royale It is much more than a game, it is a homogeneous community that has been created within a heterogeneous video game ecosystem and that can give us problems when playing together with other people. While playing with other people who use the same system as you in Fortnite Battle Royale is very simple, it is not so easy if your friend has a different platform.
That is why we tell you how to add friends in Fortnite Battle Royale and how to play with them regardless of the system they have, although there is an important exception that escapes any kind of technical virguerity and that is left to the final decision of the video game companies themselves.
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How to add and play with friends in Fortnite: who you can and cannot play with
In one of the game updates the option Group Finder in the main menu, which shows all your friends who are using the game, even on other platforms, and with whom you can pair up if you wish in the games.
In any case, you need an Epic Games account to be able to use the game, essential also if you want to play and add friends from other platforms. And it is that regardless of where you play you need an Epic account to take advantage of this game.
This last step should not worry you since it is mandatory to have the account and it is very simple. The good thing is that if you link this account with each of your consoles, you can keep your progress ... although as you know there are exceptions.
Although the accounts between the different systems are blocked, thanks to the Epic Games account almost all the barriers are blurred. You must first create a cross-platform friends list in your Epic account and add friends.
Cross-game compatibility between different platforms
Unfortunately, not all systems allow a total cross game with the rest of the consoles, mobiles or computers.
Cross-game from computers
Computers are a system in which you can play and match up with friends from any other platform. In this way, if you enjoy the game from a PC or Mac computer, you can pair up with anyone else who is enjoying the version of the game for mobile phones, PlayStation 4, Switch or Xbox One.
Simply create your account, use your username and password to log into the game client (whether it's PC or Mac) and add your friends in the central icon of the menu at the top right of the screen (the one with a 0 next to it). To play with users of the console version, all they have to do is change, in settings, the privacy options to public, and you can add them when playing as a team from the lobby.
Cross-play from mobiles
Exactly the same thing happens on mobile phones as on computers and you can pair up with anyone from the rest of the systems.
To do this, simply link your account, add your friends within the social option included in the game (or, again, from the PC client), have the rest of the console systems configure their public privacy and you will be able to join them in games.
Cross-play from PlayStation 4
If you play Fortnite from PlayStation 4 it should be clear to you that you cannot pair up with players who have a Nintendo Switch or Xbox One simply because of a company commercial policy. In this way, from the Sony console you can pair up with other players on mobile devices, Mac and PC (and PS4, of course).
Simply link your Epic account to that of PlayStation Network (you can do it from the www.epicgames.com page, in the account section, connected accounts), add the people with whom you want to play as a friend from the client of PC or from the social options of the game on PS4, set the privacy settings of the game in public or friends in the PS4 settings. Afterwards, you only have to select the game mode and you will be able to play with your friends on these platforms.
Crossplay from Xbox One
Microsoft console players can be paired with other computer, mobile and Nintendo Switch players.
To do this, you must first link your Epic account to Xbox Live as we have explained in the previous case, add the people you want to play with from the PC client or from the game's social menu on the console itself: Again, it is It is vital to set the privacy settings of the game in public or friends, select the game mode and you will be able to play with other friends who are on the designated platforms.
Cross-play from Nintendo Switch
As with Xbox One, from the Nintendo console you will be able to play with other mobile, computer and Xbox One users. To do this you must link your Epic account with that of Nintendo, add your corresponding friends to the list (either from the own console, pressing + and then in the options of friends, add friend or from the PC client). Again, set the privacy settings of the game in public, select the game mode and you will be able to find your friends in the contact list.
This way you already know how to add and play with your friends in Fortnite Battle Royale, with exceptions with the Sony console, so that the games are as interesting as possible. If you are already giving the multitudinous battles of this title, do not miss our Fortnite Battle Royale Guide and thus get the most out of the game on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One and mobile devices, especially how to complete all the challenges of Season 4, including weekly blockbuster challenges.
