{"id":100077,"date":"2018-04-20T16:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=100077"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:32:31","slug":"fortnite-battle-royale-how-to-play-with-your-friends-on-ps4-xbox-one-pc-mac-ios-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fortnite-battle-royale-how-to-play-with-your-friends-on-ps4-xbox-one-pc-mac-ios-and-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite Battle Royale: How to play with your friends on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortnite Battle Royale is more fun with friends. The good news is that Epic Games lets you play with your friends on other platforms. <\/span><b>The bad news is that this process remains a mystery for most people, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since Epic hasn\u2019t done a great job publicizing the steps. But that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re here!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s start with Fortnite gamers on PS4, since it\u2019s the most popular console on the market. To play with friends or link accounts, <\/span><b>you just have to make an Epic Games account. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, link your Epic Games account with your PlayStation Network account.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Fortnite: Battle Royale\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/263a4bf9-738b-4460-a106-6dcaf2a8805b\/2343531981\/fortnite-battle-royale-Fortnite%2Fhome%2Ffn_battle_logo-1159x974-8edd8b02d505b78febe3baacec47a83c2d5215ce.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Fortnite: Battle Royale<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/fortnite-battle-royale.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Fortnite: Battle Royale<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--100\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"100\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"10\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">10<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/fortnite-battle-royale.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><b>To link your PSN account with your Epic Games account: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicgames.com\/fortnite\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official Fortnite page <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re logged in, click on \u201cClose session\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now click on the profile to the left of \u201cGet Fortnite\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select PlayStation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign in with your PSN account details<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete the entire process to link them<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t forget to add your friends on PC to your Fortnite friends list!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-100134\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Captura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"837\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Captura.jpg 837w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Captura-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/04\/Captura-768x366.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your friends on PC will see you appear in their respective friends lists once\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you\u2019re connected and they can ask you to join their games. <\/span><b>Your PC friends also need an Epic Games account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and have to run Fortnite from the official launcher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What about Fortnite for Xbox One? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also play with your friends on PC, Mac, iOS<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, in the future, Android, by following the same steps as with PS4. Just on the official Fortnite page, you must select \u201cXbox.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What about playing a game between PS4 and Xbox One? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For now, we can\u2019t do this and we doubt it will be possible in the future. Blame Sony. They don\u2019t let PS4 users play with Xbox One or Switch users. This issue popped up\u00a0with Rocket League and Minecraft\u2026 and Fortnite won\u2019t be an exception. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, taking these steps will not only let you play with users on other consoles, but also <\/span><b>will<\/b> <b>link your progress on all versions of Fortnite you own<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Two birds with one stone! 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The good news is that Epic Games lets you play with your friends on other platforms. The bad news is that this process remains a mystery for most people, since Epic hasn\u2019t done a great job publicizing the steps. But that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re here! Let\u2019s start with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fortnite-battle-royale-how-to-play-with-your-friends-on-ps4-xbox-one-pc-mac-ios-and-android\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fortnite Battle Royale: How to play with your friends on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":100121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2532],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-100077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfortnite"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328062,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100077\/revisions\/328062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100077"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=100077"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=100077"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=100077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}