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by eghad 2874 days ago
Most modern phones are not on 8. The Oreo install base is only 12.1%, most phones are still running Nougat (7.0 dominates with 21.2%, then 7.1) or Marshmellow (23.5%). Seeing as PUBG Mobile's lowest supported version is 5.0, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume Fornite could do the same.

A lot of Android devices are about to have a real security flaw introduced (and normalized considering the median age of the Fortnite audience) which Epic is handwaving away.
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dguido 2874 days ago
Fortnite requires specialized graphics hardware only found in very, very few phones. It will not work on older devices.
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eghad 2873 days ago
No it doesn't. The requirements are Android 5.0, and can support something as weak as the Motorola E4 Plus[0]. And as someone who maintains a decently popular app on that platform, you'd be surprised how many former flagships (the Google Pixel in particular) still remain on Android 7.x (my wild guess is so that they can keep the old Google Now launcher) which does not have the selective permissions that come with Oreo.

[0]https://www.androidauthority.com/fortnite-mobile-compatible-...

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