Apex Legends Cross-Play: How To Play With Friends On PC And Console
Respawn's popular free-to-play battle royale Apex Legends allows for cross-play across all platforms, meaning that players can play together regardless of which console or launcher they wish to use. This feature is enabled by default, matching using controllers together and players on mouse and keyboard together, but it can be turned off and on in the menu. In this guide, we'll give you all the info you need to make the most of your cross-play experience.
To add a friend from any platform you will need to go to the friends screen in Apex Legends. There you can use the find a friend to search for your friends on any platform and add them. You will use their username on their platform of choice and as long as they have logged into Apex Legends before, their name should appear, unless they have disabled the ability to cross-play search for them.
Once the friend request is sent, your friend will receive a notification in the lobby to either accept, reject, or block. Blocking the request will prevent that player from receiving any other invites or friend requests from that person, unless they are unblocked in the friend menu. After accepting the request, the friend on another platform will be listed in the friends menu and will have either a generic controller logo or keyboard to indicate if they are on a console or PC.
By default, there are two cross-play pools, one for console players on controller and one for PC players on keyboard and mouse. Cross-play is turned on by default for all players. If a console player and PC player group up together, they will be matched with other PC players to ensure console-only lobbies don't have PC players.
On console, players on the same system as you (PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo
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