Epic Games announced in a blog post today that it is adding a gifting functionality to Fortnite for the 2018 holiday season. The feature allows users to buy upgrades within the game and send them as gifts to other players, but iOS users are left in the dark…
For non-iOS players, Fortnite now offers a new “Buy As A Gift” option. This allows you to send whatever it is you are purchasing to another player, who can then redeem it to their own account.
Fortnite for iOS users aren’t completely left out today, though. The app has been updated with a pair of changes, including a new in-game Events tab. Here’s the full changelog for today’s update on iOS:
Fortnite Gifting on iOS:
Epic Games explains in its post that gifting is not available on iOS devices “because Apple’s policies prohibit it.” As has been the case for a long time, the App Store does not support gifting in-app purchases, which are what’s being gifted here. Apple seemingly doesn’t have “polices” against such a functionality, but rather just hasn’t implemented it.
Fortnite for iOS is a free download on the App Store.
