Is Minecraft cross-platform? Crossplay guide for PC, Mobile, PlayStation & Xbox

Minecraft’s sandbox theme has been popular with gamers for over a decade now, but is cross-platform support available? Here’s everything you need to know about the game’s crossplay features on PC, Mobile, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Since Minecraft’s release in 2011, the developers at Mojang Studios have kept the title fresh with a continuous influx of new content, with millions of players exploring the vast world across various platforms.

Having said that, the question that still looms large is whether the game supports cross-platform play across different devices. With virtually endless, unique seeds to explore and build your own castles within, being able to do so with your friends can take that experience to the next level.

Here’s everything we know about Minecraft’s cross-platform support system.

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Is Minecraft cross-platform?

Since the release of the Bedrock Edition, Minecraft has supported cross-platform play.

This means that you can play the game with your friends no matter which platform they might be playing on.

How to play cross-platform in Minecraft

Playing Minecraft with your friends is a fairly simple task to do: All you’ll need is to ensure that you and your friend have added one another through your Microsoft accounts.

Aside from a working internet connection, the only other requirement that you’ll need to get started is to ensure that you and your friends are all playing the same edition of Minecraft.

Here’s a series of steps that will help you play Minecraft with your friends using the cross-platform play feature:

• Once you have launched Minecraft on the device of your choice, you will either need to create or load into a pre-existing world.
• Next, you’ll need to access the in-game pause menu on your respective platform.
• From here, click on the green ‘Invite to Game’ button located on the right side of the screen.
• This will open a pop-up, listing all your in-game friends who are currently active and can be invited into your world.
• Scroll down to ‘Online Cross-Platform Friends‘, select your friend’s name, and you’ll then be able to send them an invite.

In case you want to play with someone who’s not already a part of your in-game friend list, you will need to ask them for their Minecraft ID and send them a friend request before you can start playing with them.

What platforms is Minecraft available on?

Since the game’s release, Minecraft has been released across plenty of platforms. Here’s the full list of platforms on which you can play Minecraft:

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• Android
• iOS
• iPadOS
• Xbox 360
• Raspberry Pi
• Windows Phone
• PlayStation 3
• Fire OS
• PlayStation 4
• Xbox One
• PlayStation Vita
• Wii U
• Apple TV
• tvOS
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo 3DS

Having said that, you should note that all of the names listed above provide cross-platform play support for Minecraft.

So there you have it, that’s everything you need to know about cross-platform support in Minecraft.

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