How to Fix Slow Fortnite Downloads
To make a Fortnite update faster, start with the connection: a Fortnite download or update is tens of gigabytes, so it shows exactly how much bandwidth you really have, and it will sit at a crawl for hours if the answer is ‘not much’.
Speedify is an app that pulls that download over several internet connections at the same time, so the game is ready sooner on a PC or a phone. The speed gain needs two or more connections, such as Wi-Fi plus a phone’s 4G/5G cellular: on one connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and can be a little slower.
Speedify cuts ping spikes by sending your game data over every connection
You will see how to fix slow Fortnite downloads, why they are slow in the first place, and the simplest way to speed them up.
How to Speed Up a Fortnite Update with Speedify
- Download Speedify on the PC, Mac or phone that downloads Fortnite (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android).
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month, enough for a small patch but not a full install), or sign in.
- Give it a second internet connection: on a phone, keep Wi-Fi on and turn on cellular data; on a computer, add Ethernet, a second Wi-Fi network, or a phone shared over USB or Personal Hotspot.
- Connect. Speedify sends the download over both connections at once and moves it to the working one when one weakens.
- Start the Fortnite update in the Epic Games Launcher (or the app on your phone) as usual.
Why Fortnite Is Taking So Long to Download
A Fortnite download is slow for a few plain reasons. On patch days, Epic’s servers are busy with millions of players downloading at once, so check the Epic Games status page if every download is slow. Other devices streaming or downloading on your network take their share, Wi-Fi far from the router loses speed, and lost packets slow the download further (packets are the small bundles of data the game files travel in). Your plan’s speed sets the ceiling: a 30 GB download takes about 40 minutes at 100 Mbps and about 2 hours 40 minutes at 25 Mbps.
Make Fortnite Update Faster: Free Checks First, Then a Second Internet Connection
Start with the free checks: pause other downloads and streams, plug the PC into the router with Ethernet, restart the router, and in the Epic Games Launcher make sure download throttling is turned off in Settings. If the update is still slow, the connection itself is the limit. By default, computers and smartphones connect to the internet through one connection at a time: cellular, Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
Speedify lets your device connect to the internet using multiple internet connections simultaneously, which adds up their bandwidth for hefty downloads like Fortnite or the GTA 6 preload that opens on 12 November 2026 ahead of the 19 November launch. On an iPhone or Android phone, Speedify uses both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular; you can set a data limit per connection so a big update does not use up your plan. If you’re downloading Fortnite onto your computer, you can combine your home internet with a nearby public Wi-Fi network or 4G/5G cellular from a phone or USB modem.
Speedify also has auto failover. When Speedify detects that a signal is weak or spotty, for example while you download Fortnite on your commute, it moves the data to the remaining connection so the download keeps going. Once the other connection is back, Speedify uses it again.
If you want to make Fortnite update faster, get Speedify and combine two internet connections for the next download.
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