Combine Starlink with Wi-Fi, 4G/5G Cellular or DSL in Speedify to Stop Starlink Dropouts Kicking You Out of Apex Legends
You can play games like Apex Legends on Starlink, and most of the time it works well. Apex Legends lags or kicks you out of a match when your Starlink internet connection has short drops: when something blocks your Starlink dish’s view of the sky, when your gaming computer or console has a weak Wi-Fi signal, or when your Starlink dish switches satellites.
You can fix most of these yourself. For the rest, use Starlink together with a second internet connection, like another Starlink dish, 4G/5G cellular or a DSL line, and Speedify keeps you in the match when Starlink dips.
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Starlink Internet Connection Drops Happen to Everyone
Speedify measures thousands of Starlink users in more than 140 countries. In September 2026, fixed Starlink dishes went offline for about 38 minutes a day on average, and Starlink dishes on RVs and boats for about 46 minutes a day.
All Starlink dishes also see short dropouts roughly every 15 seconds as the Starlink internet connection switches from one moving satellite to the next. Even a perfectly installed Starlink dish goes offline, and about 7 in 10 Starlink users on Speedify use Starlink together with a second internet connection, like 4G/5G cellular.
Why Apex Legends Lags or Disconnects on Starlink, and What to Do
- Clear what blocks your Starlink dish’s view of the sky. Even if nothing covers the Starlink dish itself, a tree or part of your roof off to the side can block the view as the satellites move overhead. The obstruction map in the Starlink app shows where.
- Your gaming computer or console is on Wi-Fi. Plug it into the Starlink router with an Ethernet cable if your Starlink router has an Ethernet port. A cable takes the Wi-Fi signal out of the picture.
- You’re on a far-away Apex Legends data center. Open Data Center from the Apex Legends title screen to see your ping to each one, and pick the one with the lowest ping.
- Your Starlink dish switches satellites about every 15 seconds. Each switch can cause a short drop, and a drop in the middle of a match makes Apex Legends lag or kicks you out. No game setting prevents it.
For which games feel it most, see is Starlink good for gaming. For every other fix for a slow Starlink internet connection, see why is my Starlink so slow.
Stop Starlink Dropouts Kicking You Out of Apex Legends with a Second Internet Connection and Speedify
The satellite switches are the part you can’t fix on Starlink alone. What fixes them is a second internet connection used at the same time: 4G/5G cellular, another Starlink dish or an old DSL line, whatever you have.
Speedify is the only app that combines all of your internet connections to keep you online when it matters most. Speedify sends your game’s data over all of your internet connections at the same time. When Starlink loses data during a satellite switch, the other internet connection carries it, so Apex Legends doesn’t see the gap. If Starlink drops completely, Speedify switches your traffic to the other internet connection and your match keeps going. Speedify’s Streaming mode puts games and voice chat first, and can send the same data over two internet connections at once and use whichever arrives first. Speedify needs that second internet connection: with Starlink alone, it can’t fill the gaps.
Download Speedify on your gaming computer, or put Speedify on a router that works with Speedify for a PlayStation or Xbox, since consoles have no Speedify app. To add your phone’s cellular data to a computer, connect the phone with a USB cable, or use Speedify’s cellular sharing: put the phone on the same Wi-Fi, install Speedify on both, and pair them in the Speedify app. To save cellular data, set cellular to Backup in the Speedify app: Speedify then uses it only when Starlink drops.
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