How to add friends in Apex Legends

Knowing how to add friends in Apex Legends is intrinsic to teaming up with your buddies and having a grand time. Playing multiplayer games with your friends is an experience like no other, for which you must know how to add them to your party. In a cross-platform title like Apex Legends, certain steps must be followed to add friends.

This article will explore all the means through which you can add friends in Apex Legends.

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Ways to add friends in Apex Legends

How to add friends in Apex Legends using Steam (Image via Valve)

Steam

If you're on Steam, adding friends is extremely easy. Despite being an officially licensed EA game, you can add your friends via Steam without going through Origin or EA Play. However, you must first link your EA account for Apex Legends with Steam. Here's how you can do this:

1. Open Steam and log in.
2. Download Apex Legends and launch the game.
3. You will be prompted with an option to log into EA/Origin.
4. Proceed to link your EA/Origin account with Steam.

After completing the above steps, your account can be readily accessed via Steam. Now that you've linked your account, you can begin adding friends by simply following these steps:

1. Launch Steam and log in.
2. Go to Friends and Chat in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
3. Click on the Add a Friend icon and proceed into the new window.
4. From here, you can either input your friend's unique Friend Code or proceed to add them by simply searching for their username on the search bar.

After the invite is sent and accepted, you can invite your friend to play Apex Legends.

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Origin/Other platforms

How to add friends in Apex Legends (Image via Electronic Arts)

Since Apex Legends is a game developed and published by Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment, you simply have to connect with your friend's Origin account to have them available for invite within the game. This applies even if your friends are on different platforms, such as Xbox, PlayStation, or even Steam.

Here's how you can add friends in Apex Legends across platforms:

1. Launch Apex Legends from any authorized device.
2. Log into your Origin account.
3. Click on the + sign available in the lobby, and proceed to the Add friend prompt.
4. Here, input your friend's Origin Username or ID.
5. After doing so, you will send an invite to your friend.

As your friend accepts the invite, you will now be eligible to invite him into your lobby and queue up for games together.

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That's all there is to know about how you can add friends in Apex Legends.

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