Genshin Impact crossplay: how to play with your friends

We explain how cross-play and cross-save work to play with other players on PC, PS4 and iOS and Android phones

Below we explain How Genshin Impact cross-play and cross-save works, one of the video games of the moment and that's it available free in PC, PS4 and iOS and Android mobiles. Thus, the popular RPG of myHoYo offers several functionalities that facilitate both the crossplay As the cross save between various platforms. Thus, cross-play or cross-play allows us to play with other players regardless of platform from which it is played, that is, PC players, PS4 and mobile phones can play together online without any problem. On the other hand, a player can continue your progress through the different platforms on which Genshin Impact is available, that is, we can start playing on PC and continue our game on mobile phones, regardless of the order of said platforms and through our account. Therefore, below we tell you everything you need to know about the requirements of Genshin Impact and its options at the level of cross-play and cross-save.

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How Genshin Impact cross-play and cross-save works

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How Genshin Impact cross-play works

As we have explained in the introduction of the article, the cross-play of Genshin Impact allows players of the game to play with other players regardless of the gaming platform. Thus, any Genshin Impact player on PC, PS4 or iOS and Android mobiles can play with any other player of the game you are playing on any of the available platforms. So much so, that there can be combinations such as PC/PS4, PC/iOS or PS4/Android, among others. Of course, there is only one requirement; and players who want to use cross-play will only be able to play with other players in the same region, that is, they are on the servers in their region such as Europe, North America, Asia...

On the other hand, the online or online game of Genshin Impact is unlocked from adventurer rank 16, a progress that advances independently of the level of our characters. To increase the adventurer rank we must complete missions, events and other certain tasks around the open world of Genshin Impact and its different areas or territories.

How the Genshin Impact cross-save works

He cross-save or cross save of Genshin Impact allows us to continue with our game and our progress regardless of the platform on which we play. Thus, we can start playing on PC, continue playing away from home on our iOS or Android mobile and continue with our game again on PC, for example. For misfortune, he cross-save does not work with PS4 version, since the version of Genshin Impact for the Sony console uses its own save file system, not compatible with other platforms.

Additionally, it will be necessary to stable internet connection so as not to have problems saving games and not lose our progress, especially on mobile phones using a data connection.

Genshin Impact crossplay: how to play with your friends

Requirements to play Genshin Impact on PC

Below we detail both the minimum requirements as recommended of the PC version, so you know if your computer can run Genshin Impact with guarantees. Furthermore, in the following sections we also detail the mobile requirements, both operating system and storage, in addition to compatible devices.

Minimum PC requirements

  • Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
  • DirectX version: DirectX 11
  • Storage: 30 GB free storage space

Recommended requirements on PC

  • Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Similar to Intel Core i7
  • Memory: 16GB RAM
  • Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
  • DirectX version: DirectX 11
  • Storage: 30 GB free storage space

Requirements to play Genshin Impact on iOS

  • Operating system: iOS 9.0 or higher
  • Storage: 8 GB free space

Supported iOS devices

  • iPhone 8 Plus
  • iPhone X
  • iPhone XS
  • iPhone XS Max
  • iPhone XR
  • iPhone 11
  • iPhone 11 Pro
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
  • iPad Air (3rd generation)
  • iPad mini (5th generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9 inches (2nd generation)
  • iPad Pro 10.5 inches (2nd generation)
  • iPad Pro 11 inches (3rd generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9 inches (3rd generation)
  • iPad Pro 11 inches (4th generation)
  • iPad Pro 12.9 inches (4th generation)

Requirements to play Genshin Impact on Android

  • Recommended operating system: Android 8.1 or higher
  • Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, Kirin 810 or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM or more
  • Storage: 8 GB free space

Genshin Impact crossplay: how to play with your friends

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