Amazon announced on December 15, 2020, that Amazon Luna, the cloud gaming service which is developed and run by Amazon will now be available on Android. Amazon Luna which launched for early access in the month of October 2020 was only available via web apps on iPhone and iPad, on the PC, MAC, and Fire TV.
The users must avail of the Luna gaming service from the Chrome web browser as there is no Luna app that can be found on the app store. The service is channel-based which means that users must pay the monthly fees to avail of any of the game channels as per their choice.
Amazon currently has two channels – Luna Plus Channel and Ubisoft Plus Channel. The Luna Plus Channel is $5.99 (INR 440.65) per month offering games from different publishers while Ubisoft Plus Channel is $14.99 (INR 1,102.61) per month and has Ubisoft games. The subscribers of the Ubisoft Plus channel also will be able to access Ubisoft Plus on PC and on Stadia, Google’s cloud gaming service. They will also have access to the games that are soon to be released. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs: Legion, Immortals Fenyx Rising are a few popular instances among others.
Luna which entered early access on October 20, 2020, is only available in the US as of now. Although gamers who want to request early access can request here and start playing. Those who are new and need guidance to play it on Android can watch the video where there are clear instructions on how to access the game.
Hey @TheCodeB00K, as Raghu from Team Luna explains below, you won’t have to wait very long for Android support (or, like, at all). Play Luna with early access now: https://t.co/IU81kXZouU pic.twitter.com/aVDCbQcP64
— Amazon Luna (@amazonluna) December 15, 2020
The devices where the android version of the Amazon Luna will work are Samsung’s Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, Note 10, Note 10 Plus, S20, S20 Plus, S20 Ultra, Note 20, Note 20 Ultra; Pixel’s 4XL, 4A, 4A 5G, 5 and OnePlus 7, 7 Pro, 7 Pro 5G, 8, 8 Pro, Nord, 7T, 7T Pro, 7T Pro 5G. Other than that, the Amazon Luna will run in Chrome version 86 or the newer version of Chrome and on Android 9 or higher.
