How to Download Free Fire MAX and Play Using Old Garena Free Fire ID After India Ban

One of the most popular mobile games in India, Garena Free Fire, was recently banned by the Indian government along with 53 other Chinese applications. The strike against the mobile battle royale came as a complete surprise, leaving many in the Indian gaming community baffled as no reason was provided behind this decision.

While Free Fire is banned for both Android and iOS devices in the country, the newer advanced version of the game - Free Fire MAX, remains unaffected. It can still be officially downloaded and updated from the Google Play Store. Furthermore, players in the country can play this game using their old Garena Free Fire accounts.

Here is how you can download and play Free Fire MAX on your old Free Fire ID, which will have all the cosmetics, skins, progress, and more.

How to download and play Free Fire MAX using the old Garena Free Fire account

Free Fire MAX being the advanced version of Garena Free Fire has slightly higher minimum requirements, but with the latter facing a ban in India and no resolution in sight so far, players might not have a choice if they wish to continue playing the game.

Thanks to the Firelink technology being used by the developers both the game titles have the capability to share the same user account. It is totally up to the user to decide if they want to use the same account across both the games or different ones.

There are many Free Fire players, content creators, and streamers who have spent a considerable amount of money in the game on skins, cosmetics, and more. All of this can be retrieved by them in Free Fire MAX by simply logging in to their old Garena Free Fire account.

But before retrieving the old account, players need to have the game on their devices. This is how you can download Free Fire MAX and access it using your Garena Free Fire account,

• As Free Fire MAX is currently available in India only on the Google Play Store, players with an iOS device will just have to wait for now. Android users can open the app, search for the game, and download it on their devices by clicking 'Install'.

  Alternatively, they can tap on this link to visit the game’s page on the Play Store.

• Once the game is installed on the mobile device, a login screen will appear and players will be required to sign in using the same platform (Facebook, Guest, More) that was linked to their old Garena Free Fire account.

• Due to Garena having enabled the Firelink technology, players will automatically be connected to their Free Fire account, as the progress is maintained across both the titles.

Just following these three simple steps is enough for players to enjoy playing Free Fire once again, although it will be on the newer Free Fire Max version, so players with older or low end devices may face some issues running the game properly.