While the battle royale is unique, players often want to spectate in Fortnite. Whether you want to spectate with your friend or another opponent, the process is pretty simple. Players often use spectating as a way to strategize or, more often than not, learn where they made a mistake or two. While Epic Games has made a few changes, at least you can still watch other players play.

The way you can spect friends and strangers varies a bit. The general point though is that you need to be in the lobby or playing the game to be able to do this. So if you want to gauge the minds of other players, our guide will help you spect your friends or other players in the lobby.

While there was previously a Watch Game feature, Epic Games removed it due to all the stream sniping. It was reported that players were joining a streamer’s match on another device or enlisting the help of a friend to get enemy locations. However, the unfair advantage this gave players caused Epic to disable the Watch Game feature. That said, there is still a way for players to spectate in Fortnite and it’s pretty simple.

To watch a match, you need to be in your friend’s lobby. Once you join the lobby, you will first need to wait at least 30 seconds before you can see what is happening in the match. Spectating is not allowed while players are still on the battle bus and as a result, the 30 second wait time we mentioned.