A player must search for useful weapons and resources on an island to battle against others. They can buy Apex Coins to buy in-game items such as new characters or gift items to other players (gifts can only be exchanged once players have been friends for at least two weeks).
Players can communicate with each other via voice chat and messages. They can enable text and voice chat with everyone, just their friends or no-one. In voice chat they can mute another player or turn it off. They can also report another player.
On some gaming platforms, a player needs an EA account to play Apex Legends. Players with EA accounts can manage privacy settings, such as preventing other EA users from being able to search for a person’s email address or preventing personal data from being used for advertising. If a player registers an account with an under-18 birth date, some safety settings are automatically applied.
A parent can link a child’s EA account to their own EA account to apply parental controls to teen (13+) accounts. This can include managing spending and viewing time spent playing. Additional parental controls and safety settings may be available on the gaming platforms used to play Apex Legends, such as PlayStation.
