Garena Free Fire get a new patch update in every 2 months. This is known as OB update in free fire. But why they need to release the update and what is the importance of OB updates in free fire. There are many questions asked by free fire players regarding OB updates. So, here in this article you will find all details about free fire OB update.
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What is OB update in Free Fire?
OB update is a patch update for free fire game. Garena releases OB update in free fire in every 2 months time interval. The full form of OB update is Open Beta update. Before releasing a OB update, developers releases advance server for testing the beta version for upcoming OB update. By releasing advance server they can easily find bugs and glitches to fix them for next Open Beta update for best gaming experience among free fire players.
Why OB update is important for Garena Free Fire?
Not even free fire, OB update is important for all battle royale games to introduce new in game features and fix major in game bugs and glitches. By releasing Open Beta, garena also able to upgrade their in game anti hack system to prevent cheaters and ban them permanently. Also free fire releases new character, costumes and gun skins in huge amounts. To add the bundle and skins they also need to release OB updates continuously for making game intersting and challenging everyday.
When Garena release a OB update, they provide 2 types of files. One is APK and another one is OBB. APK file contains normal information about the update version, apk name and more. But the OBB file contains in game upcoming skins, bundles and characters etc.