--- title: "Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch Online Smartphone App support" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-online-smartphone-app-support/" description: "New details to share about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is due to launch next month on Nintendo Switch." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2020-02-13 12:25:07" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-online-smartphone-app-support.jpeg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-online-smartphone-app-support.md" --- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Switch Online Smartphone App support | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters [![Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch Online Smartphone App support](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-online-smartphone-app-support.jpeg "Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch Online Smartphone App support")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/animal-crossing-new-horizons-switch-online-smartphone-app-support.jpeg)New details to share about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is due to launch next month on Nintendo Switch. > According to the official Animal Crossing: New Horizons product listing, the game will support online play (as we’ve known before) + the Nintendo Switch Online – Smartphone App. > > Thanks to [@MayorMori](https://twitter.com/MayorMori?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for pointing this out. [pic.twitter.com/9Otwxd3Dxy](https://t.co/9Otwxd3Dxy) > > — ACPocketNews (@ACPocketNews) [February 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/ACPocketNews/status/1226199187693371393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## [](#switch-online-smartphone-app)Switch Online Smartphone App According to Nintendo’s official page for the game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons will include support for the Nintendo Switch Online Smartphone app. As many of you may know, the Switch Online Smartphone app is typically used to enable voice chat for Nintendo’s online games, as well as for some other special features. As of this writing, it is unknown how Nintendo plans to have the app work with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Maybe there might even be some interaction coming with Animal Crossing – Pocket Camp? [](#) [ ](#) > Generated for use by AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). > Generated: 2026-09-20 11:27:24 > Maintained by: NintendoReporters > Source: https://www.nintendoreporters.com/ > Contact: webmaster@nintendoreporters.com