Apex Legends announced on October 20, 2026, that AMD has rolled out a driver update to fix crashes affecting players with 9070-series GPUs. The game's team asks players to check that they are using the latest AMD driver and links to Adrenalin Edition 26.10.1.
The recommendation comes from the official Apex Legends announcement. For affected players, the practical next step is to check the graphics driver version, even if Apex Legends itself is already up to date.
The fix comes through AMD's driver update
According to the Apex Legends team, AMD has deployed the update to its main driver branch. That places the announced remedy in the graphics driver: checking for a game update alone does not fulfil the team's recommendation.
The announcement identifies crashes affecting users of 9070-series GPUs. It does not establish that every stability problem across all Apex Legends configurations has been resolved. No independent testing is available to confirm the announced fix's effectiveness.
The post does not give an exact availability time or detail the installation steps. Its instruction is to check that the latest AMD driver is installed.
What the linked Adrenalin 26.10.1 notes establish
The announcement points players to the release notes for AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.10.1. AMD lists Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs among the compatible products, making the page relevant for checking hardware support before updating.
AMD states that the driver supports Windows 11 and Windows 10 64-bit version 21H2 or later, with support potentially varying by Radeon product. These are the driver's compatibility requirements. They do not, by themselves, define every configuration covered by the Apex Legends crash fix.
The notes carry a last-updated date of October 20, 2026. That is a revision date, so it should not be treated as proof of when the driver first became available.
AMD's 26.10.1 release notes do not mention Apex Legends. The game's team supplies the crash-fix announcement, while AMD supplies the linked driver's compatibility details. The link therefore identifies the driver version without providing a separate description of the Apex Legends fix in AMD's notes.
For players experiencing these crashes on a 9070-series GPU, checking the AMD driver is the action recommended by Apex Legends. Adrenalin Edition 26.10.1 is the version linked by the team; the announcement concerns the crashes and hardware it names.
Also read: the Apex Legends game page, our article on Apex Legends: a Wildcard AMA announced on October 14 and our article on Apex Legends: the test announced on October 9 extends.
