# Unity android Mobile Reflection Probe

**URL:** <https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593>\
**Category:** Mobile\
**Created:** [March 7, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593 "2015-03-07T06:15:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![uberblockhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c57346/32.png) [@uberblockhead](https://discussions.unity.com/u/uberblockhead)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/1 "2015-03-07T06:15:35Z")

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So I made a simple test with reflection probes and it reflects off the car but When I make it into an android app it doesn’t reflect anything Does reflection Probe work for mobile and if yes is it that my phone is old and cant run it its the Samsung galaxy s3 Does that have something to do about or is there something else if there are certain steps I need to do that would be great because this is really bothering me

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**Author:** ![florianpenzkofer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/unity/user_avatar/discussions.unity.com/florianpenzkofer/32/344062_2.png) [@florianpenzkofer](https://discussions.unity.com/u/florianpenzkofer)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/2 "2015-03-12T15:39:55Z")

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Are you using baked or realtime reflection probes? Baked probes should always work (although I have not explicitly checked Mali 400). Realtime probes are a known issue on many OpenGL ES 2 devices like your Mali 400. They should work when using OpenGL ES 3.  
Note that realtime reflections are also disabled in the default quality settings for Android.

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**Author:** ![plasmabazooka](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/unity/user_avatar/discussions.unity.com/plasmabazooka/32/318213_2.png) [@plasmabazooka](https://discussions.unity.com/u/plasmabazooka)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/3 "2015-03-12T17:54:57Z")

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I can confirm reflection probes don’t work on Android either way nor baked nor realtime.  
(Galaxy Note 10.1 2014)

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**Author:** ![florianpenzkofer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/unity/user_avatar/discussions.unity.com/florianpenzkofer/32/344062_2.png) [@florianpenzkofer](https://discussions.unity.com/u/florianpenzkofer)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/4 "2015-03-12T19:43:22Z")

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That’s odd, I tried them today on various devices :(. Can you file a bug report with repro project?

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**Author:** ![zkarmakun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@zkarmakun](https://discussions.unity.com/u/zkarmakun)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/5 "2015-08-11T17:40:43Z")

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i try in Galaxy s6 Edge WORKS!!!

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**Author:** ![reena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@reena](https://discussions.unity.com/u/reena)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/6 "2017-01-30T12:39:33Z")

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hello, i have tried it on samsung s6, but not working

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**Author:** ![reena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@reena](https://discussions.unity.com/u/reena)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/7 "2017-01-30T12:48:57Z")

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Can you tell me which unity version are you using

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**Author:** ![Okenite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee7513/32.png) [@Okenite](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Okenite)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/8 "2018-04-25T13:39:13Z")

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bump  
Samsung S7 on Unity 2017.3.1p4, one realtime reflection probe in the scene, works on the editor but not on the mobile device. Any workarounds yet?

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**Author:** ![user099](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc79bd/32.png) [@user099](https://discussions.unity.com/u/user099)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/9 "2018-04-25T13:56:42Z")

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> [@Okenite](#):
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> bump  
> Samsung S7 on Unity 2017.3.1p4, one realtime reflection probe in the scene, works on the editor but not on the mobile device. Any workarounds yet?

what quality settings are set for mobile builds?

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**Author:** ![belcowin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@belcowin](https://discussions.unity.com/u/belcowin)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/10 "2018-05-24T17:30:19Z")

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> [@user099](#):
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> what quality settings are set for mobile builds?

I had same problem. and i found a way.  
You have to see the head row of quality table. It shows Devices (PC and Android).  
One green cell of column is default quality setting for each Device.  
For android, Medium is green.  
So, click ‘Medium’ line. Then below setting tables is changed. turn on ‘Realtime Reflection Probes’ item. and you can see you want.

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**Author:** ![spectatingtheweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@spectatingtheweb](https://discussions.unity.com/u/spectatingtheweb)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/11 "2019-04-14T12:29:50Z")

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> [@belcowin](#):
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> I had same problem. and i found a way.  
> You have to see the head row of quality table. It shows Devices (PC and Android).  
> One green cell of column is default quality setting for each Device.  
> For android, Medium is green.  
> So, click ‘Medium’ line. Then below setting tables is changed. turn on ‘Realtime Reflection Probes’ item. and you can see you want.

You must also set Pixel Light Count to at least 1.

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**Author:** ![nir11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@nir11](https://discussions.unity.com/u/nir11)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/12 "2019-06-03T19:36:47Z")

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thank you so much @belcowin and @spectatingtheweb !!  
I’ve been looking for a solution for a week now!

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**Author:** ![unity\_NPdaWeeDrgNniQ](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/unity/user_avatar/discussions.unity.com/unity_npdaweedrgnniq/32/1027569_2.png) [@unity\_NPdaWeeDrgNniQ](https://discussions.unity.com/u/unity_NPdaWeeDrgNniQ)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/13 "2021-04-12T09:27:14Z")

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From my personal experience, Realtime reflections definitely works on android in URP, but it doesn’t seem to work in standard pipeline (don’t know if I’m missing some checkboxes somewhere or is it simply not supported on android)

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**Author:** ![pure81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@pure81](https://discussions.unity.com/u/pure81)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity-android-mobile-reflection-probe/570593/14 "2021-08-20T08:34:31Z")

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> [@unity\_NPdaWeeDrgNniQ](#):
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> From my personal experience, Realtime reflections definitely works on android in URP, but it doesn’t seem to work in standard pipeline (don’t know if I’m missing some checkboxes somewhere or is it simply not supported on android)

hi,my unity version is 2019,my project is android in URP,but my realtime reflections still don’t work after using the way above.Is there any thing l lost?  
i’ll appreciate if y reply
