How to install Hearthstone on Android phones after the update

This is an updated post that includes a new link for Hearthstone after Blizzard updated the game.
The best part of Android is that you don’t have to wait for some games if you don’t want to.
Hearthstone is finally out on Android today, but it’s only available in the Google Play Store if you have a device that is bigger than 6 inches. You can try installing the .apk if you find it, but the game will check to see if you have the right-sized phone.
But don’t worry. The community has managed to get a workaround functioning, and I am now happily tearing up opponents in Blizzard’s card battler on our Android phones.
Here are the new instructions where your phone no longer needs root to play Hearthstone:

1. Down the .apk: Here.
2. Download the .obb data files: Here.
3. Put those files on your phone if you haven’t already.
4. From your Android device, head to the Google Play Store and download: ES File Explorer Manager.
5. In ES File Explorer, navigate to the files you just downloaded and install the .apk.
6. Go back to ES File Explorer, find the files again, this time select and copy the “Com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone” folder.
7. In ES, navigate to SD Card/Android/Obb
8. Paste the folder into this file.
9. Boot up Hearthstone and sign in.

If you already have the game installed but it stopped working because of the update, here’s what you need to do:

1. Uninstall the Hearthstone app on your phone.
2. Download the APK and OBB files: Here.
3. Pick up from Step 3 in the instructions above.

Here’s the video: