We establish continuity mapping properties of the non-centered fractional maximal operator M β in the endpoint input space W 1,1 (R d ) for d ≥ 2 in the cases for which its boundedness is known. More precisely, we provef is radial and for 1 ≤ β < d for general f . The results for 1 ≤ β < d extend to the centered counterpart M c β . Moreover, if d = 1, we show that the conjectured boundedness of that map for M c β implies its continuity. Af 1,q ≤ C f 1,p . At the endpoint p = 1, one cannot expect boundedness of M β from W 1,1 to W 1, d d−β to hold, as M β fails to be bounded at the level of Lebesgue spaces. However, one Date: June 4, 2019. 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 42B25, 46E35.