![]() Plus, Adventure Sync will deliver a weekly summary, where you can see your Incubator and Candy progress as well as important activity statistics. Pokemon Go is also getting its first Nintendo Switch tie-in next month with the debut of Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee and Pikachu.Įxploring with Pokémon GO has never been easier with a new feature coming soon! Adventure Sync can record your walking distances even when Pokémon GO isn’t launched, working in the background to tally your distance, earn Candy, and hatch Eggs! The activity data sharing feature will be optional of course, but it sounds like a great way to encourage players to be more active without being tied to the game. Modern smartphones typically have built-in step tracking features as well. Pokemon Go has an Apple Watch app, but it requires the iPhone to be nearby and doesn’t work very well. For example, if you go for a walk with your Apple Watch and Android Wear watch and don’t bring your phone, the data is synced back to the phone and read by Pokemon Go the next time it launches. With the upcoming Adventure Sync feature, players can get credit for the distance data captured even when Pokemon Go isn’t running. Niantic has sold an accessory called Pokemon Go Plus that acts as a step counter of sorts and extends gameplay without the app being completely active, but the developers haven’t tapped into iOS and Android’s built-in activity frameworks until now. The gameplay requires traveling around outside to encounter Pokemon and PokeStops virtually placed in the real world to advance levels and expand your collection. Pokemon Go has been credited in the past with encouraging iPhone and Android users to be more active. Update 11/1: This post has been updated with information about the Adventure Sync feature rollout and how it works. ![]() Adventure Sync will use Apple Health and Google Fit activity data to credit players with distance traveled in the real world for hatching eggs and earning candy - even when Pokemon Go is not running. ![]() Niantic has announced a new feature called Adventure Sync that’s coming soon to Pokemon Go on iOS and Android. ![]()
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