Niantic adds support for wheelchairs in Pokémon Go

As well as other fixes and tweaks.
Text: Christian Gaca
Published 2017-01-30

Pokémon Go may not be at the same level of hype as it was back last summer, but there's still a lot of dedicated players. That's why Niantic are still updating the game, and the developer has published another update called 0.55.0 (Android) and 1.25.0 (iOS) recently.

The update finally adds support for players having to use wheel chairs when playing on Apple Watch. What this means (in theory) is that the game will now measure distance travelled in a wheelchair the same way it measures steps, which are used to hatch eggs.

The update has also reduced loading times on Android, taken care of connection problems with Pokémon Go Plus, and performed some "minor text fixes". What should be fixed or added in future updates?

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