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If you’ve been playing Pokémon GO, or at least know someone who has been in its thrall the past few weeks, you’ve certainly encountered any number of issues plaguing the global phenomenon. Today, Niantic has taken steps towards solving some of these. The biggest lament of late, other than the shutting down of Pokévision and its like, has been the loss of tracking and a useful “nearby Pokémon” list. In the current patch notes, a variation of the current system is out for testing in the wild by a subset of Pokémon trainers. Accompanying this, according to Niantic, may also be an alteration of the existing Pokémon UI. In addition to general bug fixes, as well as some more detrimental ones, Niantic has added additional dialogue reminders to curtail playing while driving. A dialogue box will now not only ask players not to play above certain speeds, but also to require confirmation from Trainers that they aren’t Poké-driving. Trainers have also been given a one-time use name change option in the latest patch.

While it may not address issues for Trainers like Pokémon disparity in rural vs. urban centres, or pedometer failures, the promise of a return of any kind of reliable in-game tracking option is a welcome improvement.

For full details, please see the current patch notes: version 0.33.0 for Android, and 1.3.0 for iOS.