Release Notes

Ho-Oh Rework

Clicking Ho-Oh as it flies across the screen now reduces the egg's required steps by 10% — making it noticeably easier to hatch without ever triggering it early. The more trainers who catch it, the closer the egg gets!

• Ho-Oh now appears on mobile too
• Flies by roughly every 20–30 minutes per device

More Emojis

• 7 emojis now available: Say hi!, Teamwork!, Don't quit!, WOW!, You Legend!, Good One!, and Pain

Send Emojis to Other Trainers

You can now send a GIF emoji to any trainer who's currently online! Click the Wi-Fi button in the top bar to see who's around, then tap their name to open the emoji picker. Use the arrows to browse, then hit Send.

• Received emojis appear in the bottom-right corner of the egg screen with a Reply button
• 30-second cooldown between sends
• Anonymous Trainers cannot send emojis

Other Fixes

• Steps no longer accumulate when your screen is locked or the tab is backgrounded
• Autoclicker threshold raised to allow fast-clicking mouse users

A note on the Step Leaderboard

Shortly after launch, a bug caused one trainer's broken phone screen to register thousands of phantom taps overnight — resulting in an impossibly large step count on the leaderboard.

We've reset the leaderboard to better reflect real play. Any Pokémon hatched during this time have been kept — consider them a whoopsie gift from us. We've also added protections to prevent this from happening again.