With every Pokémon Go update, it seems like there’s always a chance the game will break. It’s become such a common expectation that the community accepted the janky bugs as part of the deal when Niantic rolled out a major AR and Snapshot update.
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In the latest installment of Pokémon Go’s controversial “Rediscover” update series, Niantic has updated its AR capabilities to improve the Snapshot feature. With the Pokémon Go “Rediscover Your Reality” update, you can now take a Snapshot with up to three Pokémon, while also positioning them, changing poses, and adding extra flair. Unfortunately, not everything works as intended.
After the update went live and Niantic began promoting it, the support page for Niantic's games noted that Pokémon Go's AR mode was malfunctioning on iPhone Pro and Pro Max models, causing players to see Pokémon appear in "odd places." This issue has something to do with "disabled reality blending," and is coming in the next version. But it's yet another example of something changing in Go before it immediately breaks.
This year alone, we’ve seen Pikachu appear during a Sandshrew Spotlight Hour, Raid Day glitches, battle notifications not appearing during Go Battle League matches, exclusive items accidentally becoming available, Fast Attack damage being weakened, and more that Niantic has openly discussed. If we go back a bit further to December, there was even an instance where Niantic accidentally released Kyurem Black and Kyurem White as GBL rewards, removing them from the game, where we still haven’t seen them officially released.