Pokémon GO Now Available in US

Ready for a new risk, Pokémon fans? After a period of testing that started in May of this yr, the real-world scavenger hunt game Pokémon GO is now available in the US. Other parts of the world, like the Australia and New Zealand are able to access the game.

Unveiled terminal fall, the free title takes players out of the digital globe and into the physical 1, using smartphone location information. Users are encouraged to tear themselves away from the burrow and get exterior — exploring their neighborhood, community, and beyond — to grab wild Pokémon with friends and other players.

Equally yous walk around your hood, your smartphone will vibrate when in that location is a Pokémon nearby. When this happens, y'all'll "take aim and throw a Poké Ball" to capture the Pokémon and add it to your Pokédex. Be sure to look for certain Pokémon well-nigh their native surround—h2o-type Pokémon will exist located near lakes and oceans, for instance.

"As you level up, y'all'll be able to catch more-powerful Pokémon to complete your Pokédex," the game's description reads.

You lot'll also get an alarm when you lot're near a PokéStop, where you can stock upward on Poké Assurance and other useful items. PokéStops are located at places like museums, art installations, historical markers, and monuments.

Pokémon Go is a co-production between Google's Niantic and The Pokémon Company. Niantic is best known for augmented-reality mobile game Ingress, a organisation that utilises GPS engineering science to fuel a scientific discipline-fiction story.

Pokémon GO is available now in the App Store and Google Play.

About Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'south proficient on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued health products including fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength preparation machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart abode devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.