A hotfix was launched to Pokémon Go on Nov. 6, which resolved a notification bug on Plus equipment, amongst different minor points. However gamers are reporting this has damaged the function much more, as they’ll’t use it anymore within the background.
Patch 0.269 has introduced numerous bug fixes on Nov. 6, and one among them focused Pokémon Go Plus equipment. It mounted a bug the place gamers wouldn’t obtain notifications from the accent, despite the fact that it was getting used within the background. However now, it seemingly broke it additional.
Gamers have reported that Plus equipment stopped working within the background all through social media, together with on Reddit and Twitter. The developer has but to acknowledge it as a widespread bug, nevertheless.
As a response, Niantic will inform gamers to check out the essential troubleshooting strategies for official Bluetooth units for Pokémon Go, together with the Plus and Plus + equipment. It’s unclear whether or not gamers may get the bug mounted utilizing these.
A Reddit person defined there was one repair to bypass this, however it’s not splendid.
“That is on my Samsung Galaxy S20 who runs on […] the Android model that began the notification points. I simply examined out my outdated telephone, a Galaxy S8 operating on Android 9, and it labored simply effective, which is why I think that the notification repair and the Go+ points are very a lot associated,” they wrote.
It means gamers can get their Plus equipment to work in the event that they didn’t set up the earlier model of the sport, which included the notification bug within the first place—or through the use of one other system for the sport, which isn’t potential for a lot of customers.
In accordance with the participant’s suggestions within the thread, the bug isn’t associated to the Android model of the telephone, however relatively the model put in earlier than the hotfix. There’s seemingly no splendid answer till Niantic resolves the difficulty itself in one other hotfix.
