For several days now, Adventure Sync has been available in Pokémon GO. This feature has a nice side effect: it saves players’ phone battery.
What is Adventure Sync? This new fitness feature counts the steps for all Pokémon GO players. Even when the app is closed, eggs can hatch and candies can be earned. At the end of the week, trainers can receive rewards if they reach certain fitness goals.
However, the new feature also has another significant advantage for Pokémon trainers: it reduces battery consumption.
Adventure Sync runs in the background
The old problem of Pokémon GO: Pokémon GO was not exactly known for being battery-friendly. One could play Pokémon for one or two hours and had to charge their phone immediately.
The power bank became the players’ new best friend. With Adventure Sync, however, one can now save battery.
The app can be closed: The advantage of Adventure Sync is the function that it can count steps in the background, even when the app is closed.
Therefore, little battery has to be consumed, as neither the app needs to be open nor the screen needs to be on.
How does it work? Adventure Sync relies on the fitness apps “Google Fit” (on Android) or “HealthKit” (on iOS). These count the steps taken in the background. With the help of GPS data, it is then determined how many kilometers have been covered.
Further information about Adventure Sync can be found here.
With this function, the following actions can be performed with the app closed:
- Hatch eggs
- Earn candies with your buddy
- Collect kilometers for fitness goals
Here you can make the most of Adventure Sync
Because you do not have to operate the phone, you can use Adventure Sync in various ways.
- At work
- Previously, many trainers would stop playing Pokémon GO when they went to work. However, now they can make progress even then, without looking at the screen. Especially those who have to walk a lot for their job can easily hatch eggs or earn candies with their buddy in the meantime.
- While exercising
- Those who enjoy jogging in their free time can hatch eggs endlessly with the help of Adventure Sync. Another advantage is that the kilometers now count even when using fitness machines. On Reddit, a user reported that the kilometers covered on the treadmill were credited to Pokémon GO via Adventure Sync.
Using Pokémon GO in everyday life: One goal of Niantic was to integrate Pokémon GO into everyday life. With Adventure Sync, a big step has been made. Now, one can make progress in Pokémon GO in almost any situation, even if they are not actively playing it.
What do you think of the Adventure Sync feature?
