With the announcement of Adventure Sync, the great guessing in Pokémon GO began. We show you what we know so far about the feature, distances, and rewards.
What is Adventure Sync? Adventure Sync is the new fitness feature that Niantic announced a few days ago. It counts the steps and kilometers a player takes and facilitates the hatching of eggs. This works even when Pokémon GO is not open.
Update: Since the evening of November 1, 2018, Adventure Sync has been active. For now, only for trainers who have reached level 30. The feature will be gradually distributed to other trainers.
Adventure Sync: How to use the feature
The new feature can only be used in conjunction with a fitness app on Android or iOS. Additionally, Adventure Sync apparently only works in combination with a Google or Apple account. How this works exactly will be revealed once Niantic activates the feature.
Not every fitness app is suitable: To use Adventure Sync, not every fitness app can be used. iOS users need the “HealthKit” app, while Android users can only use the “Google Fit” app for the feature.
How iOS players use Adventure Sync
- Open the HealthKit app
- Go to “Sources”
- Go to “Pokémon GO”
- Turn on “All Categories”
How Android players use Adventure Sync
- Open Pokémon GO
- Go to settings
- Select a Google account to be used for Adventure Sync
- Allow Pokémon GO to read data from Google Fit
Adventure Sync: Distances and Rewards
Adventure Sync is designed to encourage players to move. Therefore, it is only logical that players receive rewards for certain distances they cover. There are three different kilometer goals that can be achieved weekly: 5 km, 25 km, and 50 km per week.
50 km is the maximum: Players who run more than 50 km per week probably won’t receive any additional bonus. It seems that 50 km per week is the maximum.
Only walking counts: It is important that players walk. Niantic has already confirmed that Adventure Sync is designed for slow movement. Biking and jogging are excluded from the feature.
This is how much you need to walk daily:
- To reach the weekly goal of 50 km, you must cover over 7 km per day
- To reach the goal of 25 km, you still need to walk over 3.5 km per day
- For the weekly goal of 5 km, you need to cover a daily distance of 0.7 km
Rewards: There are various rewards depending on the kilometers walked. Rewards can be balls, eggs, stardust, and special candies. We will show you what rewards you can look forward to.
Are other fitness gadgets compatible? This is still unclear. It has not been confirmed whether gadgets like “FitToFit” are compatible. We will have to wait and see what Niantic plans for such gadgets.
What do you think of the new feature? Are you excited about Adventure Sync?
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