There are always changes in Pokémon GO. One of the biggest in a long time you can now test in the game yourself.
Which area is affected? Already in February, Pokémon GO announced that there should be massive changes in the battle league to make the fights in the PvP area of the game fairer for all trainers.
Now the time has come, and the developers have integrated the planned changes into the game – so far, however, only in a comparably small area of the battle league and by no means in final form.
Many changes, one goal
What are the changes intended for? As Pokémon GO headlined on pokemongo.com, the changes are meant to “Strengthen the foundations of trainer battles in Pokémon GO”. Trainer battles should depend more on the skill of the trainers than on external factors such as network quality or device performance. You can find all changes here.
When are the changes available? You can now test these adjustments in the game yourself. The “Preview Cup (Test)” has been activated in the game. This is the Super League, where the new changes are already active.
You can find the Preview Cup in the battle league, where you will also find the regular variants. To do this, open the “Battles” section in the main menu of the game, then click on “Fight” and you can then select the new cup as a mode.
How long is the cup active? The new test cup has been active since April 21, 2026, at 9:00 PM. You have until April 28, 2026, at 9:00 PM to participate.
When will the changes be completely released? When these changes will be rolled out in all areas of the battle league is not yet known. It can be assumed that Niantic is using the current test to gather insights from the changes. Whether, when, and in what form the changes will then be completely released is accordingly still unknown.
As soon as there is new information on this, we will of course inform you.
The current month is rapidly approaching its end. But even in the last days of April, you can still experience some content in the game. What these are and when they are active, you can find out in our overview with all events in April 2026 in Pokémon GO.
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