There's A New Pokémon Go Update And People Are NOT Happy
More like Pokémon No, amirite?
If you opened up Pokémon Go in the last 48 hours and noticed something different, it's because there's been a big update.
Apple
At first, things seemed good. You can now re-customize your avatar!
That's super helpful for those of us whose clothes didn't match our team color.
Cartoon Network
But people quickly noticed something was amiss: The tracking footprints, which have been bugged for days, are now completely gone.
That means we have no way of telling how close a Pokémon is to us, and no way of tracking them down. It's possible that Niantic just decided to remove the feature until it's fixed, but there's been no communication on that point.
What's worse, tracking sites like Pokévision — which helped trainers find nearby Pokémon since the footsteps feature was bugged — are mysteriously shutting down.
According to Pokévision's Twitter, their shutdown was at the request of Niantic and Nintendo.