Pokemon GO continues to evolve, with Scopely announcing major changes and quality of life improvements to how players interact and explore the game’s world. After celebrating Pokemon GO‘s 10th anniversary earlier this year, the team continues to make major adjustments and improvements to the game as a whole, including a massive update to how the Explorer Gadget works.
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The Explorer Gadget in Pokemon GO, a device that lets the game catch Pokemon and spin PokeStops automatically for players while the game is closed, is getting new functionality. While its base behavior isn’t changing, the Explorer Gadget will also now attempt to catch Pokemon and spin PokeStops automatically while playing the game. A pink Pokeball icon will appear in-game while the gadget is turned on, indicating that it is attempting to catch or spin. Players can continue to manually do it by tapping on the creature or PokeStop, even when the pink Pokeball icon is active.
The addition of the Explorer Gadget has been well received by many players who otherwise couldn’t access the app at certain times. While the functionality was previously integrated…
