Niantic, makers of the game Pokémon GO announced on Saturday an update of the said game both in the Android and IOS versions. Gamers were ecstatic about this updates that reads:

UPDATES

2016. 9. 10

Buddy Pokémon and other updates in Pokémon GO version 0.37.0 for Android and 1.7.0 for iOSTrainers,

Pokémon GO is in the process of being updated to version 0.37.0 for Android and 1.7.0 for iOS devices. Below are some release notes and comments from our development team.

Implemented Buddy Pokémon: Trainers will now be able to choose one of their Pokémon to be their buddy. A Trainer can earn Candy for their Buddy Pokémon by walking a certain distance.

Made it easier to select smaller Pokémon on the screen.

Fixed an issue where Eggs would sometimes hatch without displaying the animation.

Improved performance reliability when a device switches networks to no longer cause the application to hang or stop updating.

Pokémon GO Plus support

Minor text fixes.

We continue to focus on eliminating bots and scrapers from Pokémon GO. Rooted or jailbroken devices are not supported by Pokémon GO. Remember to download Pokémon GO from the official Google Play Store or iTunes App Store only.

--The Pokémon GO team


The update was available via APK users. The thing is, besides from users who's not using APK, there are no updates and everyone is still waiting.The users are excited to play with the new updates but it seems that they need to wait a bit longer. 

Updates are now a trending topic on APK users while everybody else can't relate. This involves how long it takes to get candy for a specific Pokémon to even new easter eggs; like Pikachu hopping up onto your shoulder after you walk with him for 10 kilometres.

There are speculations as to why this update is taking long, but there are also some reports that non-APK users now have the game update. Still, the majority of Android and IOS users are on their phones waiting and no updates are yet to appear.

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