Pokémon GO 0.203 Release Notes has just been shared by Niantic on the official support website, which highlights the update of quality of life and bug fixes released with this release. 0.203 version is slowly starting to roll out on Android players. For Apple users, this version will appear as version 1,169 in the App Store.
You can read more here about the Candy XL mechanics that have been recently updated, and you have announced an upcoming refer a friend feature here. The popular Route Maker feature is also taking shape in recently released updates.
Updates
- Coaches can now more easily select all units of an item by tapping the minus button if the choice is one, instead of pressing the plus sign to reach the maximum number.
- When you complete a timely research task in your Today View, which rewards a Pokémon Encounter, it will recommend itself at the top of the page when you leave the meeting.
- Level-Up research notifications will now appear on the left side of the screen to differentiate it from other research progress notifications.
- Add the message “Time’s Up!” At to let you know when the timer is up for Gym Battles.
Troubleshooting
- Fixed a bug that forced coaches to use free or Premium Battle Passes when invited to a raid, accompanied by a “Walk Closer” message. Trainers can now participate in the raid to which they have been invited with a Remote Raid Pass.
- Permitted Candy XL exchanges if the coach has the exact number of Candy to convert to Candy XL.
- Fixed a bug in GO Battle League that re-displayed the Pokémon switch when a Pokémon was turned off at the same time as it fainted.
- Fixed an issue in GO Battle League in which the switch buttons were not available at the end of the Charged Attack animation.
- Fixed a bug that occasionally resulted in coaches not being able to invite a few friends to raids before changing their search.
- An error was corrected if the Bluetooth of a trainer was turned off, the “Connect to Nintendo Switch” option would still be displayed.
- Fixed a visual bug in which purified Shadow Pokémon still displayed after Shadow Pokémon features.
- Various Russian and other language UI issues have been fixed.
- Fixed Pokémon icons cannot appear in the in-app notifications.