Nintendo Pokemon Go Plus - Not Machine Specific

The Pokémon GO Plus brings a new level of ease to the Pokémon GO game. The Plus lets you know when you are near a Pokéstop. You need only to push its button to spin the Pokéstop. Using both vibrations and lights, the Plus will let you know how many items you received at the Stop. The Plus also alerts you to Pokémon sightings. A press of the Plus' button will let you know if you were successful catching the Pokémon.One of the great things about the Pokémon GO Plus is the freedom it provides. Trainers no longer need to keep their eyes glued to their phone's screen. You can tuck the phone away. Using vibrations, the Plus lets you know when to press its button and what you've accomplished by pressing it. There is no need to look at the phone to find out your success with a Pokémon or at a Pokéstop. I will provide more details on the meaning of the Plus’ various buzzing responses toward the end of this review. It's pretty simple.A nice benefit the Plus provides is improved phone battery life. While playing, the Plus lets you place the phone into its standby mode with the phone's display off. The app continues to run in the background, but the phone’s battery drain is reduced. This can make a big difference if you want to continue playing for longer.The Plus will use only one Poke Ball to toss at a Pokémon. If the ball fails, the Plus moves on to alert you to the next item found. If the ball succeeds, you'll receive an extra 50XP since you hit it on your first shot.The Plus tosses Poke Balls, not Great or Ultra Balls, at Pokémon. Fortunately, Poke Balls are commonly awarded at Pokéstops so there are usually plenty of them around. This leaves the more powerful Great and Ultra Balls for conventional catches tossing balls with your phone rather than the pressing the button on the Plus.The Plus uses vibrations to signal when you are at a Pokéstop or have confronted a Pokémon. You don't even have to glance at the Plus for most interactions. A single repeated pulse says you have found a Pokémon. Press the Plus' button to take a shot at it. A Poke Ball will be slung. Three paced vibrations follow. If you get the Pokémon, the response that follows the three vibrations will be five pulses, regularly spaced. If it gets away, you'll receive three very closely spaced quick pulses. The bad or (hopefully) good news is delivered quickly in an easily understood way.Two repeating pulses indicate you are at a Pokéstop. Pressing the Plus' button will spin the Pokéstop and provide the spin's results. Counting the number of vibrations returned indicates how many items you received at the Pokéstop. For instance, if you are awarded three Poke Balls, you will feel three pulses following your press.If you are at a Pokéstop contained in a gym, you'll need to grab your phone and spin the old-fashioned way using the phone. The Pokémon GO Plus doesn't interact with this type of Pokéstop.This game has got people out walking. Because the Plus eliminates the need for constant interaction with a phone, the pace of your walk has the potential to be far more energetic. The result is a healthier, safer, and more rewarding walk. And the bonus is a new level of fun added to the Pokémon GO game.The Pokémon GO Plus is a small, inexpensive, but powerful addition for Pokémon GO game players. If you play the game frequently, you'll find yourself toting the Pokémon GO Plus along regularly.

My son was home from college last summer and started playing on Day One. He's such a die-hard, he attended the CHICAGO FEST. I first got my first Android on October 23, 2016 and downloaded this app. I was on a special diet and trying to increase my weight loss by walking, but even using my fitbit didn't prompt me to get outside. Walking is so boring!Playing Pokemon Go with the truly fabulous Plus helped me lose 85 lbs and reach Level 38 in just 9 months. I'm very competitive but also very social and I've made a lot of friends on my jaunts all around Milwaukee. The beauty of the Plus bracelet is that it will spin the Pokestops and throw a ball at every Pokemon while you are walking a Lucky Egg and evolving Pidgeys and hatching eggs. You can use the Plus while you walk briskly and you don't even have to look at your phone. I pull the bracelet tight and wrap it around my fingers so it fits in my palm. Every time it buzzes/vibrates, I just squeeze my fingers to press the button. For Pokemon, it flashes green and gives 2 staggered buzzes; for Pokestops, it flashes blue and gives a long/short buzz so you can feel which it is without even looking at the Plus. But since it only throws 1 Pokeball with no berries, if I really want that Eevee or Magicarp, I just throw an Ultra ball and Pinap Berry myself.You know how you want to play while someone is driving? (NEVER play with your phone while YOU are driving.) Even with lots of stoplights, you catch or spin maybe 20% successfully? Well, with the Plus, the rate increases to maybe 50% and it's safe to do because you're just pressing a button on your wrist without taking your eyes off the road.Yes, sometimes when I press the little icon on the screen, it won't sync with my phone immediately. If it keeps acting up, I close out the app, turn it on and try it again. If it still won't work, after about 4 tries, Niantic puts up a message asking if I want to go to its Troubleshooting screen. Now I've learned just to go into Settings, click on the Plus icon and press the button on the Plus. I've only experienced continued problems with syncing maybe a half dozen times. And it usually shuts off by itself every 45 minutes or so. But compare that with how many times the game itself crashes, reloads, freezes, or displays "no internet connectivity" or "network error." Now THAT'S annoying, it's so common.The Plus enhances your play so much. I visited my sister but forgot it so I purchased 3 more and had them sent to her house so she and her husband and I could all have one. Now I'm purchasing one for my son.How did I level up so quickly? I walk an average of 5 miles a day--I know most people don't have as much time--but I also max out on the special events like Water, Solstice, Fire & Ice, pink (Valentine's Day), Christmas--anything with double XP. I cruised through Level 37 in less than a week by taking advantage of the Anniversary/Fest specials with double XP, catching everything that spawned (obviously the Plus comes in handy here), incubating eggs (3x faster!) and churning evolving on Lucky Eggs. I've gotten to the point that I can time it to hatch as many as a dozen eggs for double XP. Yes, it's annoying to have to buy incubators but I didn't buy anything in the Shop till I needed more space in my Items and Pokemon storage bags. There's a park near me that has 8 pokestops and a gym which takes only about 5 minutes to walk around. I had to rev up to 1500 Items because I kept hitting the max...in the past few months, I had to delete hundreds of Pokeballs, Potions and, yes, even Revives!I introduce myself as a friendly Mystic and have made a lot of friends and learned a lot of tips from other players. There is no gym that I can't take down on my own and out of 9 Legendary Raids, I caught a Lugia and 3 Articunos! And a Shiny Magicarp!!