Pokémon Go Dropping Support for Android Lollipop, iOS 11 Phones This October
Sep. 1, 2020There is a piece of unpleasant news for anyone playingPokémon Goon old phones. Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, has decided todiscontinue support for phones running Android 5 (Lollipop), iOS 10, and iOS 11 in October.
The company has also explicitly mentioned that it isdropping the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6, although you can upgrade them to iOS 12. Niantic will discontinue these phones through an update, scheduled to go live sometime in mid-October.
“In an upcoming update to Pokémon GO in October, we will end support for Android 5, iOS 10, and iOS 11, as well as iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 devices. Trainers with devices not specifically listed here will not be affected and don’t need to take any action,”wrote the company in atweet.
Niantic is primarily dropping support for iPhone 5s and iPhone 6due to the lack of sufficient hardware resourcesfor efficient gameplay.“iPhone 5S and 6 have just 1 GB of RAM, and we don’t want to hold back development and implementation of features for the vast majority of players who have more robust phones,”Niantic toldThe Verge.
Pokémon Go might not be as trending as it wasa few years back, but the game is still gaining enough traction to stay relevant in the mobile gaming space. Withrecent updates, the company has managed to keep the user base engaged in the game.
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