THE NEW "NEARBY" TRACKER ROLLOUT (FINALLY) EXPANDS!

It had been almost 3 months since August 9th when, around 3am UTC, a new Pokemon tracker began appearing for users in San Francisco, CA.

The 'tracker' (named the NEARBY scanner) was geo-fenced to San Francisco, excluding other parts of the bay area like nearby Oakland - and the rest of the world! For months Niantic seemingly doubled down on infrastructure changes, and feature rollouts appeared to be largely put on hold. Alongside them, the experimental scanner. The geofence was not expanded.

But today, Niantic has finally announced that the geo-fenced boundaries of the NEARBY scanner are expanding! Areas included in the first wave are:

Pokémon GO Changed PokéStops Again!

It seems that the people down at Niantic have changed how PokéStops work once again. Now it seems that when you spin a stop you no longer get the experience if your bag is full. This might not seem like a big deal to many players since stops only give out fifty experience points, but there are many players who are a very high level and rely on grinding to get up levels quickly. It also gives players who are passengers in vehicles less to do while riding around. However, this might convince some players to stop spinning and driving.

What do you think of this PokéStops change? Let us know in the comments below!