Your Buddy in Pokémon Go will soon follow you on the map

Pokémon Go is getting fix to build the bond between trainers and their favourite Pokémon with a new upcoming feature called 'Buddy Adventure.'

The feature presents more bonding opportunities for trainers and their Buddy Pokémon like it trailing behind you equally you walk in the game, helping yous catch wild Pokémon, bringing you collectable Souvenirs and more. The update is slated to roll out by 2020.

You can also interact with your Buddy in augmented reality (AR). This ways you can feed information technology and play with it to increment its amore levels to you. Yous tin earn affection by "exploring with your buddy on the map, battling with your buddy, playing with and feeding your buddy, and taking snapshots of your buddy," reads the company's blog postal service.

Doing these things will also raise your Buddy'due south mood. When it becomes excited, the distance you need to travel to become candies is cut in half and y'all tin can become bonus hearts to raise your amore levels faster.

There are iv levels of friendship that you can accept with your Buddy:

Good– Your Buddy follows yous on the in-game map and yous'll see how information technology feels on its profile page.
Great– Sometimes it volition help you catch Pokémon and it will bring you in-game items every once in a while.
Ultra– Your Buddy will permit you lot know most interesting places nearby and bring you Souvenirs. You tin keep rail of these on the Buddy profile folio.
Best – The Pokémon will wear a ribbon and will be stronger in battles.

Niantic also says that in the future multiple players and buddies will be able to take pictures in AR together.

Source: Niantic