

The first is to make Pokémon Go think you're somewhere you won't or can't go, like a special gym somewhere in Japan or the home of a rare Pokémon somewhere in New Zealand. There are two practical uses for spoofing GPS like this. Set the distance to something small so you move as if you were running (maybe a bit faster) and just leave your phone on to gain. As one user wrote, "Make sure you change locations at a human speed… there is a setting at the bottom that automatically moves location randomly. In fact, this method can even do your walking for you.

If they can get on Pokemon Go's servers, which at the time of writing can barely handle the load, players explore their neighborhoods and capture Pokémon in museums, universities, and shoes.Ī few redditors on the Pokémon Go subreddit are trading tips on GPS spoofing, which involves running a rootkit to take control of an Android device's operating system, installing various unapproved bits of software, and letting these new programs report a GPS location of your choosing. As Motherboard contributor Heidi Kemps discovered after a week with the game, the heart of Pokémon Go is getting off of the couch and out of the house.
