Ingress Updates [ENG]

2021-11-08 20:20:02 Are you interested in Niantic Lightship, the framework behind Ingress Prime and Pokemon GO? Then join us today at 6 pm UTC, at the top of the next hour, when Niantic officially releases the Lightship platform and makes it available to developers. Niantic has planned a 40-minute livestream in which Lightship and its function will be introduced and some demos will be shown. The main point of Lightship is of course the POI network as well as the AR features, which can already be found in Niantic games.

Please note: This event is more aimed at developers, so it is unlikely (but not impossible) that there will be news about Ingress.

Check out the stream here:



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2021-11-07 19:50:54 Niantic has sent an email to its players across all games, inviting them to reserve their in-game username as their Niantic ID.

A Niantic ID is a new feature introduced by Niantic to unify the identity of players across all of Niantic’s games and experiences. As Niantic stated, the Niantic ID will unify all of a player's existing in-game usernames.
This does not mean that your in-game usernames will change. Rather, your existing (and future) in-game usernames will be connected to your Niantic ID.

You may reserve your Niantic ID by logging in to this website!

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17123/request-your-agent-name-as-your-niantic-id-today/

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2021-11-06 20:09:59 Heads up for agents who want to subscribe to or renew their C.O.R.E. subscription in November: As opposed to subscribing or renewing "for the month of November", the additional loadout for the Year 9 anniversary that was announced here will only be active from November 15th to December 15th. Should you want to receive the additional items, you might have to wait before subscribing or renewing.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/156724/#Comment_156724

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2021-11-06 02:29:37 Niantic published the release notes for Ingress Prime 2.84.1, which contains a couple bugfixes.

Specifically, you'll now be able to scroll down to view all Portal photos in Portal Details and use the Back button to return to the previous screen from the Inventory again.
Additionally, the intermittent soft lock when exiting or closing screens was fixed.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17140/ingress-2-84-1-release-notes/

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2021-11-05 00:47:16 #Wayfarer 4.3 is coming!

With the new version, in the next week the following updates are available:

Unlimited Quiz Attempts

New users can attempt the quiz an unlimited number of times with a 15min cooldown period in between - enough time for you to revisit the Criteria pages.

Practice makes perfect and people who tried once never came back. This is your opportunity to join!

For those who have already taken the quiz and failed it twice, they will also be able to retake the quiz an unlimited number of times. 

Nominations In Review by Niantic

Nominations that are in review by Niantic will no longer disappear from your Nominations page. Your nominations will be displayed and labeled as being IN VOTING by Niantic, with a Niantic logo badge. 

Rejection Reasons

The top two rejection reasons that your rejected nominations received will be displayed - these are based on the rejection reasons noted by your nominations’ reviewers. Niantic heard your feedback about the upcoming email changes and wanted to get this done before they launched the new emails.

Source and comments: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/25064/upcoming-wayfarer-4-3-updates-discussion/p1?new=1

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2021-11-02 20:34:28 Thia has posted a quite cryptic post on the Ingress Community Forum. It states that the NIA (the Niantic Investigation Agency, the lore related one) has received clearance to experiment with cross-links under certain circumstances.

We are unsure about the meaning of the post. This may be a storyline cover for some experimentation on Ingress or the introduction of a new mechanic to the game. In any case, keep us updated in the comments about any unexpected phenomenon regarding cross-links!

EDIT: Vanguard @Azhreia shared with us that the circumstance mentioned in the post is the reset of spoofed Portals by Niantic. If the Portal is eligible for reset, the links attached to it will also be reinstated, no matter if they cross other existing links.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17094/nia-sanctioned-cross-links

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2021-11-02 16:47:49 Is my phone compatible with the new Scan Meshing?

After you have received the newest update, there is a new button in the scan view, which you can find in the upper right corner. If your phone is compatible, you will be prompted to download about 28MB of data for Niantic Lightship AR, after which Portal Scan Meshing will be enabled for you.

If your phone is not compatible, you will unfortunately get an error message. According to Niantic, the number of compatible phones will be increased in the future.

Is your phone compatible? Let us know in the comments!

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2021-11-01 22:58:27 With the new 2.83.1 Ingress version, announced features become real!

- Adventure Sync connects with Google Fit or Apple HealthKit to record your walking distance even if the Ingress Scanner isn’t open. This distance is used towards the Trekker medal and also completing Kinetic Capsule Programs.

- Portal Scan Meshing on supported phones allows Agents to better see what has and hasn’t been scanned during a Portal Scan. Meshing is an opt-in feature; all devices that had access to Portal Scanning in previous Ingress releases can continue to use the point cloud visualization.

In addition:

- Updated the loading flow with the Powered by Niantic Lightship logo.
- Fixed: Missing keyboard button in COMM Chat.
- Fixed: Hard lock when trying to re-scan a Portal.
- Fixed: Subscription Refreshbutton in the Settings menu sometimes fell below the fold.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17087/ingress-2-83-1-release-notes/

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2021-11-01 22:19:08 The #IngressHalloween2021 event has ended, but since many agents and the Ingress team liked the orange XM, it will be with us for a bit longer before it turns white again.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17083/orange-xm-sticking-around

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2021-10-28 19:49:47 Niantic has announced the worldwide launch of Pikmin Bloom, a smartphone app designed to spice up your daily walks. Developed jointly by Niantic and Nintendo, Pikmin Bloom allows you to enliven your strolls with the help of your own Pikmin squad. Pikmin Bloom will be available on the App Store and Google Play in the coming days.

We welcome the newest game in the Niantic universe! If you want to learn more, check out the official website.

https://pikminbloom.com

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