Trading Pokémon on Pokémon Go is finally a thing: here’s how to do it

Pokémon Go trainers, brace yourselves. You can begin trading Pokémon this week.

The popular mobile game has added a slew of features since its 2016 launch, but a new addition reminiscent of the classic Pokémon Game Boy games will finally roll out this week.

Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go, announced the big update today along with a new feature that will now allow trainers to curate friends lists, which the company calls “social features,” that aim to foster a greater in-person Pokémon Go community.

There will also be Alolan forms (a type of Pokémon) that trainers can only obtain by working together with their friends, and other rewards that stem from building strong friendships in the game, such as Stardust discounts. Read more…

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