New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on February 24, 2022) follows:

Pokémon Go is a game for mobile devices that seeks to make the dreams of many fans of the franchise come true.

Through augmented reality (AR) and real-world mapping, Pokémon Go challenges players to catch Pokémon that can be found on their daily journey.

Since its release, the game receives continuous support by its developers. In fact, it recently received an update that seemed to be ‘routine’, but that brought some problems with notifications.

Apparently, Pokémon Go push notifications are broken on iOS after its most recent update, as some players are receiving wrong notifications with placeholder text (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).

Pokémon Go push notifications broken on iOS after update

According to multiple reports, some Pokémon Go players are receiving multiple erroneous notifications with placeholder text throughout the day after installing the latest game update.

Official acknowledgment and a potential workaround

The Niantic team is already aware of the Pokemon Go broken notifications issue. The company is investigating, but there is no estimated arrival date for a fix yet.

However, in the meantime, Niantic suggests a potential workaround that could help mitigate the issue. The workaround consists in reinstalling the app, disabling and then re-enabling push notifications:

The company also listed the glitch on its public list of known issues that are yet to be resolved. They specify that the version of Pokémon Go affected by the problem is 0.195.2.

At the moment this is all that is known about this matter. We will update this story as events unfold.

Issue description: The placeholder text for push notifications is sometimes displayed instead of the correct text for Trainers who have iOS app version 0.195.2. Issue status: Investigating Source

Update 1 (February 26)

04:43 pm (IST): Niantic Support on Twitter confirmed that the issue with notifications has been resolved in the latest 0.195.3 version.

NOTE: You can also check the Pokémon Go and Pokémon Go Battle League bugs/issues tracker.

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