{"id":55061,"date":"2018-10-15T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/pokemon_go_arplus_is_now_supported_on_android_devices"},"modified":"2018-10-15T05:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:55:00","slug":"pokemon-go-ar-is-now-supported-on-android-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/pokemon-go-ar-is-now-supported-on-android-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon GO AR+ Is Now Supported On Android Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84c41130ce360\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84c41130ce360\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Pkmn GO AR\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84c41130ce360\/pkmn-go-ar.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/84c41130ce360\/pkmn-go-ar.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pkmn GO AR\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to forget <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\">Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/a><\/strong> is an augmented reality mobile game if you don&#8217;t actually use this feature on a regular basis. Perhaps Niantic&#8217;s latest news might tempt you to reactivate it, assuming you&#8217;re an Android user.<\/p>\n<p>Following last year&#8217;s iOS update which added support for the AR kit, ARCore can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store. With this app you&#8217;ll be able to access the <strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO AR+<\/strong> mode which scales pocket monsters to their accurate dimensions as you move closer to them. They&#8217;ll also be able to detect your movement in this mode, so it&#8217;s important to get up close before you throw a Pok\u00e9 Ball. Below is an image showing the differences between AR+ and the regular AR mode:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"AR PLUS MODE\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c9ff5e4df866\/ar-plus-mode.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2c9ff5e4df866\/ar-plus-mode.900x.jpg\" alt=\"AR PLUS MODE\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For more information about the AR+ mode, visit the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115015868188\">help center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you downloaded the ARCore? Have you tried out this new feature on your Android device, or have you been using it for a while on your iOS device? Are you still playing GO? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s easy to forget Pok\u00e9mon GO is an augmented reality mobile game if you don&#8217;t actually use this feature on a regular basis. Perhaps Niantic&#8217;s latest news might tempt you to reactivate it, assuming you&#8217;re an Android user. Following last year&#8217;s iOS update which added support for the AR kit, ARCore can now be downloaded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}