[image] Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO News & Announcements Hello Wayfinders, You may have noticed that there are some newly added Wayspots in Pokémon GO in selected areas of France, Italy, and Spain. These Wayspots have been added to the map as part of an…

Because you just don’t remove the restrictions from the cells?

That would be down to the Pokémon GO team to change their inclusion rules, you’d have to raise that with them.

I mean, the “quality” of whatever is in the Pokestop photo doesn’t affect gameplay in the slightest.

Thanks for asking. No, none of these new experimental PokéStops can become gyms but they can impact other Wayspots around them and those can become gyms.

Was there any consideration in highlighting these in some way to confirm they are not “wayfarer” waypoint such as using the Niantic Logo as the image?

[image] Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO What will they be called? Similarly, these locations will continue to have clear, easy-to-spot titles like “Street corner at [street name A] and [street name B]” and “[bus stop name]”. What about photos? Each of these locations will soon feature a disti…

Bonjour, je pose la question a tout hasard mais : comment sont sélectionnés les villes et villages qui participent a cette expérimentation car en France lieu d’expérimentation dans mon secteur de soumission il a plein d’endroit pauvre en POIs qui ne peuvent etre soumis au vote, mais qui on pas eu la…

If anyone could share screenshots of one of these stops I’d appreciate it

LOL there appears to have been no consideration for SFPRP on these. And the ones I see are tightly packed neighborhoods, not what I would consider rural areas. :woman_facepalming:

Totally my mistake assuming this meant Wayspot to land area density rather than Wayspot to player density. “Rural” was never said. [image] Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO areas with low Wayspot density. Hope all those homes that now have Pokestops in their front yards belong to people who …

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cyndiepooh January 27, 2026, 9:45pm 98

yes

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