Location modification functions, particularly these designed to be used on the Android working system with the sport Pokmon GO, alter the gadget’s perceived geographical place. These functions allow customers to simulate motion and exploration inside the recreation with out bodily touring to completely different areas. An instance includes utilizing such an software to just about “journey” to a distant PokStop, permitting the person to work together with it as if bodily current.
The enchantment of those functions stems from the need to entry uncommon in-game assets, take part in occasions restricted to particular geographic areas, or expedite progress inside the recreation with out the constraints of real-world journey. Traditionally, the event and use of those instruments have been met with countermeasures by the sport’s builders, aimed toward sustaining truthful play and stopping exploitation of the sport’s mechanics. The dangers related to using these instruments embody account suspension or everlasting bans.