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[me_and]

It looks like an update landed for the Pokémon Go Android app last night; I'm now at 0.41.4. No idea if/when these changes are coming to iOS. Changes I've spotted already:

• Eggs now only list integer distances rather than decimals
• The badge page has had a significant redesign, with every badge getting a unique icon and numbers seeming to have been removed entirely
• When catching a Pokémon, some icons flash up at the top of the screen briefly, which I think indicate the type of the Pokémon or of its moves, but I haven't been able to work that out yet

Edit: Other changes apparently in this release that I haven't yet seen for myself:

• Egg screens periodically update without needing to exit and reload the page
• Evolution animations are shorter to save time
• Pokémon get easier to catch if you have a higher tier badge of their type
• You can now have six Pokémon battling at a friendly gym, and CP of Pokémon you're battling might be adjusted to match your Pokémon.
• Possibly something changing again about how rooted devices are detected

Sources for the edit: one two

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icons flash up at the top of the screen briefly, which I think indicate the type of the Pokémon

[jack]

I thought, "ah, it's the type". I've only caught some common pokemon, but it did seem to be rat = empty ring, spearow = empty ring, wing. paras = two (that might be poison, bug, it was hard to see).

But I think those most likely have a move from each type too, so I can't actually tell which is true yet.

Re: icons flash up at the top of the screen briefly, which I think indicate the type of the Pokémon

[jack]

OK, I caught a caterpie and some weedles with normal moves and I've fairly sure they didn't show a "normal" symbol when I caught them.

Re: icons flash up at the top of the screen briefly, which I think indicate the type of the Pokémon

[inkstone]

The badges are definitely pokemon type.