[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…

[image] Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO As an addition to our current system and to empower these Trainers, we’re adding Niantic-generated PokéStops in those areas to help them level up faster, become Wayfarer eligible sooner, and start nominating even more locations in their area for an even …

[image] ScrawnyMeowth1: This is also another case of the Wayfarer team going for the “forgiveness instead of permission” route with their announcements. To be fair, they don’t need to ask us permission. That also makes me wonder how much of this is actually from Wayfarer team vs a decision m…

[image] Gendgi: how much of this is actually from Wayfarer team vs a decision made by the PoGO team If that’s true, I’d like to retract my prior thanks to the Wayfarer team and instead extend them to the Pogo team, whose good decisions, per Tintino, might have a positive impact on Pikmin Bloo…

[image] Gendgi: Going back to PoGO, we’ll just sound like those ungrateful keepers of the keys that don’t want those rural players who apparently have an abundance of street corners to be able to play. We should sound better.) We want more pokéstops — especially for rural players — and we hav…

Hi @Gendgi , The auto-rejection will start next week. Testing New Wayspots in Pokémon GO What will happen if I submit an Edit to one of these Wayspots? Since we won’t be accepting any Edits to these Wayspots at this time, any submitted Edits will be auto-rejected starting next week. In the mean…

Thanks for the suggestions! I like this idea and will share it with the team.

Thanks for the question @holdthebeer . This is still an experiment so that is to be decided but generally speaking I agree with you. I think ideally they should be removed if and once a Wayfinder nominates a better, more interesting Wayspot in the area. I’ve shared this sentiment with the team …

[image] NianticTintino: the experiment is successful :pleading_face: [image] NianticTintino: launched in more countries. :star_struck: [image] NianticTintino: they should be removed :disappointed_face:

So many emotions in one post :sweat_smile:

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NianticTintino October 17, 2025, 3:58am 14

Hi @cyndiepooh, not at this stage but we are looking into this if the experiment is successful and launched in more countries.

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