Niantic has decided to bring some changes to the Portal Network during this Coronavirus outbreak:

• For the Sojourner Medal, a Portal Recharge will count as a Portal Hack.
• Deploy of 2 L8 and 2 L7 Resonators will be allowed
• Portal cooldown reduced to 90 seconds
• Portal Hack burnout increased to 16 hacks

Stay safe, Agents!!

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/10095/temporary-in-game-changes-made-to-ingress/

@IUENG

The Ingress Mission Creation website has been fixed and moved by Niantic to this new URL

https://missions.ingress.com

Thanks @InvestigateXM, @Haikk1 and @Japo975 for the report!

@IUENG

Niantic has created a new centralised place to discuss all things about #NianticWayfarer, a dedicated forum!

You can find it here: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/

In this way, players of all Niantic games will discuss together about new locations of interest

@IUENG

Niantic clarifies that the Ingress Community will no longer be used for discussing Wayfarer, all the discussions, appeals etc. will now have to be done on the new Wayfarer forum.

Source: https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/comment/64#Comment_64

Thanks to @InvestigateXM for the link!

@IUENG

Agents, brace yourselves! Portal Scanning will roll out to all L16 and recursed Agents in the next Ingress Prime version!

Thanks @InvestigateXM for the report!

Source: https://twitter.com/brianrose/status/1241883185127948289

@IUENG

Agents, a new Ingress Prime version has been released by Niantic! Here is the Release Notes for Ingress Prime v2.43.3

• Feature: Added Sign in with Apple for iOS 13+ devices
• UI: Currently selected avatar is visible on Agent profile
• UI: Copying Agent stats to clipboard uses a share intent. Tap the Share button on the Agent profile to bring up the Android or iOS Share activity view
• UI: Show Mind Units (MU) gained from Field creation
• UI: Added an NIA filter for nearby Mission Day missions
• Bugfix: Fixed crash on startup on iOS 11
• Bugfix: Fixed crash on Android 5 and 6
• Bugfix: Reduced the map screen rotation when zooming in to a Portal to enter the Portal details screen
• Bugfix: Fixed media thumbnails on media Manage screen
• Bugfix: Fixed email settings checkboxes on the Settings menu
• Bugfix: Fixed the Claim a Portal objective during Ingress Agent Tutorial

Additional notes or known issues

• Portal Scanning will roll out to Level 16 and recursed Agents globally after all Agents have access to Ingress 2.43
• Sign in with Apple asks Agents to confirm their Apple ID at each login and after periods of inactivity
• Sign in with Apple is currently available on the Ingress app. Sign in with Apple on the Forum Community, Intel Map, and Mission creation websites is not currently available
• On Android, the Settings menu has a blank space above options to link a Facebook or a Google account

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/10143/ingress-2-43-3-release-notes

@IUENG

Niantic has started this awesome initiative on the Ingress Forum and their social media accounts!

Share with them the screenshot of your favourite Portal Key and explain why it holds a special place in your memories tagging the post with #myfaveportal.

You will be awarded a special passcode to share with a friend!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/2QMoBcN

@IUENG

Today, at 1 pm PST (8 pm UTC), fictoapp will release a sneak peek of the Ingress show! Ready to check how it is?

Source: https://twitter.com/fictoapp/status/1242999455902662657?s=19

Thanks to @InvestigateXM for the link!

More about Ficto: https://t.me/IUENG/5204

@IUENG

In an effort to bring the global Agent community together, NIA researchers have discovered a way to intercept the November Lima 1331X XM Detection Vehicle (NL-1331X) and temporarily transmit its avatar to all Agents via the Ingress Scanner.

Glyph hacking or recharging any Portal today will successfully mark your attendance at this virtual, global NL-1331X meetup, and advance the NL-1331 Meetups medal by one.

Keep your headphones on and share your SITREPs and photos on social with the #NL1331X hashtag

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/10255/get-ready-for-a-virtual-nl-1331-meetup

@IUENG

Additionally, new glyphs and sequences are appearing in the Scanner, this one translates to:

WANT - 1 - 3 - 3 - 1

and is definitely related with the NL-1331 Event we are experiencing.

Ph: @Galodaxj

@IUENG

Agents @DarkGodErebus and @InvestigateXM report that the Portal Scan feature has been enabled to all Agents L12+!

Enjoy this new option and help Niantic collect 3D pictures of the Portals (when it will be safe to do so)!

@IUENG

Agents @SrSaga and @TheRedegod have shared with us screenshots of the new item Niantic said will arrive in-game. It's called Apex and will double the AP Agents earn for 30 minutes.

As no announcement was released by the company yet, we do not know if the item is hackable or what will be its price on the in-app store. Stay tuned for more updates on this topic.

@IUENG

Agents are reporting that the new Apex Item can be obtained in level-up field kits. We are still waiting for an official announcement from Niantic.

Ph: @abhinavpw2

@IUENG

#Rumours #Teardown

Teardowns are back! Our colleagues at FevGames have reinstated their Ingress Prime Teardown series, and have found out some peculiar things about the newest release of the Scanner App, v2.43.4 (some are known by now, but it all still very interesting!).

• POI
Some code was noticed to implement "Sponsor Locations" in the game. It was already a thing in Ingress v1 (AXA, Lawson, ...), but their look may change in Ingress Prime. Some of you may already know them from that other game with Pocket Monsters...

• Apex Boost
Definitely not an April Fool, lots of curious lines of code regarding the first ever Player powerup (others were all just Portal powerups) but there will possibly be more since APEX is accompanied by BATTLEBEACON and BATTLEREWARD.

• Battles
That's right, recalling the last two powerups we mentioned earlier, the following strings were found in the application:
BattleBeaconInfo, BATTLE, WinnerTeam

Will this be related to Anomalies, will this battles be an everyday thing?

• Subscription
We've heard Niantic members saying to bring them ideas for subscription services in Ingress, and some strings were found that seem to lay down the foundations for those.

• Tweaks
EnableMapAvatarSound - Yup, the NL1331 van horn (which we all love so much, btw) makes use of this.
EnableResonatorNorthIndicator - You guys asked, Niantic may deliver soon!
EnableShowOtherMapAvatar - This one is way more interesting: seeing other Avatars on the map? Our colleagues at FevGames say they are not sure what that means. We dream, hope, pray that this is what we are thinking...

Check out the original article on FevGames' website. We are glad the series is finally back!

@IUENG

#NewItem #Apex

Resembling a SIM card, the new “Access Point exploit” — Apex — temporarily modifies the Ingress Scanner to multiply AP earned for 30 minutes.

At this time, we are releasing a temporarily amplified version of Apex 2X at launch that earns double AP for 30 minutes. In the future, new and different, variant versions of Apex 1.5X and Apex 1.25X may become available in the Store.

With Apex 2X equipped: deploy a Resonator (250 AP); install a Portal Mod (250 AP); destroy an enemy Resonator (150 AP).

While Apex is activated, a 30:00 minute timer is visible on the map screen. Returning to the Boost category of the inventory carousel allows Agents to extend Apex for an additional 30:00 minutes, up to 2:00:00 hours. (It isn’t possible to stack multiple Apex 2X concurrently for 4X AP.)

Please note that Apex are not hackable XM objects via the Portal Network. One Apex 2X will be added to each NEW ACCESS field kit when Agents level up (L2-8). Apex will also be available to all Agents in the Store.

For a limited time, four Apex will be available in the Store at 0 CMU to Agent accounts older than eight days starting today through April 9, giving Agents 2:00:00 hours of double AP.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/10284/apex-boost#latest

@IUENG

The default Prime avatar has been restored, and the NL-1331X avatar is now available via the Agent avatars screen for 5,000 CMU. (Ethan non included)

The NL-1331X wallpapers are available on Google Drive here: https://bit.ly/nl1331x-wallpapers

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/77712#Comment_77712

@IUENG

During the European night, Niantic has made more changes to Ingress to incentive playing from home.

• Recharging a Portal now earns 65AP
• Portal decay rate has been reduced to 5% a day from 15%
• Agents can now create 180 missions at https://missions.ingress.com

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/10302/temporary-changes-to-ingress-portal-decay-reduced-to-5-per-day

@IUENG

Agents, Ingress Prime V2.44.1 is on its way to your scanners!

Release Notes

• Feature: Enabled updated Sign in with Apple login method for iOS 13+ devices
• UI: Updated nearby Portal cards to only show when there are no Portals within 500m, and reduced to two nearby Portal cards
• UI: Increased visibility of Portals and Control Fields on the map screen
• UI: Added an indicator icon for northernmost Resonator slot on deploy screen
• UI: Added button to the Community at https://community.ingress.com from main menu
• Bugfix: Updated Mission Authoring Tool URL to https://missions.ingress.com
• Bugfix: Fixed softlock that sometimes occurred when recharging Portals
• Bugfix: Fixed avatar sometimes not displaying when viewing another Agent’s profile

Additional notes

• Sign in with Apple asks Agents to confirm their Face ID or password at each login and after periods of inactivity
• Sign in with Apple is currently available on the Ingress app on iOS 13+ devices only. Sign in with Apple on the web at Ingress websites is not currently available. Agents should be able to link a Google account to sign in to these tools
• On Android, the Settings menu has a blank space above options to link a Facebook or a Google account

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/10325/ingress-2-44-1-release-notes

@IUENG

#Rumours #Teardown

Ingress Prime Teardown - v2.44.1

Here are the news our friends at FevGames found out about the newest version of Ingress Prime, released to Agents today. Brace yourselves!

Battles
They are coming, and fast.

• New variables were added in the game:
comm_alert_your_portal_battle_beacon_deployed
comm_notification_battle_beacon_deployed
comm_header_deployed_battle_beacon
comm_preview_deployed_battle_beacon
comm_preview_finished_battle_beacon
which shows how battles will be announced on COMM, like Beacons or Frackers.

• Battle Beacons! (See attached picture, the two beacons combined) Much larger than regular beacons, might mirror the same functionality as Raid indicators in that game with Pocket Monsters. A NIA version of the beacon seems to exists, perhaps pointing to both player-made and NIA-generated Battles.

• Scoreboard and rounds are implemented: 6 rounds to be precise, with points per round. What is a round based on? It's not known (for now).

• Rewards (attached to the beacon) and a tutorial were found.


Capacity Rewards
The string InventoryCapacityReward was spotted in the game. Is this a reward for battles? Paid subscriptions mentioned in the previous teardown? One thing is certain: 2000 items may not be your constraint for long.

Thank you Fevenir and all of the folks at FevGames for this article, and thank you @InvestigateXM for combining the two beacons!

Source and full article we encourage you to read: https://fevgames.net/ingress-prime-apk-teardown-2-44-1/

@IUENG