#rumors
John Hanke, Niantic's CEO, published a tweet about one hour ago, featuring a picture of what looks like a pair of (smart?) glasses with Niantic branding on its frames. Niantic's partnership with Microsoft and their HoloLens department was already announced at the start of March, and the progress on their new mixed reality technology seems to be proceding swiftly!
"Exciting to see the progress we’re making to enable new kinds of devices that leverage our platform..."
Source: https://twitter.com/johnhanke/status/1376624749787242499
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John Hanke, Niantic's CEO, published a tweet about one hour ago, featuring a picture of what looks like a pair of (smart?) glasses with Niantic branding on its frames. Niantic's partnership with Microsoft and their HoloLens department was already announced at the start of March, and the progress on their new mixed reality technology seems to be proceding swiftly!
"Exciting to see the progress we’re making to enable new kinds of devices that leverage our platform..."
Source: https://twitter.com/johnhanke/status/1376624749787242499
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Ingress Updates [ENG]
Niantic has announced the New Global Virtual NL-1331 Meetup! Will start on Tuesday, March 30th 4PM UTC and will end Thursday, April 1st 4PM UTC. The following changes will be live for the duration of this Virtual Meetup: - Successfully Glyph hacking (Drone…
The Global Virtual NL-1331 Meetup starts now!
Remember to glyph hack a Portal to obtain one point on your NL-1331 Meetups badge and to select the default avatar in game to see it change to the NL-1331 avatar!
The Event will end on April 1st at 16:00 UTC!
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Remember to glyph hack a Portal to obtain one point on your NL-1331 Meetups badge and to select the default avatar in game to see it change to the NL-1331 avatar!
The Event will end on April 1st at 16:00 UTC!
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Niantic is aware of some issues in incrementing the NL-1331 medal and is trying to solve them. We will update this post once the issue is cleared.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/135750/#Comment_135750
Edit: the issue is now resolved and the event has been extended until April 1st @ 18:00 UTC
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Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/135750/#Comment_135750
Edit: the issue is now resolved and the event has been extended until April 1st @ 18:00 UTC
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Brian has opened a thread on the Community Forums where Agents can write to have their NL-1331 Meetups medal removed, after it was found to be awarded even with normal hacks.
⚠️ Please, only respond to this thread if you want your medal removed. Niantic probably runs an automatic script to remove the medal to everyone who commented under a thread no matter the content of their comment.
NL-1331 Meetups removal thread: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14253/nl-1331-meetup-medal-awarded-for-normal-hacks
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⚠️ Please, only respond to this thread if you want your medal removed. Niantic probably runs an automatic script to remove the medal to everyone who commented under a thread no matter the content of their comment.
NL-1331 Meetups removal thread: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14253/nl-1331-meetup-medal-awarded-for-normal-hacks
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The IUENG staff wishes to all our followers a serene and, most importantly, healthy Easter! 🐣
We know that this period cannot be the happiest for obvious reasons, but we hope you will at least be able to spend this holiday safely with your loved ones.
Ingress Agents celebrated Easter as well! For example, a group of 11 German Agents from both factions created this awesome X-Faction field art depicting an Easter Egg! According to their SITREP, posted on the Community Forum, the design took from Wednesday until Friday to complete, and it is still visible on the Intel Map! Congratulations and Happy Easter, Agents!
SITREP
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- @carlobolla, @GigaThunder and @GloomyQueen for @IUENG
We know that this period cannot be the happiest for obvious reasons, but we hope you will at least be able to spend this holiday safely with your loved ones.
Ingress Agents celebrated Easter as well! For example, a group of 11 German Agents from both factions created this awesome X-Faction field art depicting an Easter Egg! According to their SITREP, posted on the Community Forum, the design took from Wednesday until Friday to complete, and it is still visible on the Intel Map! Congratulations and Happy Easter, Agents!
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- @carlobolla, @GigaThunder and @GloomyQueen for @IUENG
Niantic announced a new global challenge: Hack the World!
From Friday, April 9th 16:00 UTC to Monday, April 12th 16:00 UTC, we will be required to hack 3,500,000 unique Portals cumulatively (drone hacks will count)! Reaching this goal will unlock bonuses for the following event, from Friday, April 23rd 16:00 UTC to Friday, April 30th 16:00 UTC.
During the Event Agents will have the following bonuses
-60 minutes 10 minutes cooldown time of Drone Mark l
- 2x AP for Glyph Hacking (Drone included)
- 100AP per hack on friendly Portals
Source: https://bit.ly/3rYTFFS
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From Friday, April 9th 16:00 UTC to Monday, April 12th 16:00 UTC, we will be required to hack 3,500,000 unique Portals cumulatively (drone hacks will count)! Reaching this goal will unlock bonuses for the following event, from Friday, April 23rd 16:00 UTC to Friday, April 30th 16:00 UTC.
During the Event Agents will have the following bonuses
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- 2x AP for Glyph Hacking (Drone included)
- 100AP per hack on friendly Portals
Source: https://bit.ly/3rYTFFS
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Due to a temporary error (now resolved, no hacks lost) in the new event's profile metric, Hack The World has been extended to end on Monday, April 12th at 18:00 UTC!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14366/coming-soon-hack-the-world-weekend-event
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Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14366/coming-soon-hack-the-world-weekend-event
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Niantic published the release notes for Ingress Prime v2.69.1. This one is a big one!
After a long wait, the COMM should now open the most recent update first, without jumping to the oldest update when a new alert or activity comes in.
Additionally, the Layers button has been updated with a temporary placeholder for an upcoming new Layer, and a "Refresh" button has been added in the Subscription section of the Settings to help Agents who might be seeing an account-specific issue with their C.O.R.E. renewal.
Finally, Portal Scans on iOS should no longer softlock the app after tapping Upload Now or Upload Later.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14421/ingress-2-69-1-release-notes
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After a long wait, the COMM should now open the most recent update first, without jumping to the oldest update when a new alert or activity comes in.
Additionally, the Layers button has been updated with a temporary placeholder for an upcoming new Layer, and a "Refresh" button has been added in the Subscription section of the Settings to help Agents who might be seeing an account-specific issue with their C.O.R.E. renewal.
Finally, Portal Scans on iOS should no longer softlock the app after tapping Upload Now or Upload Later.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14421/ingress-2-69-1-release-notes
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Some Agents already have received the latest Ingress update. In this picture we can see that the fourth Layer added to the game will be involving DroneNet. It is currently unknown if visits or hacks will be highlighted. Stay tuned for further updates!
Ph: @InvestigateXM
P.S. First reports say that the COMM fix is actually working!
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P.S. First reports say that the COMM fix is actually working!
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According to the in-game News section, we have reached 39.6% of the 3.5M unique hacks goal in the Hack the Planet Event!
Keep it up, Agents!
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Keep it up, Agents!
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We are now slightly less than two thirds of the way to the objective, 64.4% precisely! Let's keep pushing towards those 3.5M unique hacks!
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We have made it! Agents hacked 3.598.653 unique portals during the Hack the Planet global event!
Bonus rewards have been unlocked for the next Event, starting on April 23rd at 16:00 UTC!
• Damage of Level 4 through 6 XMP Bursters increased by 1 level
• 2X AP for Link and Field destroy
• 100AP per Portal Recharge
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Bonus rewards have been unlocked for the next Event, starting on April 23rd at 16:00 UTC!
• Damage of Level 4 through 6 XMP Bursters increased by 1 level
• 2X AP for Link and Field destroy
• 100AP per Portal Recharge
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Niantic has announced a new sustainability campaign on their blog, with in-game benefits for Ingress!
The company is inviting players and community members to join their efforts in supporting our planet. This year, the spotlight is shining on the big impact that intentional, individual actions can make on combating climate change and caring for our planet in sustainable ways.
This is how you can take part in the event!
Step 1
Choose either one of these activities:
• Take care of your community
• Plant a tree, shrub or native plants
• Get outside and pick up trash
• Build a Bee Hotel
• Adopt a new sustainability practice:
• Commute Sustainably
• Become a DIY expert
• Choose reusable over disposable
• Help out a local cause focused on sustainability:
• Support a local cause
• Volunteer your time
• Learn about your local Environment
(Niantic will donate 5000$ to the three non-profit organizations who get tagged the most in social posts!)
Step 2
From April 20th @ 18:00 UTC to April 23rd @ 23:59 UTC, record your sustainability actions and share them on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and tag @NianticLabs!
Step 3
Enjoy your rewards from April 23rd @ 16:00 UTC to April 26th @ 16:00 UTC!
• Tier 1 (2500 participating players)
2x hack rate of Heatsinks, Multihacks, Shields (all rarity) and Power Cubes (all levels including Hyper Cubes)
• Tier 2 (5000 participating players)
Tier 1 bonus + 2x AP on deployed Resonators
• Tier 3 (10000 participating players)
Tier 1&2 bonus + 2x AP on destroyed Resonators
We're grateful for this awesome initiative from Niantic to help make our Earth a livable place for generations to come with little daily actions that can make the difference! Let's heal the planet together!
Detailed info and source: https://nianticlabs.com/sustainability-campaign#community
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The company is inviting players and community members to join their efforts in supporting our planet. This year, the spotlight is shining on the big impact that intentional, individual actions can make on combating climate change and caring for our planet in sustainable ways.
This is how you can take part in the event!
Step 1
Choose either one of these activities:
• Take care of your community
• Plant a tree, shrub or native plants
• Get outside and pick up trash
• Build a Bee Hotel
• Adopt a new sustainability practice:
• Commute Sustainably
• Become a DIY expert
• Choose reusable over disposable
• Help out a local cause focused on sustainability:
• Support a local cause
• Volunteer your time
• Learn about your local Environment
(Niantic will donate 5000$ to the three non-profit organizations who get tagged the most in social posts!)
Step 2
From April 20th @ 18:00 UTC to April 23rd @ 23:59 UTC, record your sustainability actions and share them on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #SustainableWithNiantic and tag @NianticLabs!
Step 3
Enjoy your rewards from April 23rd @ 16:00 UTC to April 26th @ 16:00 UTC!
• Tier 1 (2500 participating players)
2x hack rate of Heatsinks, Multihacks, Shields (all rarity) and Power Cubes (all levels including Hyper Cubes)
• Tier 2 (5000 participating players)
Tier 1 bonus + 2x AP on deployed Resonators
• Tier 3 (10000 participating players)
Tier 1&2 bonus + 2x AP on destroyed Resonators
We're grateful for this awesome initiative from Niantic to help make our Earth a livable place for generations to come with little daily actions that can make the difference! Let's heal the planet together!
Detailed info and source: https://nianticlabs.com/sustainability-campaign#community
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Some terrible news has reached us in the last minutes. Ingress Agent @arcole84, respected and loved by both factions has sadly passed away.
His friends remember him as always happy, wearing a smile and a good nature. Everyone who crossed is path had the chance to share a good time with him. The community loses a friend, a good man, a loving husband, father and grandfather, and sends a particularly kind thought to her inseparable speedy84 and their family.
Given the current restrictions, the Agents closest to him thought about lighting as many beacons as possible on Saturday 17th of April, 12 pm UTC. "Because even if we can't be together irl, we can reunite one last time and light up the sky in memory of our friend Alain."
We send our deepest condolences to his friends and family. May his memory be a blessing.
All the screenshot and eulogies can be sent in this chat.
Beacon Map
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His friends remember him as always happy, wearing a smile and a good nature. Everyone who crossed is path had the chance to share a good time with him. The community loses a friend, a good man, a loving husband, father and grandfather, and sends a particularly kind thought to her inseparable speedy84 and their family.
Given the current restrictions, the Agents closest to him thought about lighting as many beacons as possible on Saturday 17th of April, 12 pm UTC. "Because even if we can't be together irl, we can reunite one last time and light up the sky in memory of our friend Alain."
We send our deepest condolences to his friends and family. May his memory be a blessing.
All the screenshot and eulogies can be sent in this chat.
Beacon Map
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Niantic just announced a new feature for Ingress Prime: Hackstreak!
With this feature, Agents will be able to earn bonus items and AP through hacking Portals each day, with the highest bonus available after 7 straight days of hacking.
The streak resets on completion of the 7-day series and if a day is skipped. Drone hacks do not count towards the new feature.
For the first 6 days, the first hack in a day will award +500 AP and provide double item output. The 7th day will award1000 AP and 3X item output on the first hack.
Alongside the new Hackstreak feature, the new Epoch medal (photo) will be added to the scanners with the following tiers:
• Bronze: 2 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Silver: 4 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Gold: 8 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Platinum: 30 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Onyx: 60 Full Hackstreak cycles
Source and full details: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14594/get-hacking-with-hackstreak
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With this feature, Agents will be able to earn bonus items and AP through hacking Portals each day, with the highest bonus available after 7 straight days of hacking.
The streak resets on completion of the 7-day series and if a day is skipped. Drone hacks do not count towards the new feature.
For the first 6 days, the first hack in a day will award +500 AP and provide double item output. The 7th day will award
Alongside the new Hackstreak feature, the new Epoch medal (photo) will be added to the scanners with the following tiers:
• Bronze: 2 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Silver: 4 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Gold: 8 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Platinum: 30 Full Hackstreak cycles
• Onyx: 60 Full Hackstreak cycles
Source and full details: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14594/get-hacking-with-hackstreak
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Did you miss your chance at a NL-1331 Birthday Kit?
Not to worry! The dearest Agent @Ishira is giving away some codes from those kits on her social media pages (and forums)!
Look her up in the main social networks and drop her a follow!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14618/code-give-away/
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Not to worry! The dearest Agent @Ishira is giving away some codes from those kits on her social media pages (and forums)!
Look her up in the main social networks and drop her a follow!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14618/code-give-away/
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An interesting thread was lately opened on the Community Forums. Agent @Hier0nimus created a fanmade community game based on Ingress Prime: the "Glyphmaster" cardgame!
Here is a brief description he provided on the Forum post.
"In Ingress Prime an agent needs to glyphhack portals to recieve items. The glyphs can have more than 130 different shapes. To learn those shapes, and so master glyphhacking, this cardgame has the objective to give agents the opportunity to learn all the different glyphs (shapes) in a fun way that can be done solo or against another agent or even against multiple agents."
Glyphmaster is completely free! Links to the download and the rules are available at https://www.glyphmastercardgame.com/
You can also leave your feedback on the game on the Forum thread (go leave a like!) or on the game's website.
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Here is a brief description he provided on the Forum post.
"In Ingress Prime an agent needs to glyphhack portals to recieve items. The glyphs can have more than 130 different shapes. To learn those shapes, and so master glyphhacking, this cardgame has the objective to give agents the opportunity to learn all the different glyphs (shapes) in a fun way that can be done solo or against another agent or even against multiple agents."
Glyphmaster is completely free! Links to the download and the rules are available at https://www.glyphmastercardgame.com/
You can also leave your feedback on the game on the Forum thread (go leave a like!) or on the game's website.
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Niantic announced the new Matryoshka Event!
Starting from April 23rd at 4PM UTC to April 30th at 4PM UTC, Agents will be able to create Links and Fields under already existing Control Fields!
Links will still be unable to cross each other.
Additionally, the following will be activated during the event:
• "Matryoshka Links" metric in the Agent Profile
• 2x AP for Links and Fields creation
• Kinetic Capsule Program distance reduced to 4km
And the bonuses from the latest global challenge:
• Damage of Level 4 through 6 XMP Bursters increased by 1 level
• 2X AP for Link and Field destroy
• 100AP per Portal Recharge
On top of all this, Agents will be able to obtain bonuses from their actions in support of Niantic's Sustainability Campaign. Those will be active from April 23rd @ 16:00 UTC to April 26th @ 16:00 UTC. More details in our previous post.
Finally, the following will be available for purchase in the in-app store:
• 1 Common Heat Sink (100 CMU)
• 1 Apex (1000 CMU)
• 1 Portal Fracker (2000 CMU)
• SoftBank Program Bundle (0 CMU, one per Agent): 1x SBUL, 3x Rare Link Amp, 3x L4 XMP, 3x L4 Resonator
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14647/coming-soon-matryoshka-event
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Starting from April 23rd at 4PM UTC to April 30th at 4PM UTC, Agents will be able to create Links and Fields under already existing Control Fields!
Links will still be unable to cross each other.
Additionally, the following will be activated during the event:
• "Matryoshka Links" metric in the Agent Profile
• 2x AP for Links and Fields creation
• Kinetic Capsule Program distance reduced to 4km
And the bonuses from the latest global challenge:
• Damage of Level 4 through 6 XMP Bursters increased by 1 level
• 2X AP for Link and Field destroy
• 100AP per Portal Recharge
On top of all this, Agents will be able to obtain bonuses from their actions in support of Niantic's Sustainability Campaign. Those will be active from April 23rd @ 16:00 UTC to April 26th @ 16:00 UTC. More details in our previous post.
Finally, the following will be available for purchase in the in-app store:
• 1 Common Heat Sink (100 CMU)
• 1 Apex (1000 CMU)
• 1 Portal Fracker (2000 CMU)
• SoftBank Program Bundle (0 CMU, one per Agent): 1x SBUL, 3x Rare Link Amp, 3x L4 XMP, 3x L4 Resonator
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14647/coming-soon-matryoshka-event
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The release notes for the new Ingress Prime version have been released! v2.70.1 should come to your scanner in the next few days.
In this version, the team focused on fixing the Kinetic Capsules, which now remain open to run a new Program after claiming an Item from them.
In addition, good news for Chinese Agents: the translations for capturing and losing Scout Controller status have been switched to show the correct ones.
Finally, the team is aware of an issue with the "Activities" tab in COMM, which shows the oldest update first when entering via the Map Screen preview. A temporary workaround is to fiddle with the distance slider or to enter the comm by swiping the main menu button to the right.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14690/ingress-2-70-1-release-notes
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In this version, the team focused on fixing the Kinetic Capsules, which now remain open to run a new Program after claiming an Item from them.
In addition, good news for Chinese Agents: the translations for capturing and losing Scout Controller status have been switched to show the correct ones.
Finally, the team is aware of an issue with the "Activities" tab in COMM, which shows the oldest update first when entering via the Map Screen preview. A temporary workaround is to fiddle with the distance slider or to enter the comm by swiping the main menu button to the right.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/14690/ingress-2-70-1-release-notes
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Ingress 2.70.1 Release Notes
Bug Fixes • Fixed: After claiming an item from a Kinetic Capsule Program, the Kinetic Capsule remains open to run a new Program. • Fixed:
During the European night, Niantic announced an update to their merchandising shop in preparation for the summer. At the same time, though, they announced that, starting on May 1st at 11:59 pm PDT, the Niantic store will stop servicing the EMEA and APAC regions.
Source: https://twitter.com/NianticLabs/status/1387889443147816970
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Source: https://twitter.com/NianticLabs/status/1387889443147816970
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Agents around the world are reporting that Scout Controller Bonus Portals might have shifted!
We're currently looking for more reports to confirm this. Leave a comment if you can see the same on your scanner!
The shift has been confirmed by the community!
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The shift has been confirmed by the community!
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