A drone helps 'Pokémon Go' players play the GPS based augmented reality mobile game. (Photo : YouTube/CNET)
"Pokémon go" has lured almost every Android and iOS device owner into playing it since its launch. But then, there has been one drawback: Due to the requirements of its augmented reality feature, a Pokémon trainer must move around in the real world.
However, many "Pokémon Go" fans are not willing to do a lot of walking. They prefer using all sorts of cheats and tricks to circumvent the GPS requirements of the game. The most common include GPS spoofing, rooting, and jailbreaking devices.
Even better, some "Pokémon Go" enthusiasts have now come up with another way of playing the game effortlessly without moving around physically. The new trick employs a drone, a laptop, and control software.
According to Nerdist, the setup is relatively simple for any "Pokémon Go" player to try. One has to tape their phone to the drone and then use an app, such as AirDroid, to control their phone remotely using their laptop.
The drone is capable of travelling up to 1500 feet away from the player. To make it possible, a player should preferably use a Wi-Fi connection, failure to which, they would get inconsistent laptop-to-phone connection.
Unfortunately, there are various limitations for this setup. For example, 1500 feet might be the estimated maximum range of playing "Pokémon Go" using a drone and Wi-Fi. And so, players in cities and urban areas are the only ones in a better position to exploit this method of cheating.
Not to forget, many drones are further limited by battery life, with most of them barely reaching 30 minutes. A fleet of drones flying around the city in "Pokémon Go" missions would also become unsettling besides getting misused in prohibited spying.
Meanwhile, according to Wonder HowTo, as the "Pokémon Go" craze continues, more and more players are using location hacks to "Catch 'em all." Using GPS spoofing apps, players can trick "Pokémon Go" into thinking that they are in someplace that they are not.
The steps involved are installing a "spoofer," choosing one's location, and then proceeding into cheating. If one is afraid of the soft ban imposed by Niantic, they can use other "Pokémon Go" cheats like spoofing distance goals to hatch eggs.
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