'Pokemon Go' latest patch prevents some Apple users from playing the game. (Photo : Getty Images/Robert Cianflone)
Game developer Niantic Labs has recently released a patch for the mobile gaming app "Pokemon Go" to help address game crashes and a security flaw. However, some Apple users became locked out of their game after the latest patch update.
The hugely popular mobile game "Pokemon Go" received its very first game update named patch 1.0.1 that was deployed on Tuesday, July 12. Niantic's patch notes indicate that the latest update will fix the game crashes that many players have experienced when the game was released. The smartphone version of the "Pokemon" game was launched on July 6 in select countries such as the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
The said update will also address a security flaw where the gaming app requested full access to a mobile user's Google account, Kotaku reported. With patch 1.0.1, Niantic has fixed the access scope of the game to limit its use of a gamer's Google account details.
Players will also no longer be asked to repeatedly enter their username and password after being forcibly logged out of the game. The developer has also resolved the game crashing issues and even enhanced the stability in the process of logging into a Pokemon Trainer Club account.
Apart from the security tweaks and increased stability of the game, Niantic has not added any new gameplay elements or features to "Pokemon Go." However, several reports have previously hinted that the game developer may soon introduce a Pokemon trading feature to the mobile game.
On the other hand, the patch may have helped to fix some of the mobile gaming app's issues but a few Apple users claimed that the latest update broke their game, The Verge reported. Some players posted on Reddit that patch 1.0.1 prevented them from logging into "Pokemon Go" through their Pokemon Trainer Club accounts.
However, players who used their Google accounts to play Niantic's game reportedly did not experience the same issue. It is still unclear if a new patch will soon be deployed to address the said concern. The game developer has yet to comment on the reported game bug, as indicated in the report.
Meanwhile, watch a trailer of "Pokemon Go" below:
