Pokemon GO: Play in Lanscape mode

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If you want to try playing Pokemon Go in another angle, you can force the game to play in landscape mode - playing horizontally instead of vertically. To enable this, you need to make sure you are holding the phone horizontally, before you start the following steps.

From the main map screen, tap the menu icon at the bottom to bring up the list of options, and tap on the Settings button at the top.

In the Settings screen, scroll down to “Report High-Priority Issue”. It will ask if you are sure you wish to proceed out of the game. Hit yes. Don’t worry, you won’t actually be reporting anything.

The game will open up the internet to load the page for reporting issues. Don’t wait for the page to load, and tap the home screen to return to your iPhone’s main screen. You should still be holding the phone horizontally.

Now, from the home screen, tap on the Pokemon Go App again. If all goes well, the page will stop loading and return to the setting menu - only this time the aspect ratio of the game will change to fit the landscape mode! Exit the setting to see the world in a much wider view!

Of course, this game doesn’t have an easy way to play the game in this mode for a reason. While the map looks great, you may run into some odd glitches and weird scaling in other menus, PokeStops, and especially catching pokemon and gym battles.

Gym screens may have trouble showing your list of pokemon correctly, though the battles themselves still work well.

As for wild pokemon - with the game struggling to show a different view, pokemon may be harder - or even impossible to catch if the camera zooms past them. AR mode will also make things different, but if you’re lucky, you may be able to orient yourself very close to a pokemon for an easy catch. Depending on these factors, pokemon may be easier or harder to catch, so use this mode at your own risk.

Of course, if you grow tired of this new format, simply quit the game and restart to change it back to its normal vertical format.

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