28 Jun 2025, 15:08 UTC≈5,040 views80 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Bot shutdown
As previously announced, the bot will cease its activity next Monday, June 30.
New user registrations have already been disabled — that is, the /register command no longer works and now returns an informational message.
On Monday, most commands will stop working in the same way, responding with an informational message. Once the bot is no longer useful to you, we recommend removing it from your groups…
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1 May 2025, 15:31 UTC≈8,450 views135 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Bot shutdown
On June 30th, the @detectivepikachubot will cease its activity.
Why?
I’ve been maintaining the bot for 8 years, although I haven’t played the game for over 5 years. In recent years I’ve continued making updates and improvements, but I haven’t been able to keep up with the game’s changes, and the bot has gradually fallen behind.
The donations I received to cover maintenance costs are considered taxabl…
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9 Feb 2025, 10:21 UTC≈5,460 views1 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Need your help again, iPhone users!
In recent game versions, screen layout was slightly changed, and as a result, recognition of most iPhone screenshots is broken again. Yay 🔥🐶🔥.
Also, iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 16 Pro introduced last year have new screen sizes that also need these fixes to be applied. At least the 16 Pro Max was known to be broken from the beginning.
If you own any iPhone device, please help us…
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28 Dec 2024, 17:31 UTC≈5,320 viewsread 7 August 2026 Bot was down for the past 30 minutes. It is back online.
1 Sept 2024, 16:51 UTC≈8,040 views2 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Bot is going to be restarted to address an infrastructure issue, so it might be unresponsive for the next 3-4 minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Edit: The process is now complete, and the bot is available again.
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12 Aug 2024, 14:25 UTC≈7,730 views4 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Need your help, iPhone users!
In recent iPhone models, iOS and Pokémon GO versions, the screen layout has been adjusted to accommodate for the hole in this particular mobile phone screen, and as a result, the image recognition is not working as expected for some devices.
If you own an iPhone and you usually play Pokémon GO with it, please help us by filling out this form. Make sure to choose the iPhone and iOS vers…
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11 Aug 2024, 22:15 UTC≈5,630 views1 reactionsread 7 August 2026 🆕 Experimental support for groups with topics has been activated.
Until now, in groups where topics were enabled, the bot always created raids in the general topic.
Please note that the bot's code is extensive, and some minor issues may arise. If you're interested in testing it, report any problems in @detectivepikachuhelp, and I'll address them as soon as possible.
To activate this feature, an administrator simpl…
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29 Jun 2024, 08:00 UTC≈5,120 viewsread 7 August 2026 Elite Raid eggs screenshots didn't work because Niantic is using the Mega Legendaries egg instead. It has just been fixed and image recognition for these eggs work now.
19 Mar 2024, 11:22 UTC≈6,080 viewsread 7 August 2026 Bot was down due to a infrastructure problem for the last 40 minutes. It's up and running again.
25 Oct 2023, 11:45 UTC≈6,560 viewsread 7 August 2026 Bot is being restarted to fix a high load problem. Will be back in 2-3 minutes.
2 Apr 2023, 19:19 UTC≈7,260 views3 reactionsread 7 August 2026 The bot is restarting to apply some changes related to daylight saving time in some countries. It will be available again in a couple of minutes.
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1 Mar 2023, 07:34 UTC≈8,290 views0 reactionsread 7 August 2026 During the weekend the registrations were enabled intermittently. Since yesterday, they are permanently enabled again.
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