How to make Pokémon GO work faster on your Android phone

The latest update of Pokémon GO for Android now allows to use the phone in split screen. And although it may not seem like it, this novelty has many more advantages than you can imagine.

First of all, we can keep the game open while using another app, such as WhatsApp.

In addition, many users are noticing improvements in phone performance and lower resource consumption.

Here we discuss in detail all the advantages of this option, which will make Pokémon GO work faster on your Android phone.

How does split screen work on Android?

If you have the latest version of Android, you will already know that there is the option to split the screen to use two applications at the same time.

If you use the mobile navigation bar to access open applications, you can select an app, hold down and drag it to the top of the screen . This enables the ability to use two apps at the same time.

Not all applications offer this possibility. Pokémon GO, in fact, has just incorporated it in its new update.

With split screen, it's much easier to handle two tasks at the same time, like writing on WhatsApp and watching a YouTube video .

How to make Pokémon GO work faster on your Android phone thanks to split screen

The latest update to Pokémon GO (version 0.71.0) for Android finally includes the ability to play in split screen. This is how we can see it in the screenshots of the first users with access to the application.

Image by user SimoDedo on Reddit.

The really funny thing is that the phone starts to work more smoothly. This is because Pokémon GO needs to work with a smaller part of the screen, so requires less processor resources.

This detail also translates into a reduction in battery consumption, so we can use the phone longer and even take advantage of much longer gaming moments . Also, the phone will not get as hot with Pokémon GO.

On the other hand, there are other advantages at the game level. In the Reddit forums, users comment that the game screen is "flattened", and pokéballs can be thrown further.

This is undoubtedly a great advantage when we have to face flying Pokémon. And it also works, in general, for any Pokémon that moves a lot in the distance.

What happens with split screen is that your finger travels less distance to throw, but the Pokéball comes out with much more force. The screen shows the in-game image flattened, but for practical purposes this is the same as your finger having traveled a lot more distance

Finally, remember that there are other ways to save battery life and reduce the consumption of phone resources:

• Within your Pokémon GO settings, make sure to turn on the battery saver option.
• Use the phone with low brightness so that the screen lighting consumes less energy.
• Disables music and sound effects within the Pokémon GO game. With this small tweak, the phone will also save a bit of power because it doesn't have to use speakerphone.