--- title: "Pokémon GO is Coming to the Apple Watch…Kind of" description: "Pokémon GO for Apple Watch was one of the surprises unveiled in Apple's event yesterday. The successful mobile game is braving the wearables market, and the Apple Watch is the first step." date: "2016-09-08" modified: "2016-11-29" authors: - name: "Dom Galeon" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon" url: "https://futurism.com/pokmon-go-is-coming-to-the-apple-watch-kind-of" categories: - "Future Society" - "Virtual Reality" tags: - "apple" - "apple watch 2" - "niantic" - "pokémon go" --- # Pokémon GO is Coming to the Apple Watch…Kind of ![]() *\Image: Alecsandru Grigoriu/Dribbble.com\* Pokémon GO is coming to Apple Watch! Well, sort of. It's coming to a smartwatch, anyways. Also, it's not *really* like the original game. You see, you can do everything you can in the regular Pokémon game...except actually catch Pokémon. You need your iPhone for that. But still, yes, Pokémon GO is coming to Apple Watch. Niantic CEO John Hanke finally confirmed it in yesterday's Apple event. ![Credits: Slash Gear]() *Credits: Slash Gear* Pokémon GO for the Apple Watch is designed, as Project Manager Tatsuo Nomura said in his [demo](), to help you be "the very best." You can monitor your daily walk or run, and check how many calories you are burning — all while trying to hatch a Pokémon egg and passing by PokéStops to stock up on supplies. Just be sure you're quick enough to whip your iPhone out when an interesting Pokémon pops out. And then you can continue to walk (or run) to try and hatch that egg. At the end of your set activity, a summary screen appears and it logs your total distance covered, calories burned, and items collected along the way. Niantic is also working on bringing the similar experience to non-iOS wearables in the market with the [Pokémon GO Plus](), set to be out later this month. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]()