Pikmin Bloomis Niantic’s newest AR Mobile game, and it has a big focus on encouraging players to get healthy by walking. Each planted seed has a set number of steps a player must achieve in order to grow another character. This is just one of the ways in which the game uses steps to unlock content.
AsPikmin Bloomis more of an exercise tool than a game, it becomes very challenging to play when it won’t count steps. Both Android and iOS users are encountering the issue, so this guide will provide aPikmin Bloomnot counting steps fix for both operating systems.
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How to Fix Not Counting Steps in Pikmin Bloom on Android
AlthoughPikmin Bloomcan be played with friends, it relies on individual steps registered from players on their Google Fit app on Android phones. This means there is sometimes a large delay in registering how many steps a user has taken. It can take a few hours for the two apps to update, butplayers can try and help sync the steps up quicker by restarting both apps, and restarting their phone.
Hopefully this fixes the problem and players can continue to play and discover new features, likethe detector inPikmin Bloom. However, if restarting doesn’t fix the problem, and players see their steps are tracking in the Google Fit app, but not in the game, they should thenmake sure their location, tracking, and battery settings are allowing the AR title to access their information.
Make sure battery saver mode is turned off, and then check the following settings.
Fixing Location Settings
How to Fix Not Counting Steps in Pikmin Bloom on iOS
Instead of Google Fit, iOS devices use the Apple Health app to track steps. Just like on Android, this can cause a slight delay between the Apple Health app registering its steps with the game.To speed this process up, players can restart both apps, and then their phone. If this works, players can finally start their journey and level up to unlock new features likeexpeditions inPikmin Bloom.
If this doesn’t work, and players notice the Apple Health app is counting steps, but notPikmin Bloom, they should thenmake sure their location, tracking, and battery settings are allowing the AR title to access their information.
Hopefully, futureAR Mobile games like the upcomingSpace Invaderswon’t have issues like these. For now, inPikmin Bloom,Make sure battery saver mode is turned off, and then check the following settings.
Fixing Apple Health Settings
Go to thePikmin Bloomapp in the settings menu and make sure Location is set to “Always”, and that Motion & Fitness, Background App Refresh, Mobile Data, and Allow Tracking are all toggled on.
Changing these settings should hopefully fix the not counting steps issue, and players can startearning free coins inPikmin Bloomby going for walks.
Pikmin Bloomis out now in most regions for Android and iOS Mobile devices.
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