Niantic published the results for the Erased Memories Skirmishes in the AMER Region!
Scores below include the number of Shards or Beacon Points scored in parentheses

Shard Skirmishes
🇺🇸 Eugene, OR, USA
ENL 4.0 (8) - (9) 4.5 RES
🇺🇸 Boise, ID, USA
ENL 2.0 (4) - (16) 8.0 RES
🇺🇸 Orem, UT, USA
ENL 12.0 (24) - (1) 0.5 RES
🇲🇽 Merida, Mexico
ENL 0.5 (1) - (21) 10.5 RES
🇺🇸 San Antonio, TX, USA
ENL 11.5 (23) - (0) 0.0 RES
🇸🇻 San Salvador, El Salvador
ENL 0.0 (0) - (8) 4.0 RES
🇺🇸 Sioux Falls, SD, USA
ENL 10.0 (2) - (2) 1.0 RES
🇨🇦 Winnipeg, MB, Canada
ENL 5.5 (11) - (10) 5.0 RES
🇺🇸 Burlington, VT, USA
ENL 5.5 (11) - (12) 6.0 RES
🇪🇨 Guayaquil, Ecuador
ENL 3.0 (6) - (13) 6.5 RES
🇧🇴 La Paz, Bolivia
ENL 8.0 (16) - (2) 1.0 RES
🇧🇷 Belém, Brazil
ENL 4.5 (9) - (5) 2.5 RES
🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
ENL 0.5 (1) - (18) 9.0 RES

Beacon Skirmishes
🇧🇷 Fortaleza, Brazil
ENL 4.1 (217) - (401) 7.5 RES
🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay
ENL 8.5 (453) - (244) 4.6 RES
🇨🇱 Talca, Chile
ENL 6.5 (345) - (270) 5.1 RES
🇨🇴 Bogotá, Colombia
ENL 5.9 (317) - ( 311) 5.8 RES
🇨🇦 Hamilton, ON, Canada
ENL 9.0 (480) - (192) 3.6 RES
🇨🇦 Kamloops, BC, Canada
ENL 6.1 (325) - (311) 5.8 RES

TOTAL SCORE
ENL 107.1 - 90.9 RES

🟢 The Enlightened lead the first round of Erased Memories Skirmishes in the AMER Region.

Series Score
ENL 390.6 - 307.4 RES

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-erasedmem-results

@IUENG

The anniversary celebrations for Year 12 have ended! Niantic has taken a snapshot of your agent profile and will distribute the Year 12 anniversary medal according to your level shortly.

As a reminder, these are the requirements for each tier:

- Bronze: L3
- Silver: L9
- Gold: L13
- Platinum: L15
- Onyx: L16 or Recursed

⚠ Note: In the past, the anniversary badges have been distributed in waves, sorted by tiers. It is likely that it'll be the same this year, starting with Onyx and going down towards the lower tiers. If you see that others have already gotten their higher tiered medal, don't worry, it'll just take a bit until it reaches you. Niantic should start and finish distribution in the next 24 hours, if past years are any indication.

@IUENG

The Year 12 anniversary badge, Catalyst, is being distributed to Agents as we speak! Show off your medal and share a screenshot in the comments!

(Reminder: The badge is being distributed in waves. If you haven't received yours yet, give it a bit more time.)

@IUENG

Niantic has revealed the design of the Sarah Coppola 2024 medal!

The medal will be available for sale starting from December 13th for 30,800 CMU together with an assortment of other items. It will stay on sale together with the Christopher Brand 2024 medal and the Klue 2016 medal (which will be on sale from Nov. 30th) until the end of the year, December 31st.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-erasedmem#iap

@IUENG

After a bug in yesterdays rollout of the Y13 Y12 medal which resulted in some eligible Agent not receiving it, Niantic is currently in the process of re-issuing the medal after fixing the bug. If you have been affected you should be credited the anniversary medal soon!

Ph: @SmurfHunter
Source: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NianticOfficial/835

EDIT: Everyone should have gotten their medals now! If you still haven't gotten yours you will need to open a support ticket so Niantic can manually push it.

Source: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NianticOfficial/836

@IUENG

The rewards for the Wayfarer Edit Challenge are currently being distributed! An important note about the OPR Live badge tick:

⚠ The +1 for OPR Live is NOT automatically added to your account. You MUST redeem the passcodes from the mail to recieve the badge tick.

This also means that if you don't redeem the passcodes until January 31th, after which the codes expire, you will lose the badge tick.

Currently, Agents that also play Pokemon GO and who qualify for Wayfarer there should have gotten their rewards per mail. If you are playing Ingress only then the email with the rewards are still pending, so don't worry if you haven't received yours yet.

@IUENG

Niantic published the results for the Erased Memories Skirmishes in the APAC Region!
Scores below include the number of Shards or Beacon Points scored in parentheses

Shard Skirmishes
🇦🇺 Wollongong, Australia
ENL 4.5 (9) - (10) 5.0 RES
🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea
ENL 0.0 (0) - (25) 12.5 RES
🇯🇵 Fukushima, Japan
ENL 7.5 (15) - (5) 2.5 RES
🇯🇵 Sasebo, Japan
ENL 3.5 (7) - (11) 5.5 RES
🇯🇵 Toyama, Japan
ENL 5.5 (11) - (6) 3.0 RES
🇲🇾 Ipoh, Malaysia
ENL 6.5 (13) - (9) 4.5 RES
🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
ENL 0.5 (1) - (22) 11.0 RES
🇵🇭 Naga, Philippines
ENL 9.5 (19) - (6) 3.0 RES
🇮🇩 Parepare, Indonesia
ENL 0.5 (1) - (17) 8.5 RES
🇦🇺 Perth, Australia
ENL 0.0 (0) - (20) 10.0 RES
🇹🇭 Pattaya City, Thailand
ENL 4.5 (9) - (13) 6.5 RES
🇮🇳 Lucknow, India
ENL 3.0 (6) - (9) 4.5 RES
🇱🇰 Matara, Sri Lanka
ENL 3.5 (7) - (11) 5.5 RES

Beacon Skirmishes
🇳🇿 Dunedin, New Zealand
ENL 6.5 (344) - (260) 4.9 RES
🇯🇵 Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
ENL 8.9 (472) - (171) 3.2 RES
🇯🇵 Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
ENL 2.7 (144) - (514) 9.6 RES
🇹🇼 Keelung City, Taiwan
ENL 11.5 (613) - (77) 1.4 RES
🇮🇩 Manado City, Indonesia
ENL 4.2 (224) - (452) 8.5 RES
🇮🇩 Bandung, Indonesia
ENL 4.4 (236) - (338) 6.3 RES

TOTAL SCORE
ENL 87.1 - 116.0 RES

🔵 The Resistance leads the second round of Erased Memories Skirmishes in the APAC Region.

Series Score
ENL 477.7 - 423.4 RES

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-erasedmem-results

@IUENG

Niantic has released a new update to Ingress, v2.155.1.

The change log lists no notable modifications in this version, save for an update to the Niantic platform and some not-better-specified bugfixes.

Agents who already received the update are reporting that, just like with Pokémon Go, the "Report Invalid Portal" menu has been updated to allow the input of a supporting statement for Niantic! For example, if you use Scaniverse you can add a link to a scan which shows the status of the reported portal to the text box.

The update is rolling out to Agents at the time of writing this post.

@IUENG

The rewards for the Edit Wayfarer Challenge are currently being distributed to Ingress-only players! Check your emails and make sure to redeem your codes by January 31st, 2025.

⚠️ If you have reached Tier 3 of the individual rewards, you MUST redeem the corresponding code to receive the +1 tick for the OPR Live medal. If you don't redeem the code before it expires the point will be lost.

@IUENG

Niantic announced an unscheduled meetup with NL-1331 in California, USA! 🇺🇸

The XM Research Vehicle will be at Hennessey's Tavern in Laguna Beach on December 7th from 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM for an afternoon of fun with local Ingress team members during the Field Test: Shards event! If you are nearby, we recommend you don't miss this chance, but remember: the driver carries no XM!

⚠ The event denoscription reads:

"There is no Field Test: Shards medal, but you'll help our Ingress team test new server infrastructure to support Shards at future events."

In addition, you'll also be able to attend a Mission Day as well as a First Saturday event! Check out the RSVP page below for more information.

RSVP: https://lu.ma/9l0mh30q

Source: https://news.1rj.ru/str/NianticOfficial/839

@IUENG

Niantic has published the final results for the third round of Skirmishes in the EMEA region!

Shard Skirmishes
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
ENL 9.0 (18) - (1) 0.5 RES
🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland
ENL 0.5 (1) - (20) 10.0 RES
🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark
ENL 3.0 (6) - (15) 7.5 RES
🇵🇱 Białystok, Poland
ENL 3.0 (6) - (15) 7.5 RES
🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
ENL 2.0 (4) - (15) 7.5 RES
🇮🇹 Caserta, Italy
ENL 7.0 (14) - (6) 3.0 RES
🇪🇸 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
ENL 3.0 (6) - (15) 7.5 RES
🇭🇺 Kecskemét, Hungary
ENL 0.5 (1) - (13) 6.5 RES
🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Norway
ENL 0.0 (0) - (20) 10.0 RES
🇪🇸 Málaga, Spain
ENL 8.0 (16) - (4) 2.0 RES
🇫🇷 Rennes, France
ENL 7.0 (14) - (5) 2.5 RES
🇦🇹 Salzburg, Austria
ENL 4.5 (9) - (11) 5.5 RES
🇸🇪 Västerås, Sweden
ENL 9.0 (18) - (3) 1.5 RES
🇵🇹 Coimbra, Portugal
ENL 0.5 (1) - (21) 10.5 RES
🇮🇪 Cork, Ireland
ENL 2.0 (4) - (19) 9.5 RES
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ENL 5.5 (11) - (4) 2.0 RES
🇬🇧 Oxford, United Kingdom
ENL 2.5 (5) - (15) 7.5 RES

Beacon Skirmishes
🇧🇬 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
ENL 8.5 (453) - (194) 3.6 RES
🇫🇷 Marseille, France
ENL 4.5 (241) - (427) 8.0 RES

TOTAL SCORE
ENL 80.0 - 112.6 RES

🔵 The Resistance leads the Erased Memories Skirmishes in the EMEA Region!

The series score at the moment is:
ENL 557.7 - 536.0 RES

@IUENG

🎄The Hackvent Calendar is back!

Agents! As is tradition in the festivities season, the lovely folks behind the Hackvent Calendar need the help of all you Elves and Imps around the world to fight Anti-Claus!

"Christmas is approaching, and so is Anti-Claus. We have reasons to assume he has evil plans again. Get your to-do lists ready and be prepared to add whatever is takes to defeat him.

Join forces with agents all across the globe - together, we can win.

Let's save christmas again!"

Every day for 24 days, a new daily task will be available for completion!

Interested in learning more and participating?

Check out the Hackvent Calendar website or Telegram Channel!

@IUENG

A review of Ingress in 2024 by Brian Rose

In a reflective note, the producer of Ingress shared how 2024 transformed the game through Daily Bounties and Global Campaigns, in an attempt to drive daily play by veterans while helping new Agents learn the mechanics of Ingress. The team's focus on accessible daily tasks proved successful in making the game more approachable while maintaining depth.

Looking ahead, Dec 7 marks the testing of new XM Shard server infrastructure, while scanner optimizations planned to ship soon, promise faster startup times. Rose emphasized that while technical improvements enable events, it's the agent community that truly powers Ingress, closing with hopes for creating more memories together.

Read the full article at https://note.com/brianrose/n/nd12cc6deb942

@IUENG

🗓 Keep track of the new year with this awesome Ingress-themed Calendar!

We are thrilled to share the latest creation from our dear friend @MrChics! As 2025 approaches, they've created an unofficial Ingress Calendar, picturing some of the most beautiful Portals all around the global Portal Network, with submissions coming from Agents of the Ingress Community.

As sometimes shipping a finished product can be expensive, MrChics decided to make this project accessible by releasing the PDF files for the calendar for free, so that everyone can print it freely at home or with your local vendors.
Of course, if you'd like, you can decide to donate something to the creator, to help him continue his invaluable work for our community! Paypal is accepted to antonio.chico{at}gmail.com!

You may find the high-resolution version of the calendar at this link. We'll also post the "light" version in the comments of this post.

A big thank you to Agent MrChics for his great work and to all Agents who contributed to this calendar by sharing their pictures! 💚💙

@IUENG

We are receiving reports of a particular e-mail being sent out to some Ingress Agents.

In these e-mail, the recipient is invited to sign up to the Wayfarer Explorer - VPS Activator Pilot, described as an "opportunity to elevate your scanning and exploring experiences".
Chosen Agents, who have been selected by their "outstanding track record in scanning" and "as a reward to their contributions to the Wayfarer community", will be granted additional rights to activate VPS points of interest making them interactable via the AR features of Niantic games.

By scouring the sign-up form, we can observe that participants will be expected to submit 10 scans for each Activation Request filed, Niantic will not check the amount of scans submitted and Participants are expected to follow this requirement in good faith. Participants who do not meet this requirement can be removed from the Pilot at Niantic's discretion.

We are looking into more information about the VPS Activator Pilot and we'll keep you updated as more details emerge.
Many thanks to Agents @arda0413 and @boffeliten!

@IUENG

The playboxes for 🇯🇵 Meiji Park, Tokyo, Japan and 🇺🇸 Laguna Beach, California, USA are online.

These locations will host an impromptu live test of the new server infrastructure for Shards on Dec 7th. As such, no Medal or other award will be distributed, but Factions may have activated a registration site for participants: we advise to ask your local leaders for more information if you plan to participate and help Niantic make the game better for all!

@IUENG

More details around the VPS Activator Pilot have reached us!

Agents that have been accepted into the program report that it is currently scheduled to run until January 13, 2025. Depending on the result of this pilot, it may be reconducted or incorporated more broadly into Wayfarer in the future.

Participants of the pilot can request up to 10 VPS activations per day with a global limit of 500 activations per day across all users. Niantic asks Agents to maintain a reasonable ratio between submitting scans and requesting VPS activations (likely the 10 scans per 1 activation request as mentioned in the application form) as they want to gauge if this ratio is reasonable.

Have you been accepted into the program? Share your experiences and feedback in a special forum section on the Wayfarer Community Forums, visible only to participants. You'll find a link to it in the second mail Niantic sent you confirming that you have been accepted. Note that Niantic is asking you to refrain from sharing your experiences and thoughts publicly with anyone not part of the pilot!

@IUENG

The Events section of the Intel map is now active!

Using the Events tab will show you the events with a confirmed start date that are also currently shown in the Campaign tab in the Scanner. As of right now this only includes the Second Sunday, but should show the upcoming 2sDay and the second round of the Bounty Blitz once their start time is added as well. You can add these events into your Google Calendar as well with a simple click!

Note that there seems to be a bug which prevents some Agents from viewing the Events page due to a misconfiguration involving time zones when trying to access the page. You can use this link in the meantime, but note that the times shown are UTC, not local time.

@IUENG

Niantic has published the name of the Anomaly Series for Q1 2025! The new series will be called +Alpha!

Along with this announcement, the full schedule of Ingress Events in Q1 2025 has been published!

January
4th: #IngressFS
12th: #Ingress2S
18th - February 2nd: +Alpha Global Campaign (This event awards the 2-tiered +Alpha Campaign Medal)
29th - 31st: Year of the Snake celebrations

February
1st: #IngressFS
9th: #Ingress2S
15th: 🇯🇵 XM Anomaly in Yokosuka, Japan (Awards the +Alpha Anomaly Medal)
22nd: 🇺🇸 XM Anomaly in Tucson, AZ, USA (Awards the +Alpha Anomaly Medal)

March
1st: #IngressFS
1st: +Alpha Skirmish - EMEA region (Awards the +Alpha Anomaly Medal)
8th: +Alpha Skirmish - APAC region (Awards the +Alpha Anomaly Medal)
9th: #Ingress2S
15th: +Alpha Skirmish - AMER region (Awards the +Alpha Anomaly Medal)
22nd: 🇮🇹 XM Anomaly in Naples, Italy (Awards the +Alpha Anomaly Medal)

Finally, the locations for Q2 2025 XM Anomalies have been published!
May 17th 2025: 🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines and 🇺🇸 Providence, RI, USA
June 14th 2025: 🇦🇺 Perth, Australia and 🇩🇪 Chemnitz, Germany

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2025-q1-events

@IUENG

Niantic has released Update 2.156.2 into the App Stores!

As already teased by Brian, the render pipeline of the scanner has been improved which should result in a faster start up time when opening the app as well as general performance improvements. First reports by Agents indicate that the improvements are noticeable.

Interestingly, the app icon which has been changing for every anomaly season since the Echo Anomaly series has been changed back to the standard purple app icon instead of being given a new look for the +Alpha Anomaly series.

@IUENG

Alex, a Technical Artist for Ingress, shares details about a significant graphics update in Scanner version 2.156.1. The update upgrades the game’s rendering system to Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline (URP), focusing on performance optimization, stability, and reduced battery usage. Key improvements include:

🔸 Performance Enhancements:
- Optimized lighting and rewritten shaders to reduce processing overhead.
  - Updated rendering assets to disable unnecessary features like shadows and minimize post-processing.
  - Applied object pooling for better map performance.
  - Adjusted animations for faster app startup and interactions (e.g., faster drone moves and profile loading).

🔸Native Refresh Rate:
  - Devices now render at their native frame rate for better battery life and reduced overhead, leveraging native APIs like Metal on iOS.

🔸Results:
- The update significantly improves app startup (2.3 seconds faster), drone move times (1 second faster), and profile loading times (0.5 seconds faster).

Alex emphasizes that while some visual elements may differ slightly and there may be some bugs, the goal is to ensure long-term scalability and performance for Ingress as the team is quite small.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024dev-scannerrenderingupdate

@IUENG