A shockingly good decision by Niantic.

Is the PTC login not working for anyone else during the Squirtle CD?

Additional info:

• The ready button works with all kind of raid passes
• The ready button works in both public and private lobby
• The ready button will only be enabled when there is 2 or more players in lobby so no instant solo
• The ready button disappears when there is 15s left
• When all players are ready the countdown will move to 10s instantly
• Once the lobby hit 20 players the countdown will move to 10s instantly. However players are still given a chance to leave without consuming a raid pass

Credit to u/Ox0c on Reddit

On July 9th, 2023, Squirtle returns to Pokémon GO for a Community Day Classic event, giving players an opportunity to evolve a high-level Blastoise with Hydro Cannon once again. During the event, Squirtle will appear more frequently in the wild, and players will have a chance to encounter a shiny Squirtle. Blastoise’s exclusive Community Day […]

What are they playing at, the update released Friday, but they wait until today for 1) a Niantic rep to confirm it was intended and 2) for the update to globally roll out.

Clarification as a common thought was this was a bug.

I'm really hoping it's an actually QoL update and not a bug. Went from 3 spawns at home to 10. Anyone else have large increase in spawns they can interact with from home?

Credit: MikoGraphics