Pokemon Go players are becoming more and more curious about the new Pokemon Buddy System. Therefore, fans are making an effort to get to know more about these features. The latest Pokemon Go update enables trainers to select one of their Pokemon to become their buddy. As a reward, pieces of candy will be given for every kilometer that players walk alongside their buddy Pokemon.

Reports from Otakukart said that a lot of redditors have figured out an easy method to transfer distance walked with a former Pokemon buddy to a new pokemon buddy. This is just in case players will obtain the anticipated candy mark before having the required distance to be walked. This method makes use of abusing the Ping time rate from the user's phone and the API servers. The server will update the Pokemon Buddy's walked distance for every five minutes. This technique is only beneficial for players who have already received their desired candy mark before they have reached the distance walked with their buddy Pokemon. This will allow players to use the candies for their next buddy, so that the time will be utilized wisely. There is also a possibility that the process can take 10-15 minutes before the players can receive an update on the distance walked.

According to Heavy, the Pokemon buddy can be switched without losing any progress. So if players initially have a Squirtle as a buddy that have already accomplished two kilometers while walking, then the player can still switch to a Pikachu that has an initial distance of zero kilometers. However, if the player will switch back to Squirtle, the two kilometers that was previously-covered is still saved. The player may then continue where he previously stopped. The distance walked is only specific to an individual Pokemon, and certainly not for any species.