So far, the developers didn't reveal further information about any exact release date. But now, according to their official Blog, they revealed some more details about the upcoming update. Sadly, there where again no serious information about the included content.
The following statement was published on the Dev's Blog:
So whatever this update contains, the rollout is planned for (early) spring 2017.
The following statement was published on the Dev's Blog:
It's not officially announced which kind of cooperation is meant, but it's rumored that the new update contains a tradefunction. This tradefunction is on many players wishlist and Niantic announced in the past that they are working on this feature. But there is no official confirmation for an implementation in this spring's update.Quote:
"With spring arriving in the northern hemisphere, players can look forward to all new cooperative social gameplay experiences in Pokémon GO that will give Trainers new and exciting reasons to get back into the sunshine."
So whatever this update contains, the rollout is planned for (early) spring 2017.