Pokémon Go tips, tricks and cheats guide - Part 4

There are more Easter Eggs and secrets to find in Pokémon Go

Players have already discovered a few neat secrets hidden away in Pokémon Go - from the chance to shrug off classic starters Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle in favour of a Pikachu starter, as well as getting your preferred Eevee evolution using hints from the TV show.

But there's apparently more - at Pokémon Go's San Diego Comic Con panel, developer Niantic revealed that there are several Easter Eggs in the game that fans had not revealed yet, so expect more secrets to emerge in the coming weeks and months as players pick the game apart.

You can stop yourself from accidentally transferring Pokémon

Niantic have added a function which prevents you from accidentally transferring those valuable Pokémon to the professor, thanks to a post-release reworking of the game's Favouriting system.

In brief, Pokémon favourited by the player - which can be done by tapping the star in the top-right of the Pokémon's screen - are now unable to be transferred at all, until you unfavourite them again. As part of the July 31 update, the Transfer button has now also been moved to a sub-menu on the Pokémon's screen, under a button with three horizontal bars in the bottom-right, rather than simply being left on its own down the bottom of the page.

It's a quick, simple means of stopping yourself from doing something incredibly frustrating by accident, whilst also making the instant transferring of a Pokémon far easier. You can now mulch down those pesky Zubats into Candy as fast as your heart desires, without the risk of chucking an accidental Dragonite into the mix. Not that we've ever done that, of course...

There's a battery saver mode which can help keep you playing for longer

Pokémon Go has proven to drain phone batteries surprisingly quickly, but thankfully there's an in-game option to help combat this problem.

To access the Battery Saver, tap the Pokéball at the bottom of the screen during map view to bring up a menu of options, then tap the cog in the upper right corner. Once you enable it, the phone's screen will automatically dim when it's down by your side in a horizontal position, but still continues operating, notifying you of any nearby Pokémon, PokéStops and counting steps towards hatching eggs.

There's a few other ways to save battery that the game doesn't tell you about