I have problems with it also, I just close the app and reopen it

seems like that is only a temporary fix
oh well i guess

Hatched a lapras

if i keep the app open in the background and am surfing the net or something, will it notify me when a pokemon is in my area?

I don't think so.

I think the app has to be open.

Man ya'll are about to convince me to play this shit. Everyone at work is playing, hell even the people in my doctors office.

I get home and see a dude walking past my house obviously playing as the phone is glued to his face and he's walking like he's following a map rofl.

tyty

Lol its pretty fun.

Everybody played Pokémon as a kid. So much nostalgia.

The buzz will wear off after a month. And most people will stop playing