Send & Receive Gifts

Friends increase from 200 to 400

The number of Gifts you can open daily is currently increased to 30, and the number of Gifts you can carry in your Item Bag is increased to 20. Gifts also contain more Poké Balls. Check out the new stickers coming to gifts that you can send to your friends!  (https://pokemongolive.com/play-where-you-are/?hl=en)

I am so afraid of the security issue, I delay "Friend" feature as far as I can until I have to complete tasks. This is an extremely useful feature I missed it in the first week when I play pokemon. 

Today, the Pokemon Company announced that they will be upgrading the Friends limit from 200 to 400.

Gifts alone can make a huge difference to what you can do long term, as they provide a regular free source of Ultra Balls, Max Revives and Max Potions, the free 7km eggs you might receive.

More friends on Pokemon Go Friends Subreddit

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Sending & Receiving Gifts

Gifts contain an assortment of useful items, but you cannot open a Gift yourself. Instead, you can only send a Gift to a friend to open.

Each Gift includes a postcard about the PokéStop where it was collected. When you send a Gift to a friend, you’ll also share the PokéStop where you found this item. Note that your friend will be able to see the location you’ve visited when you send a Gift.

You can hold a maximum of 20 Gifts in your Bag at any given time. However, Gifts do not take up any of your inventory space.

To send a Gift:

1. In Map View, navigate to your Trainer Profile.
2. Tap the Friends tab at the top of the screen to open your Friend List.
3. Tap on the Trainer that you wish to send the Gift. If you’d like to save the Postcard attached to the Gift, tap the pin icon to add it to your Postcard Book.
4. Tap on the Send Gift button.
5. Select which Gift you would like to send.
6. Tap on the Send button.

Be sure to save the Postcard attached to the Gift before sending, as you cannot add it to your Postcard Book after you have sent it to your Friend.

To personalize a Gift, you can attach a sticker before sending it to a friend. After selecting the Gift you’d like to send, tap “Add sticker” and select the sticker you’d like to attach. Your friend will see the sticker when they open the Gift.

You can send each of your friends up to one Gift per day. If your friend has not yet opened a Gift that you’ve previously sent them, you won’t be able to send them another one until they open the first one.

The items, Stardust, and Pokémon Eggs you receive from the gift will automatically be deposited into your Item Bag or Pokémon Inventory.