Niantic Labs on twitter recently announced that the Field Test will be coming to Australia/NZ later this month. To be in the Field Test you will need to sign up HERE and selected people will be able to use the Field Test. Will you be able to do this Field Test?
Here is some information from the site to keep in mind.

Compatibility:
Android: Version 4.3 and above is required. We currently do not support Intel Atom-based Android devices.

iPhone: iPhone 5 with iOS 8 and above is required.

Playability is not guaranteed on all devices.


Other Info:
Field testers will receive no premiums or monetary rewards, nor will they be reimbursed for any data usage. Please consider the actual improvement of game as the reward for participating the program.

Test player accounts and game data will not be transferred to the release version. Game progression and data will be wiped multiple times during the course of the field test. Due to the nature of this field test, game data can be erased inadvertently at any time.

Field testers will be selected based on a variety of factors which may include OS-types, experience in real world games and an element of luck. Selected participants will receive an email with detailed instructions and requirements.

You can only sign up with a GMail account.

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[keven3477]

Lucky Australia, If anyone does manage to be able to field test please give us information on how it works.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Lucky Australia, If anyone does manage to be able to field test please give us information on how it works.

I already signed up, If I get accepted I will try share information and probably write like a review with my experience with it.

 

[keven3477]

I already signed up, If I get accepted I will try share information and probably write like a review with my experience with it.

Good luck being accepted

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Good luck being accepted

I just hope that not that many people sign up so I will be accepted but that's unlikely.

 

[Baccabechoppin]

Would totally sign up for this, however after reading my only choices for mobile OS are ios or Android I'm a bit annoyed as I own a Windows phone but what can I do. Good luck & I hope you get selected!

 

[nxwing]

AFAIK, it uses your actual location (just like Ingress) so running the app outside of Australia would not work and could result in a ban just like what happened to two redditors

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

AFAIK, it uses your actual location (just like Ingress) so running the app outside of Australia would not work and could result in a ban just like what happened to two redditors

If we get banned for that. That would probably mean we would get banned if we hacked poke balls in.

 

[nxwing]

Oh and to those who are wondering how this field test works, they'll ask for your email and they'll send you an invite later on, at least that's what the folks over at reddit saysAFAIK, he Japan field test was only for Android devices.

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Oh and you don't battle wild Pokemon at all. You only capture them

 

[keven3477]

I heard you only capture wild pokemon but you can battle trainers, however, pokemon can learn up to 2 moves at a time.

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Oh and to those who are wondering how this field test works, they'll ask for your email and they'll send you an invite later on, at least that's what the folks over at reddit saysAFAIK, he Japan field test was only for Android devices.

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Oh and you don't battle wild Pokemon at all. You only capture them

They send you an invite if you are selected, yes

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

I heard you only capture wild pokemon but you can battle trainers, however, pokemon can learn up to 2 moves at a time.

Really? Only two moves? I missed that

 

[BurningDesire]

Come on. We need dis for 'Murica

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Come on. We need dis for 'Murica

Australia wins again, I remember when Australia got the small n3ds when it first came out

 

[BurningDesire]

Australia wins again, I remember when Australia got the small n3ds when it first came out

Step 1) Leave America
Step 2) Move to Australia or Japan
Step 3) Profit from getting all the kool kids stuff

 

[nxwing]

Do we have a centralized discussion for Pokemon go?

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

Step 1) Leave America
Step 2) Move to Australia or Japan
Step 3) Profit from getting all the kool kids stuff

America gets stuff Australia doesn't though like better internet and sometimes games come out before Australia
Anyway, Pokemon go field test will hopefully be fun

 

[BurningDesire]

America gets stuff Australia doesn't though like better internet and sometimes games come out before Australia

I did not know Australia has slower internet then America

 

[ElyosOfTheAbyss]

I did not know Australia has slower internet then America

It's true, millions of Aussies suffer from buffer desese.

Anyway let's get back on topic, Do you guys think maybe they will bring more generations of Pokemon in future updates?

 

[BurningDesire]

It's true, millions of Aussies suffer from buffer desese.

Anyway let's get back on topic, Do you guys think maybe they will bring more generations of Pokemon in future updates?

I sure hope so