Guide: Can't Connect Pokémon GO To Pokémon: Let's Go On Switch? Try This Simple Fix

Setup: Xiaomi Mi Max 1 32gb with MIUI 10 8.11.15 Global Beta
Tried the recommended steps (found it earlier on reddit), to no avail.
What actually solved was returning to the main game while the pokémon go app tried to connect to Switch, then the switch asked if I really wanted to link my Pokémon Go account.

If you have Bluetooth 4.0 LE your Phone wont be supported at all btw. If you don't have 4.1 LE or higher you are funky kong trousers out of luck. Either buy a new phone then or don't give a damn about one of the biggest features of this game, I guess?

So the fix is to use an iPhone.

i have another problem: the phone is not supported for connect with switch. can someone help me?

This title of this article sounds like one of the adverts you would see right above the Nintendo Life comments section, lol.

@Not_Soos Now that I think about it, you're totally right haha. Next will be a review for FIFA that starts out "England vs Japan"

Even easier fix for me....I was playing in handheld and it wouldn't connect. I detached a joycon and it immediately worked.

I have

Huawei P10
No smart watch
No stylus
No Bluetooth devices connected to my phone
Tried about everything

But my app still won't connect to the Go Park. Pairing to the game works easily, it's pairing to the park that causes a problem. Tried it docked/undocked, joy cons attached/detached, on mobile internet/WiFi, ... whatever combination you can imagine. Nothing is working.

@rvdaele I'm having the exact same problem, but what's worse is that it originally connected no problem. I transferred about 20 Pokemon from Go to Switch but apparently got interrupted during the communication. I haven't been able to reconnect since. The transferred Pokemon are no longer in Go or on the Switch Go Park, so looks like they're lost now.

My Beautiful & clever Daughter has just solved this for me & it’s soooo easy!! After you’ve done your initial pairing, in the Pokémon Go settings, go talk to the man in the Go Park. Choose transfer Pokémon, then when your switch says Looking for a Pokémon Go account, ON YOUR PHONE press the pokeball & open up Pokémon. On the top right of the screen, there’s a switch icon. Press it & you can transfer Pokémon to your hearts content!!! Nothing to do with the Bluetooth messing up, it’s human error, as I’ve had my Apple Watch connected to my iPhone the whole time 😊😃❤️

Does anyone have a list of supported android devices? I have looked in Nintendo & game freak websites without luck. When I try to connect to my NS no luck, No supported device error message pops up.

@Jeramina I just made a NintendoLife account to thank you for this post. Human error and I never would have figured it out otherwise. You are an absolute legend.

Thank You So Much Meowskers, that was such a sweet post!! I actually made my account to post the fix, cause I know how frustrated I was when I couldn’t get it to work!! My Daughter figured it out - I even actually face-palmed myself as I couldn’t believe how I missed it & how easy it was 😊

@Jeramina Thanks for this, it makes me think that I could get it working on my iPhone as well. So far though, it is still not working. I know I've seen the Switch icon on my screen before, but since I wasn't in the right village yet, I didn't bother trying it out. And now that I am finally at the Park, it won't connect no matter what I try. Is Nintendo trying to fix this issue at all?

Before, my switch and pokemon go connected flawlessly. Now, no connection. Need help.

My iphone recognizes the pokeball plus, even tried using my pokemongo account in another phone and the result is the same, i can't connect my pokemon go account to the switch, a week ago I was able to do it, but since the switch or he game updated I can't, tried also turning off all bluetooth connectivity from any device near the console but nothing changes

@Jeramina Apparently you, and others like you, don't understand the article at all. This isn't about the process of transferring between these two games, it's about the fact that the devices won't even connect IN THE FIRST PLACE.

How to transfer pokemon is very simple because Pokemon Go gives you a quick link to follow that explains the step by step instructions on how to do it, not to mention more tutorials and process walk-throughs than you could count.

So as of today, more than TWO YEARS after people first started having the problem, the problem still persists. After more than an hour with Nintendo, supposedly, "tech support", their response to the issue was to blow me off with a promise to email me updates on the "issue", even though they didn't even have my email address. The Switch connected ONCE, to 4 different smart devices, 4 different brands, IOS and Android, no problem. For the last 2 days, absolutely no kludgey fix or workaround works.

So in the last 2 years, what is Niantic's interest in this, aside from all their constant sloppy network code errors (that have existed for nearly 4 years now)? Nothing. What is Nintendo's interest in this issue that they created with a lack of QA in their products and coding? Same as Niantic - nothing.