The Pokemon Company has informed users on X that the Pokemon Home application will be under going maintenance on Wednesday, 7th October to support Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen compatibility. The compatibility update had been promised for some time, but thankfully we now have a date for when it is going to happen. Here’s what was said via machine translation:
“Thank you for always enjoying Pokémon HOME. We are planning maintenance on Pokémon HOME at the following time.During the maintenance, all functions of Pokémon HOME will be unavailable, so please be aware of this in advance.
Maintenance Date and Time
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (scheduled)
Affected Services
Nintendo Switch and smartphone versions of Pokémon HOME will be unavailable.*After the maintenance is complete, you will need to update the software to version 4.1.0 to use the Nintendo Switch version.*You will need to update the app to version 4.1.0 to use the smartphone version.”
