It sure seems like a big update. But I wonder if it's "too little too late" situation.
The devs pissed off a lot of people after the initial boom of the app. PokemonGO was a worldwide phenomena after all.
Regardless, i really like the idea, I believe this concept is not going away ever. And maybe this update will get people's eyeballs back on the AR machine.
We all know that in the future we'll have advanced AR glasses with which we could see and catch pokemon with a sensory pokeball or something .:D