Is incense working for everyone?

[Sugarpuff48]

I don't know if this is me not using incense properly, or some recent update has caused the issue, but every time I decide to use an incense I end up not seeing any incense spawned pokemon.

I'm not activating it in the middle of who knows where, but in the centre of town; just to maximise the potential amount of pokemon spawns while I have a stardust going too.

Has anyone noticed/has this an issue?

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I had to wait every five minutes before a Pokémon showed up.

 

[Bguy7]

I believe there is currently a glitch where incense spawned Pokémon don't have the pink cloud swirling around them. I know that was a thing a couple months ago, but I haven't checked recently. If it is still the case, then anything spawned by incense would just look like a regular spawn.

 

[twee]

i've noticed this too ! not only am i not seeing pink clouds, pokes are spawning very rarely (sometimes not at all). i've just started playing again this past week, so i probably missed an update or two affecting it. maybe this is pretty normal ?​

 

[WishIhadaManafi5]

i've noticed this too ! not only am i not seeing pink clouds, pokes are spawning very rarely (sometimes not at all). i've just started playing again this past week, so i probably missed an update or two affecting it. maybe this is pretty normal ?​

Ran into this too. It seems as if Pokemon don't spawn that often during it. It's a bit frustrating sometimes.

 

[thekorean]

Does Incense only work if you are walking?

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Does Incense only work if you are walking?

It works either if you're walking or not. But while walking makes Incense more effective. If you are standing still, Incense provides a Pokémon to spawn near you every five minutes. If you are walking, however, Incense provides a Pokémon to spawn near you every minute.

 

[HaiAnhTran]

Maybe that's just a minor issue with the Pokemon. Because in the process of seeing the Pokemon appear more, lay more eggs but sometimes not.

 

[Demonic Budha]

I had this same issue recently. Found a reddit post that pointed me to the Time/Date function on my phone.
If it is not set to AUTO, some of the functions (such as Incense) don't work correctly.
Make sure you Date/Time is set to auto and hopefully this will sort the issue for you too.