With Ingress, even Google is making games for iOS

If you have an iOS device, you can finally discover that your local post office or famous landmark isn’t what it seems … with the help of Google’s mobile game Ingress.

Google’s Niantic Labs released Ingress on iPhone and iPad this morning; it’s the first time that a Google-created game has appeared on another platform — although the company releases nearly all of its productivity and other apps on iOS. The free app uses game-style quests and GPS so that players can interact with real-world landmarks that the game refers to as “portals.” The iOS version comes after 4 million people have downloaded Ingress for Android.