Zwift Update Version 1.95 (150398) Released

August 12, 2025

LAST UPDATED August 12, 2025

Zwift version 1.95 begins its phased rollout today. This is a fairly minor update, but there are several notable game changes included. Read on for details…

iOS M-series Improvements

Zwift says this release includes “Various visual improvements for M-series iPads, iPhone 16, and iPhone 16 Pro.” To be more precise, this update includes just minor UI tweaks for iPhone 16. M-series iPads, on the other hand, get actual game resolution upgrades:

All M series iPads will now have improved bike and rider shadows
All M3 iPads will have the above and higher color and shadow resolution
All M4 iPads will have the above and even higher shadow resolution

Zwift says, “Additionally, we will continue to share other opportunities to further improve graphics on M series iPads and will share further updates once available.”

Event Cooldowns for All

Zwift began testing an “Event Cooldown” feature in late June. It’s a simple idea: instead of returning riders to the open world as soon as they finish their event, let them continue riding with fellow event participants for 10 minutes. This gives riders the chance to chat with each other and cool down before moving on with their next activity.

During the cooldown you can also see riders’ finishing positions pinned to their backs, and you can click to bring up the results screen.

Zwift says, “Event Cool Down will be turned on for all events. This will also take effect for earlier game versions.” And while the finishing positions feature had been temporarily disabled a few weeks ago due to a bug, Zwift says everything is fixed in this update, and finishing positions will be visible once again during the cooldowns.

Join a Friend In-Game Notifications

Zwift says, “Looking for a friendly wheel to join? Zwifters will now receive a notification when a mutually following friend starts Zwifting in the same world. Simply use the Teleport feature to join them.”

You probably already know that you can click from the “Join a Zwifter” card on the homescreen to join any friends you follow (who also follow you) who are actively Zwifting:

And you probably know that, while you’re actively Zwifting (but not in an event or workout) you can teleport to a friend who is riding in the same world as you.

This update adds a notification to the top-center HUD element informing you when a friend starts Zwifting in the same world. You can then use the teleport feature to easily join them if you’d like. Here’s what that notification looks like:

I think this is a good feature to encourage the community feel of Zwift, but there are a few issues:

When you first begin Zwifting, the feature brings up alerts for every friend who is already Zwifting in that world. That’s a lot of notifications if you have a lot of friends! I expected the feature to only show a notification if a friend started Zwifting after I started Zwifting. If Zwift wants to notify me of all the riders I could teleport to when I begin my ride, perhaps a simple “summary notification” could come up that says something like “23 friends are Zwifting in Watopia, use Teleport to join…”
The alerts come up when you are riding a workout. This doesn’t seem helpful, as you can’t teleport during a workout. Plus, if you are in a workout, chances are very good you’re not interested in teleporting to a friend anyway!

Blocking Bike Upgrade Gamers

Zwift says, “We made some improvements to ensure that bike upgrades are unlocked via genuine efforts.”

This is an interesting one.

Ever since Zwift launched their Bike Upgrades feature in March, a small, squirrelly subset of Zwifters has been gaming the system by teleporting to riders perched atop big descents. The Zwifter could then easily coast downhill, accumulating time or distance towards their next bike upgrade. Wash, rinse, repeat… long, continuous descents like Ventoux or Alpe du Zwift let you accumulate distance or time quickly, with zero effort.

Zwift is being vague about the precise measures put in place to “ensure that bike upgrades are unlocked via genuine efforts.” However, I’m doing a bit of testing today, and will write a separate post with the results. Because that’s the Insider way!

(Before anyone asks: Zwift has told me that they don’t plan to retroactively apply these rules… that is, to somehow claw back bike upgrades people may have earned through less than genuine efforts. This only applies moving forward.)

Michael Lander Memorial

In a nice touch that Zwift isn’t announcing publicly, some memorial road art has been added to Sector 6 (aka Dutch corner) on Alpe du Zwift, honoring Michael Lander, a well-loved member of the BMTR community who we lost earlier this year.