Zwift Companion Version 3.47: Clubs Notifications, iOS 16 Fix + More

June 1, 2023

LAST UPDATED January 31, 2024

Zwift released its latest Companion app (version 3.47) yesterday on Android and iOS, and it includes some key updates and fixes for iOS users. See all the details below…

Apple (iOS)

Added Support for ZAP Encryption When Using Zwift Hardware

We haven’t heard much about ZAP yet, but this is some sort of communication protocol Zwift has created for use with the Zwift Hub and (we assume) the ZCog and controllers discussed in our recent post on Zwift leaks.

Increased the Minimum Supported Operating System to iOS 13

Zwift is deprecating iOS 12 for Zwift Companion as of May 31. That means if you’ve been running Companion on an older iPhone or iPad running iOS 12, it will no longer work as of today’s update. (This iOS 13 requirement brings Companion’s minimum iOS version in line with the minimum iOS version required to run Zwift on iOS.)

Updates to Club Notifications Settings Including Turning On/Off Notifications Per Club

This has been a popular feature request ever since Clubs got big and people started using the Club Chat feature.

With this update, you can select “Club Notifications” using the 3-dot menu at the top-right of any Club’s homepage in iOS. From there, you can turn off all Club chats (which applies to all Clubs you are a member of) or just turn off club chat for the particular Club you have selected:

You may do the same for new Club event notifications.

Fix for iOS 16 Users that Cannot Pair with Zwift App Due to Network Interface Conflicts

This (hopefully) solves an issue that first appeared back in September 2022, preventing some iOS 16 users on newer phones from connecting their Companion app to the live game.

You can read the entire sordid tale on the forums – we won’t dig into the details here.

Additional updates for iOS:

Fixed a sorting issue with Quarterly view of Leaderboards
Fix an issue with scatter graph labels of Leaderboards
Visual improvements when rendering route maps throughout Zwift Companion
Usability improvements for interacting with Zwift Hardware

Google (Android)

This update doesn’t include as many new features for Android users, but to be fair, they already had Club notification customization from an earlier update, and of course the iOS 16 bug didn’t affect Android users.