The latest Zwift update is now available on all platforms: Mac, PC, Android, iOS, and AppleTV.
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This update doesn’t include much that’s newsworthy, but Zwift tells us the next few months will see some fun features released! Here are the details of today’s update…
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Pace Partner Updates
The UI for joining Pace Partners from the new Home Screen has been updated. Now, instead of clicking on one box to bring up a popup of all active Pace Partners, we have them as a row of options:
Additionally, each Pace Partner tile shows which route they’re riding, average speed and w/kg, and how many riders are currently in their group (although these numbers don’t seem to be entirely accurate at this time). Pace Partners are sorted from easiest pace to toughest, left to right.
PC/Mac users may need to click and drag to see Pace Partner tiles that aren’t visible off the right of the screen. You can also use your keyboard’s arrow keys to scroll through the tiles.
Where Are They Now?
If you click a Pace Partner’s tile, their current location shows up on the map (see red arrow). This is a handy feature that lets you know what you’re getting yourself into!
Note: Pace Partners are scheduled to graduate out of FutureWorks in September. This will entail additional changes to pacing and names – read this recent post for details.
Auto Screenshot Improvements
The update notes say “Auto-screenshots are now smarter, capturing your notable moments such as getting a new PR or claiming a segment jersey.”
For those of us who like ride photos, this is a significant and welcome improvement over the random auto screenshot that was taken during each ride! Zwift tells us that basically anytime you get a banner popping up at the bottom of your screen, an auto screenshot should be taken. Additionally, a screenshot should be taken if you set a segment PR, claim a leader’s jersey, or set a new FTP.
This should make the Strava feeds of Zwifters much more interesting.
One important note: to enable auto screenshots on PC/Mac, you must have the “Image Uploading” option in your settings set to “Always”. Otherwise, Zwift will not snap any auto screenshots.
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New HED Wheels
The HED Vanquish RC6 Pro wheels have been added to the Drop Shop. Rated 3 stars for aero and weight, they cost 227,200 Drops.
We’re testing them now to see how they stack up against other wheels in game, and will publish results when available.
OS Deprecations Rolled Out
As announced back in May, today’s update removed Zwift game and Companion app support for some older iOS and Android operating systems.
The following operating systems will no longer function:
• Zwift Game Client: Android 7 & 8, iOS 12, macOS 10.12 & 10.13
• Zwift Companion App: Android 7 & 8, iOS 11
This list of operating systems is slightly different from what Zwift had communicated back in May. Namely, they’ve added macOS 10.12 and 10.13 to the list of operating systems the Game Client will not support, and they decided to let iOS 12 continue to work for the Companion app.
New Leg Snapper KQOM Segment
Innsbruck’s Leg Snapper has become an infamous climb for race events, and this update turned it into an official KQOM segment.
The segment is a bit shorter (starting a few meters later and ending a few meters earlier) than our existing Leg Snapper Strava segment. And while we’d love to create a segment that matches this new KQOM, Strava is preventing us from doing so, saying the segment is too short:
Which is, of course, ridiculous. The segment is around 430 meters long, and in the past Strava simply required segments to be at least 300 meters. It appears they’ve increased their length requirements, even for virtual segments like Zwift where GPS data will always be accurate.
It’s worth mentioning once again that requiring a minimum segment length without taking gradient into account is especially silly, since a 400-meter uphill segment is far from “short”.
We’re reaching out to Zwift+Strava to see if there’s a way to get the segment created.
More On the Way
This update, and the last several updates, have been pretty light in terms of new features. But we’ve had some in-depth talks with Zwift in the past few weeks and can assure you that they’ve got some fun stuff coming in September and October.
This summer has seen a lot of experimenting and development, and the fruit of that work will be released soon. Stay tuned!
Bug Fixes and Misc Improvements
Here’s Zwift’s list of fixes and improvements included in this update:
- Fixed issue where riders may spawn off the road when resuming an activity
- Fixed missing text from user profile screen
- Fixed an issue where users were riding alone when using mobile data.
- Fixed an issue where some intersection buttons would not respond in Zwift Companion
See notes on this update release in the Zwift forum >
Questions or Comments?
If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!
Still waiting for new roads 😐
And for levels 51 to… 😁
same, but im patient and know they’ll deliver when it starts getting cold (for us northerners hah)
If they can do anything like Neokyo again its going to be one heck of a winter!
As excited as I was for Neokyo originally, I would say it is my least preferred course of the entire lot. Zig zagging non stop with no feeling or real progress or speed. I thought it would be great for crit, but crit city is 10x better. A big missed opportunity.
With all the zigzagging, Neokyo is kinda nauseating! Also, am I the only person who’s afraid of getting hit by a car there?
I refuse to ride Neokyo because of the cars! I spend enough time worrying about what I catch in my peripheral vision, I don’t need that when on Zwift! Glad I’m not alone.
I like the map as a whole but I do agree with you and think this in particular is badly judged, it genuniely gives me anxiety that i’m going to get hit by a car. Its a shame to build a world where anything is possible… and then introduce the very worst thing about real world cycling
I think Neokyo is a very polarizing course that a lot of beginners really like. Looking at other riders bikes/jerseys it’s pretty obvious that the percentage of “power users” is significantly lower than on other courses. Personally, expect for the one “big” makuri island route that I do occasionally, I haven’t done any of the Neokyo routes more than once.
Are they ever going to add steering for wattbike atom next gen?
Or tacx neobike!
The pace partner and picture changes are both small, but very nice. The average W/kg (rather that current) and showing how many people are in that partner’s group (in addition to grouping rides by difficulty rather than world) all make sense and have been much requested. Putting the pace partners directly on the home page reduces the number of clicks needed to get to them (nice given that I spend a lot of time riding with them), which is helpful as long as it doesn’t make the home page too busy. Here’s hoping that the next update adds a “ride with a friend” button to the end of that row (even though it’s not something I personally use).
Sadly it’s still instantaneous power not average …
Huh, maybe that’s still in need of an update. The article above (and postings by James Bailey) suggested that average (or at least typical) W/kg was coming.
Agreed, and I know James has previously said that’s the plan – but this update clearly wasn’t the one … seems such a simple change and one lots of folks are asking for.
Just today Googled ‘Zwift alternatives’. I don’t want to leave, but it’s been so disappointing 🙁
See ya!
I have updated the app (ios) but don’t see the option in settings around image uploading in Zwift. Has this been rolled out to all or just some users? Thanks
I think perhaps iOS doesn’t have that setting. I don’t see it over here either!
The most significant change in this release is probably dropping support for older operating systems.
That is significant. And I forgot about it! Added it to the post above.
Is that home screen UI PC only or do I need to just wait longer for iOS mobile device?
It’s iOS also. I thought Zwift had rolled it out to everyone on iOS already, but apparently not, if you’re not seeing it!
It’s just not on AppleTV yet.
Choosing a pace partner withe the apple TV remote is exhausting….
It’s not on Android either..
I like the changes for the most part, but the number of riders with the PP doesn’t seem to be very accurate.I just looked at it said Brevet had 548 riders with them and I joined the ride and there weren’t more than fifty. I did the same thing with Duster and it said 132 riders, but there were maybe six. So, maybe the numbers aren’t current riders or it’s not working properly yet. I do like the effort though and look forward to when it gets worked out.
Have you heard anything on AppleTV new home screen? Its been months.
When I saw that there were pace partner UI improvements I thought for a moment that they fixed the issue on Apple TV where you can’t scroll through the whole list of partners. When you get to the bottom of the list of partners that is initially visible then the “cursor” jumps to the cancel/OK buttons rather than scrolling. But of course Apple TV users are ignored again.
I found a way to get around this. It sounds weird but bear with me. Usually when I scroll down i use the tip of my thumb on the touch pad. This causes the issue you mention. If instead you use the whole ‘pad’ of your thumb, by that I mean the whole part on the underside of your nail up to the inside of your thumb where it bends and you ‘smear’ it down the touch pad, it scrolls down the whole list. then you use the tip of your thumb again to select the specific pace partner
Hey, that works! Thank you. Five years of using Apple TV as my streamer, but only Zwift has inserted this next level puzzle in its app.
Word on the forum is August 18 is the release date
At long last HED WHEELS.
Considering they were the best on market and first, it’s taken a while for Zwift to bring them to game. 👍👍
They’re here. But I wouldn’t use ’em. Sad. Post coming soon….
I just updated the game and now it doesn’t work even thought I have the proper OS.
I had to update 2x (restarted in between) because it crashed both times and wouldn’t load after. Eventually, had to uninstall Zwift and re-install. Then the update took quite a while because the version they have for download in the Zwift website is 1.14, so there’s a lot that’s been updated since then.
I have been around the computer industry for almost 50 years. The Zwift update methodology is pretty weak. Not at all user friendly. You don’t know when it is done. Just that blank white screen that never goes away. My update failed and I couldn’t even start the software today. I had to reboot my system.
With that said, I still have a lot to see. Not sure I will become bored with all this anytime soon. I am generally a fan. I am in it for fun. More fun is what games are about.
Does apple tv have the new home screen yet.
I’m really excited for the new fun stuff. Who needs existing projects finished when we can have more bears falling out of trees and new names for Pace Partners, whoopee…
Nice, New features in Sep and Oct will garantie a lot of bugs when the Northern Hemisphere is going indoor again. Great plan!
I’d sort of been hoping that they were going to use the northern hemisphere summer as a kind of open beta test (like their slow roll-out of the new home screen) so everything would be running smoothly when the numbers pick up as it gets colder in the norther hemisphere. Guess that’s not their product development schedule. Oh well.
Is the new UI ever coming to Apple TV?
Yes.
Pencil it in for about 2029 given the current glacial rate of development at Zwift…
With the new Scott being released virtually and in the real world, any indication of what bikes will appear in the next coming updates, new Madone, Cervelo, etc?
I haven’t heard anything…. but I rarely do, when it comes to new bikes/wheels. I just find out when the release drops!
Will you be able to edit photos again so data is removed rather then just blacking out the pic. This is in IOS on iPad.
Looks like a new bug when auto screenshots are taken. Clean shots are all (or mostly) black. I’ve reported it to Zwift.
WTRL just posted that, starting next week, we’ll be able to ride the conveyor for TTT races without having to use a stopwatch and the pairing screen. If that’s part of this update, this is now by far the best update in quite some time.
Yeah – working on a separate post about this. Zwift has been working on improving TT and TTT experience for the past couple of months. Good stuff!
Once again I hate the new screen after the recent update. I can only see 4 of the pace partner options unlike your screen shot which shows 11 options and some more space to the right of the screen. It took me a while to work out that I have to use the arrow keys to navigate my way through the other options! The previous home page was much easier to navigate I find!
I’ve just realised it is to do with the ‘Home Screen Scaling’ option in settings. Mine is currently set to medium. I tried it on ‘extra small’ and still only got 8 pace partners on screen and I couldn’t read it that small 🤣. Why have Zwift positioned this option differently?
You can also click and drag with your mouse, to scroll the list horizontally.
I agree it’s clunky though. They should at least have a right arrow showing there are additional tiles to be seen….
This new auto screen capture update has now made the well known problem of multiple image uploads to Strava an even bigger problem. Zwift will ofcourse blame Strava.
i was hoping they would re-introduce ‘remembering’ your passwords when changing user. It used to be there but disappeared a few releases ago. I know its a first world problem but still a pain when i’m in a rush and Mrs C has sneaked on for a spin and not told me
On the forum, Zwift staff said: “When we changed the PC launcher app’s behind-the-curtain tech from Internet Explorer browser to Webview2, we ran into a stricter security protocol that doesn’t allow us to auto-populate more than one password, at least at this point in time.”
Any intel on when Android users might see the new home screen?
Just asked Zwift. I’ll let you know what I hear!
Thank you, sir!
Just got the new home screen last week, on a Samsung Galaxy tablet. I like it!
I wonder if convincing Zwift to move the endpoints of the new K/QoM segment would be easier than convincing Strava to relax their rules “just this once” even though it seems like a perfectly good reason for them to do so. Interested to see what effect having this as a segment does to race dynamics.
To call this update underwhelming would be generous…
I’m having tons of issues with Zwift. It continues to freeze up about 30 minutes into my ride. I’ve tried everything.
Contact support or post on the forum with details of your computing setup.
Cool to see the Snapper KOM. But I’m still a bit miffed as to why Zwift has never introduced an Innsbruckring Reverse course option. Innsbruckring is a popular course for races, so why not allow for races in the opposite direction?
51 then I’ll return.
Really? This is interesting. I too am a goal driven rider and if you dangle a carrot in front of me, I’ll chase it relentlessly. So the only reason you ride Zwift is to gain XP and climb levels? I find there are so many other enjoyable aspects of ZWIFT that occupy my goal driven personality such as obtaining every route badge, collecting jerseys, racing, and doing all the training plans that I have forgotten about levels. I really don’t need more socks – but who am I kidding? Make them a reward and I’ll chase after them!
The new screen, especially with the addition of Pace Partners, has a high information density and is needlessly complex. It’s arguably worse than the design it replaces.
I suggest Zwift take some time from patting themselves on the back and making more promises about future enhancements to hire some user experience professionals. At the very least Zwift should read some basics on human interface design.
Absolutely! With every update there comes along with it a new infestation of bugs. With competent people on staff, this wouldn’t be happening.
Hopefully they fix the bug, at least on Apple TV, so you can scroll downward when you are in “garage”
Hi Eric, Just wanted to highlight something more positive about pace partners on my ATV setup, last night doing loops with danny duster on the volcano I saw each lap a ‘ghost’ of me to follow pacing me at my previous lap time, it was kinda cool and reset after each lap to the previous laps time, have you seen it as its not mentioned in the update! thanks for all your hard work John
ps waiting for the home screen update and yes its trial and error with the ATV remote to see all of the pace partners, may be I should upgrade to the new remote?
Hi John,
I reached out to ZHQ, and they told me what you saw was an unreleased (but coming soon) feature! You seeing it was a bug of some sort, which they say they’ve fixed.
Exciting stuff, since PR ghosts are a long-requested feature.
great news Eric, thanks for the update
I have been really frustrated with Pace Partners on my ATV. It has been almost near impossible attempting to scroll to the partner I am choosing for my riding session. I have downloaded the latest version 1.28 and it is no different. This has not been a good experience to say the least. Is there going to be an update for ATV that resolves the scrolling issue?
It’s not specific to Pace Partners, Jon.
Zwift has a plate of spaghetti code behind the scenes and the ATV port is probably based on a touch-screen, iOS foundation. The ATV Sir remote (I’ve had both versions) is awful in all respects in Zwift (garage, workout selection, Pace Partners) and won’t change until/unless Zwift does a complete code-refactor.
I love the game but I’m not holding my breath for any fixes.
Yes I agree the ATV remote touch screen is horrible and is almost unusable throughout Zwift. Taking this into consideration, I am probably going to switch over an iPad. I did a test using an iPad and Zwift works great in the new interface using the touch screen.
Could anyone point me to where Everest Challenge progress can be found in new menus please
It hasn’t changed location. You have to be in the game in order to see it – click to the in-game menu, challenge is at the top-right of the main window…
ive been paying for zwift for a coupe years The past months it is not working correctly. Im very frustrted, It logs me on then its not showing accurate pace or watts from me then it just has me stopping on the side of the road and Im not stopped!!!So frustrated!!
Before the update, you could check your progress on climbing Everest, in order to claim the Tron bike. I can’t seem to do this now on the App. Any suggestions?
Same place it’s always been – in the main menu when you’re in-game. Click “Menu” at the bottom-left, then click the challenges window, which is top-right of that main menu screen.