The latest Zwift update is now available on all platforms: Mac, PC, Android, iOS, and AppleTV.
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This update is big news, because it includes new roads! It also sees the return of “Join a Zwifter”, making it easy once again to hop on and ride with a friend. Let’s dive in!
Urukazi Expansion
This is the biggest news in today’s update, of course, because new roads are what Zwifters love most! The Urukazi (pronounced “woo-roo-kah-zi”) expansion adds ~22.7km of new roads and 8 routes to the Makuri Islands:
| Route Name | Length | Elevation | Lead-In |
| Bridges and Boardwalks | 6.3km (3.9 miles) | 59.5m (195‘) | 1.9km |
| Country to Coastal | 33.4km (20.8 miles) | 274m (899‘) | 0.13km |
| Fine and Sandy | 10.6km (6.6 miles) | 77.1m (253‘) | 0.1km |
| Island Hopper | 17.9km (11.1 miles) | 128.5m (422‘) | 0.15km |
| Island Outskirts | 11.3km (7.0 miles) | 90m (295‘) | 0.15km |
| Makuri 40 | 40.1km (24.9 miles) | 306.6m (1,006‘) | 0.13km |
| Mech Isle Loop | 4km (2.5 miles) | 38.7m (127‘) | 0km |
| Turf N Surf | 24.6km (15.3 miles) | 195.8m (642‘) | 0.07km |
There are 6 new sprint segments as well: the Boardwalk, Shisa, and Tidepool sprints, in both forward and reverse directions. There are no timed KQOM segments in Urukazi expansion.
After lots of chatter about the new “sand” surface launching with Urukazi, you may be wondering what it’s like. Here’s how it appears:
But there’s not much else to report. It rolls just like asphalt – the same Crr (road bikes are faster than gravel bikes, etc.) It just looks sandy.
“Join a Zwifter” Returns
The new homescreen UI removed Join a Zwifter, but Zwift brought it today back due to popular demand. It’s a much better version, too!
What’s upgraded from the past version:
- Browse Zwifters you can join regardless of their world/route
- Favorited Zwifters are at the top of the list, with followed Zwifters next. Pro and verified Zwifters are at the bottom of the list.
- You won’t see Zwifters you can’t join right now, such as anyone in an event.
- Displays the country flag for easier scanning of the list.
To access it, click “Join a Zwifter” at the bottom-left of the homescreen. Then just choose the Zwifter you want to join and click “Start Ride”.
HoloReplay Changes
Zwift released HoloReplay last month, and this month they’re making a change so efforts in group rides, races, and solo workouts are also recorded. That means we’ll have some very fast ghosts to chase!
Misc Changes and Fixes
- Zwift’s update notes say this release “Improved Apple TV remote interactions on Training Plan and Save screens.”
- Pace partners are now being called “RoboPacers”
- When saving an activity, the Club you last selected is saved, so you can easily save to your preferred club
- Fixed an issue where some pedestrians and animals would appear holographic
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!
Was wondering if there were a way to make a club the default for saving … and now there is! (At least for me). Huzzah!
Ooooh. How did you do this?
The last club to which you saved an activity “sticks” as your default until you saved to a different club. I only have one club so it’s great.
Great on all counts. 👍👍.
Just wishing for longer routes…… But…. Hurry up, I’m 60 already. 😳😁
Not that it matters a whole lot, but I’ve always actually liked “pace partner” as the name for those guys, seemed perfect… “RoboPacer”? Eh, not so much.
They’ll always be Pace Partners to me. Plus, bring back Dan Diesel.
…and Coco Cadence 🙂 (Yes I know about that name).
Pace Partners 4 EVA!
Is it just me or are there no table column headings for the new route in this post?
The roads are always welcome, but as usual, the zwift update seems to have introduced a significant bug for me. Was several weeks into the build me up plan. When I login on my updated PC, I’m no longer enrolled and it has no history of the workouts I’ve done. If I login on the iOS app which I didn’t update, it still has me in the plan with the proper workout suggested. Frustrating as usual.
Same problem here, with a different plan. Best I could figure out was to re-enroll and manually mark done the workouts I had done. Quite a drag. It says I’m in week 1, when I’m doing week 5, and I have no real history, but at least I can continue with the workouts as planned.
I had the same issue and put a ticket to Zwift for help. It’s really disheartening to see the progress lost.
Same here, is there another solution than re-enrolling?
Any solution so far?
Same problem here. Training Peaks workouts do no show. Disappeared
I’m really happy that join zwifter returned. Finally i would join friends in the middle of their sessions.
I would love if eventually they connect Makuri and Watopia!
Less than 100 miles between their ‘real world’ placement. Could happen!
How long a the update taking people. Have a pc and it’s been 20 min and it says it’s moving files into place…
camera view changes are different, swinging back and forth before settling into the new view
Ya, its an aggravating and unnecessary change; seems to only affect certain OS’s for some reason, but the default view is gone now, 1 is locked high and tight, giving very little sense of what’s approaching from back, and 2 is the same view on a bouncy gimble.
if it’s not broken don’t fix it…whyyyy Zwift
I had the same problem on the last race – the view kept changing from one view to another – sort of the way it does in a pen waiting for a race – but on steroids. It made it incredibly difficult to stay with a blob. The video kept freezing as well – and when it did, I would suddenly be way back. This had been fixed at one point, but it’s back again.
Sorry but I’m a bit confused. Is the new expansion open to ride at will or do the stages still have to be done? Honestly I don’t like doing stages and thought this was going to be all new rides, not taking me through rides I have already done, some multiple times.
Good stuff. Gravel haters rejoice. Ride with finally returns. Too bad there is no Makuri Pretzel or any long routes.
Please help. I am unable to use the update. The Apple Store says that my app has been updated on my phone. When I try the sane thing on my IPad there is no message about any update at all. Both do not work with different Apple IDs. When I log in it shows the previous version listed. There are no new roads to choose from and there is no option to update as it says it has already been updated or does not give any option depending on h the device. Thank you for any help.
Have you tried pulling down your app list to force it to refresh? Otherwise the update will show up when Apple decides it should…
Hey, the Same to me. On the iPhone it works, but on both my iPads there is no Version 1.31 available.
hopefully it comes. Zwift in iPhone is… small…
Oh my god I finally have the new UI on my iPhone.
Silly the “Ride With” feature doesn’t show what route they are on.
Since route immediately becomes null once you change direction or manually turn, I can understand how this might not make sense to have.
Anyone finding any issues with the latest update? My Ant+ has stopped working, Zwift won’t find my heart rate sensor, and it’s ditched all the progress on my Crit Crusher training plan. Not having a good morning…
Off topic question. I don’t Zwift in summer and when I come back I want to catch up on the juicy ZI articles. How to a browse through them all? On the home page it says latest articles but just lists the last 8 or so. What am I missing to just be able to read through them all from newest to oldest to get caught up? Thanks for any help!
I still do not have the new UI. Anybody here that knows why?
I use a Samsung Galaxy tab S8+ and a OnePlus 9 pro..
New home screen has not been released for Android yet.
Did they improved graphics on the new Apple TV 4K 2022 ?
Sound is turned off but it still sounds in the new update! Anyone else have this error?
Yup. It’s a known issue.
Yuk. I just hit this issue as well. At least it’s known and will thus will hopefully soon fixed.
Do i sense a alpe du “Fuji” in the background??
Seems too far away and separated by so much water, I’m doubtful that route is coming 🙁
I would really like to have a new mid-sized climb, somewhere between the Innsbruck climb and the Watopia epic KOM. The climb to the radio tower is perfect for a 40-50 minute workout.
There is a roadblock in the direction of Fuji when you return via the coastal route. Fuji is not that far away from that point. But that having said: Fuji climb is (as far as i know) not much more then 11k (and steap). So they might plan extra roads inbetween as well.
There are at least two sealevels in makuri island. One at the harbour and one down at uruzaki. 😂
All the gravel grumblers seem to have dispersed once we learned the new surface rolls the same as pavement. I guess making their keyboards hot was a wasted effort. Excited to ride these new roads today!
One other update that I noticed after grumbling; custom workouts tab has been moved to the top of the workout list again. Instead of being buried at the bottom.
Did they change the cameras? I always just used default but when I was riding in a pelaton last night It was not dynamic… before yesterday it would always move a little and zoom out so I could see more of the group?
Pretty useless update since now I get nothing but connection failures so it won’t detect my trainer, power meter, HRM, etc.
Makuri Island is nice, but please do more realistic courses like around innsbruck, tyrol or france…
Is the bug with the mountainbike course already fixed?
I was always flying through the air after changing back to the speedbike….
I updated and have a strange pairing problem. I have a 3 yr old wahoo KICKR and use iOS and my iPhone. I can pair the KICKR for speed but it doesn’t pair for power and the drop down only offers the wahoo rollers as an option. What is happening/
How big is the new update? It has been updating for 2 hours!
Latest update killed my BLE connection between my kickr, tickr, and MBA M1. It was flawless before this update. Now I have to bridge via companion app
Error logging into account with that information. Did you change your password is coming up on my apple tv?
New roads mean ZwiftGPS needs updated maps. 🙂
Reactivate with Apple account not posible,
Restore Purchase button disappeared
Who does the ZwiftGPS maps now?
I know it says it’s powered by Zwift Insider.
But, it’s been more than 6 weeks, and the ZwiftGPS maps still do not include the Urukazi updated routes.
One of the things I find a bit irritating about Zwift is the inability to go to another app on my computer once I have started Zwift. There is no way to minimize it that I am aware of. Am I missing something?
Make sure you run it in Windowed mode (it’s in the main settings menu)… then it’ll have the normal minimize/maximize buttons at the top-right.