Looks like Elite have already upped the ante on smart frames, with belt drive, adjustable crank length and Rizer compatibility. https://www.elite-it.com/en/products/home-trainers/ecosystem-accessories/square

I don’t know if they were referring to steering on a smart bike, like a Wahoo Kickr Bike, or something else. Honestly I found their comment not very illuminating but would love to learn more.

That statement with “virtual shifting” instead of “virtual steering” would make sense.

Ah. I have the feeling they’re going to be able to get steering implemented within the next few months (unless Zwift tries to restrict the protocol since the Square is a competitor of the RIDE). In terms of the other buttons that were originally intended to work like the Zwift Play, I have the feeli…

[image] Oliver Chi: In terms of the other buttons that were originally intended to work like the Zwift Play, I have the feeling Zwift won’t allow this integration… Why not? I can’t believe that Elite would have advertised Square as having buttons to control Zwift without an understanding/agr…

Hey there, when I pair my Square with Zwift, everything is correctly recognized, however I get a notification by Zwift to update the firmware of the Square for the controller to work, but there is no firmware to be updated on the Square. Elite support wrote me that the issue is in Zwift side, as t…

Appears to be some discussion here… [image] Elite Square smart frame General Discussion since Square is out (having it at home) I find that buttons are currently not working with Zwift. Wrote to Elite support they told me Zwift promised them to be integrated once trainer h…

Initially this was what they were saying, but now it’s beeen changed to “ Each controller is equipped with 10 buttons: four for activating third-party app controls (protocol available but awaiting activation by software developers)”

[image] Oliver Chi: now it’s been changed to “ Each controller is equipped with 10 buttons: four for activating third-party app controls (protocol available but awaiting activation by software developers)” Interesting, good spot. But that makes it sound like it’s fairly imminent, and not that…

To shed some light on why steering doesn’t work on Elite smart trainers but does on those from other manufacturers, the way they connect to Zwift differs. For Elite smart trainers, they connect directly to Zwift, while the Elite Square then connects to the smart trainer to adjust resistance based o…

By the way, speaking of ANT+ FE-C, it was a major achievement for the industry, as it managed to bring together the leading smart trainer manufacturers years ago to standardize how trainers were controlled by apps. Thanks to this, Zwift became what it is today. And yet, now Zwift is moving towards …

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Steve_Hammatt (Steve) March 16, 2026, 3:48pm 55

I came across this article from DC Rainmaker from December 2025. He says (in the section on “Riding With Zwift”) that at that point Elite were targeting March 2026 for the button functionality in Zwift. So hopefully it’s not far off.

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