Elite Sterzo Smart paired, but not steering in Zwift | Windows 11 [September 2024]

I have the same issue with my Win 11 Pro laptop where the Sterzo isn’t found by Zwift, and I stumbled upon a work-around. If I go into Win 11 Settings, and then into Bluetooth & Devices, and toggle Bluetooth off for a couple of seconds and then on again, Zwift fonds the Sterzo and will connect to the Sterzo. Unfortunately, I have to do this every time I open Zwift.

I’ve had positive results with Sterzo this week, working with all my rides without any additional fuss. It must be some kind of blessing for the bomb cyclone/atmospheric river to enforce indoor exclusive rides.

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This seems like a different problem. (Not that you’re not welcome to post in this thread :slight_smile: )

The issue people seem to be having here is that Zwift finds and connects to the Sterzo, but steering doesn’t function. You seem to be saying that Zwift won’t even find it in the pairing screen to begin with, yes?

Checking in to say steering is still working for me start-to-finish now. Knock on wood and all that.

I just figured out why its working. They have it so us users with a problem are connecting through phone when using Win11. I noticed when I went to ride today that on the pair screen at the top left it says, “pair through bluetooth” This explains why my HRM quits working.

Interesting. Mine is still all pairing through Win11.

Mine is also, but they switched the type of pairing. If you look at the top left of pairing screen it used to say, “pair with phone”, now it says, "pair with bluetooth. So when we start Zwift it defaults to phone pairing instead of the original bluetooth.

Not mine. Mine still fires up default as pairing with Win11 BT, so the button says “Pair with Phone”. And things have been pairing with Win11 BT the last few weeks. Trainer, Sterzo, and HR.

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Ugh, then mine is not fixed, back to square one.

Yea, not mine. It’s pairing when I’m not using a phone at all.

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Can anyone with the update confirm this has been fixed? Like usual I haven’t gotten the new update yet.

There only seems to be about 6 of you worldwide with this problem (judging by this thread) :slight_smile:

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I updated earlier today and steering finally worked through BT pairing,. but at the beginning it took a few minutes before Zwift would connect to the Sterzo.

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