Hello Zwifters
Phased rollout of game version 1.87 begins today to macOS / Windows / Android devices.
Phased rollout to iOS / tvOS begins tomorrow.
Zwift’s France map has some exciting new updates! With this release, the Ven-Top route now includes a HUD display mirroring the Grade’s climb experience with 10 equidistant sections highlighted on screen. Additionally, when you summit this epic climb, you’ll now receive the Alpe du Zwift spinner!
Time to turn on the fun with the all-new Streak Flair! You’ve worked hard to keep your streak up (and your fitness up) for all these weeks, now you can show everyone with a Scotty in your jersey pocket. As your streak grows, your Scotty flair becomes more elaborate. Learn more about Streak Flair here: zwift.com/streak-flair
Standardized the look and feel of scrollbars throughout the game.
Temporarily disabled the Garage feature where your most recently-chosen bikes appear at the top of your list. This will be re-enabled in the near future.
Fixed an issue that could cause an incorrect value to be shown in the Weekly Goal Met in-game banner.
Improved the reliability of The Zwift Big Spin reward spinner.
Fixed an issue that could cause a Zwifter’s kit to revert to the default Zwift kit after leaving a group ride or event.
Enabled more detailed 3D lighting on newer Apple devices and Windows machines with dedicated GPUs.
Improved an issue that could cause intermittent shadows to flicker on Zwifter avatars in some conditions.
Android: Improved readability and usability of form input fields (login, profile settings, custom workout editor on tablets, etc.).
UPDATE April 3
Phased rollout expands to Windows / macOS / Android / iOS.
Phased rollout to iOS/tvOS begins today.
Also: We have detected crashes occurring for some members riding an Elite Trainer paired via ANT+. We are working on a fix, but an effective workaround is pairing your devices using Bluetooth instead.
UPDATE April 4
Phased rollout of v1.87.0 is complete to everyone
v1.87.2 macOS / Windows / Android only
Fixed crashes occurring for some members riding an Elite Trainer paired via ANT+.
Phased rollout of 1.87.2 to everyone is planned to complete by April 4 @19:00 UTC. is now complete.
Please note: the France expansion routes will go live Monday April 7 @ 16:00 UTC. Use this site to convert to your local time zone.
UPDATE April 7
*Brace yourself! New roads and routes have dropped in France in homage to the Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift. Also known as the “Hell of the North,” expect the infamous cobbles, storied sprint segments, and epic fun around every corner. New crowds will cheer you on along the road, just like the real deal, so you’ll hear just what the pros hear with every arch you cross. Take on the new “Hell of a Route Chaser” challenge to check off five of the new routes, and if you’re up for the task, join the Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift Experience rides from April 11-13 and conquer the cobblestone chaos in the new 50 km and 70 km routes.
UPDATE April 11
v 1.87.3 Android only
Fixes an issue where activities appear under the incorrect day in the Zwift Companion Fitness Tracker.
Do you have questions or issues to report? Let us know below.
I don’t know, I’ve done some silly thing to keep various multi-year streaks going in certain games, when I look back at it I think I prefer them not to reward ridiculously long streaks so you don’t feel pressure to log-in on vacation etc.
I do find it somewhat funny the streak feature comes out just after I leave town for a couple of weeks and break my current streak I did do a bunch of biking (including a 5-day MTB stage race), but it was IRL so no Zwift streak increments.
Anyone getting this weird polygon artefacts radiating from HoloReply ghost Scotty squirrel? I’m sure it’s a new bug on 1.87 build. I’ve seen it on each lap on Tempus Fugit sprint when my Holo ghost was riding in front of me with the Streak Flair enabled. It’s clearly coming from the pocket squirrel.
I’m on a 70 weeks streak. PC with dedicated Nvidia GPU and Windows 11.
Thanks Steve. Do you have a link to the known bugs list? I’m confused where this is now published. IIRC sometimes the list of known issues is added to release notes. This time it’s not there and the garage sorting issue is also only mentioned by another user in the Known Issues forum. I don’t want to be posting unnecessarily.
You’re right, there’s sometimes a post in the Known Issues forum on this sort of thing, but Zwift support already knew about it when I mentioned it to them. So you didn’t miss anything and it was a useful post by you because you’ve helped raise the visibility of this to other users.
I’m sure this has been posted in other places, just my observation that there are new roads and a new starting pen in France. (easily observed while on my way to the climb portal.) You can’t get onto them but they are clearly going to be released soon. Always nice to get new places to ride.
Eric over at ZI hinted that Zwift will be getting new roads “soon”. I was hoping for a Mount Fuji section added to Makuri Island, but won’t complain about France either.
I did do a bunch of biking (including a 5-day MTB stage race), but it was IRL so no Zwift streak increments.