# Language selection on Zwift Companion App **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [December 12, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878 "2018-12-12T03:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shinichi\_Kanai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/shinichi_kanai/32/45966_2.png) [@Shinichi\_Kanai](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Shinichi_Kanai)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/1 "2018-12-12T03:21:15Z")
I would like to use the Companion App in another language (especially in English I wish) regardless of language setting of iOS, because Japanese translation is so poor… ---
**Author:** ![Lin\_Alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/lin_alan/32/2102_2.png) [@Lin\_Alan](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Lin_Alan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/2 "2018-12-12T03:54:29Z")
Are you using iPhone (iOS)? I ask because my Companion app is in English even though my phone is in Chinese. I wonder if the Companion app language is tied to your Zwift app language. 🤔 I use English in Zwift app. I have not tried Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![Shinichi\_Kanai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/shinichi_kanai/32/45966_2.png) [@Shinichi\_Kanai](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Shinichi_Kanai)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/3 "2018-12-12T04:39:24Z")
Yes, I use the Companion App on iPhone in Japanese. The language of Zwift itself (on Windows) is English. I guess the language of the Companion App is tied to iOS settings. ---
**Author:** ![Lin\_Alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/lin_alan/32/2102_2.png) [@Lin\_Alan](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Lin_Alan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/4 "2018-12-12T04:59:26Z")
> [@Shinichi\_Kanai](#): > > I guess the language of the Companion App is tied to iOS settings. no… My iOS is Chinese, but Companion app is English. I have never seen Chinese Companion app. ---
**Author:** ![Lin\_Alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/lin_alan/32/2102_2.png) [@Lin\_Alan](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Lin_Alan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/5 "2018-12-12T05:09:22Z")
@Vincent Do you know how this works? What determines the language of the Companion app? I looked and could not find a setting to change the language. Did I overlook such a setting? ---
**Author:** ![Shinichi\_Kanai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/shinichi_kanai/32/45966_2.png) [@Shinichi\_Kanai](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Shinichi_Kanai)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/6 "2018-12-12T06:38:19Z")
I mean that the Companion App’s language setting might be linked to iOS setting ONLY IF the App would have translations to the system (iOS) language. If the App doesn’t include translation to Chinese, it might been that App’s language is English and iOS’s language is Chinese. I hope that I could choose different language in the App other than iOS language. ---
**Author:** ![Markus\_Nuebel\_R2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/markus_nuebel_r2/32/102433_2.png) [@Markus\_Nuebel\_R2](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Markus_Nuebel_R2)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/7 "2018-12-13T07:36:02Z")
Totally agree! Want to use it in English, too, but since the last update it switches the language to the device setting (German for me). Translations are not always correct and translated strings not always match the on-screen space allocated for English texts, so please let us change the language. ---
**Author:** ![Lin\_Alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/lin_alan/32/2102_2.png) [@Lin\_Alan](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Lin_Alan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/8 "2018-12-13T08:06:43Z")
So yours was in English, but switched to German after an app update. Interesting 🤔 I have always seen English even though my iPhone is in Chinese. ---
**Author:** ![nvm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/nvm/32/139042_2.png) [@nvm](https://forums.zwift.com/u/nvm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/9 "2018-12-13T08:35:32Z")
that’s probably because chinese localization don’t exist yet, so app choses international language by default ---
**Author:** ![Lin\_Alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/lin_alan/32/2102_2.png) [@Lin\_Alan](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Lin_Alan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/10 "2018-12-18T06:33:21Z")
Well it looks like the localization now exists. The latest update to the Companion app has changed everything from English to Chinese. However, the problem is that it is simplified Chinese. Although we can read it, we do not use simplified Chinese in Taiwan. China uses simplified. Taiwan uses traditional. Definitely need a language selection option. Chinese should also have a choice between simplified and traditional characters. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Chen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/vincent_chen/32/74758_2.png) [@Vincent\_Chen](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Vincent_Chen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/11 "2018-12-19T00:57:53Z")
Exactly, the latest update changes the setting and the app shows Simplified Chinese instead of English now. Definitely need the possibility to set the different language. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_van\_Gemert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/will_van_gemert/32/13790_2.png) [@Will\_van\_Gemert](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Will_van_Gemert)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/12 "2019-01-31T17:54:13Z")
I do not know if you already solved this problem. I could solve this by: setup a vpn based in the UK switch phone language to UK switch location setting of phone to uk installed the companion app. After installation I switched back to my normal location and language and the app remained in english Regards Will ---
**Author:** ![Lin\_Alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/lin_alan/32/2102_2.png) [@Lin\_Alan](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Lin_Alan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/13 "2019-02-21T02:52:27Z")
Not sure when it happened (latest update?), but the Companion app now displays traditional Chinese characters matching that of my phones language setting. Thank you Zwift! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Van\_Audenaerde](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/paul_van_audenaerde/32/47767_2.png) [@Paul\_Van\_Audenaerde](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Paul_Van_Audenaerde)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/14 "2019-10-16T19:34:27Z")
In iOS select settings and look for Companion app. Langage settings are one of the parameters. Mine were set to french after an iOS update. Switched back to english, problem solied. ---
**Author:** ![Shinichi\_Kanai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/shinichi_kanai/32/45966_2.png) [@Shinichi\_Kanai](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Shinichi_Kanai)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/15 "2019-10-17T03:55:16Z")
I couldn’t find Language Settings in Settings \> Companion app… Version issue with iOS or Companion app? ---
**Author:** ![FRiC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/fric/32/33426_2.png) [@FRiC](https://forums.zwift.com/u/FRiC)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/16 "2019-10-17T06:26:59Z")
Language setting for individual apps is an iOS 13 feature. ---
**Author:** ![Shinichi\_Kanai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/shinichi_kanai/32/45966_2.png) [@Shinichi\_Kanai](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Shinichi_Kanai)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/17 "2019-10-17T23:44:09Z")
Oh, I see. After adding another language in iOS Settings \> General \> Language & Region, I can choose language in Settings \> Companion. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![Hans\_Esser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/hans_esser/32/509607_2.png) [@Hans\_Esser](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Hans_Esser)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/18 "2022-01-04T14:45:28Z")
This thread seems already a bit outdated (last post from Oct 19). But it was just on the most recent update of the Companion app on my smartphone (running under Android 8.0.0) that the language of the Companion app changed from English to German, which is the default language on my mobile device. And I encountered some distorted UI elements. The German translation “DURCHSCHN.” for “AVG” does not fit in the given space and corrupts the displayed data which makes this interesting information pretty useless (see attached screenshots). If I change the default language of my smartphone to English everything is fine again, but I don’t want to change my language settings back and forth again only for the companion app in order to display everything properly. So I would also like to vote for an option to set the language separately inside the companion app so that I could override the default language setting of my smartphone. Another option would be to replace the German localization “DURCHSCHN.” for “AVG” by a shorter abbreviation. E. g. the diameter symbol (see Diameter → Symbol on English Wikipedia) is also used as an average symbol in German. ![Screenshot_20220102-180451_Companion](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/original/4X/c/d/7/cd71ab49c3cb9a35c84f251c3549369d52d24f4f.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20220102-180524_Companion](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/original/4X/2/8/7/2878dfbf7c0018e26f2e3b5e1b9651f4e131ecf2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bine\_Kas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/gozwift/user_avatar/forums.zwift.com/bine_kas/32/453375_2.png) [@Bine\_Kas](https://forums.zwift.com/u/Bine_Kas)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.zwift.com/t/language-selection-on-zwift-companion-app/16878/19 "2022-04-28T18:34:40Z")
Totally agree with Hans!!! I would really love to read the numbers! Please Zwift, fix the abbriviation problems for the German version or give us the option to change between English and the Android or iOS language.