I also got caught by this as well. It’s not obvious even to me and I work in the technology world (websites and phone apps) and have UX knowledge.
It looked like a bug at first until I started randomly click and dragging then “oh, you can scroll that section, hmm”.
To me that’s a UX fail because it should be clear at first glance what the user can do there. Maybe arrows or chevrons left and right to indicate the functionality or some other way to guide the user what they can do. At least something to tell the user that there are more choices they can access by swiping or scrolling like on a carousel (look up Swiper JS).
You could also go look at some car reviews on Autogefühl on YouTube and see the infotainment sections to see how the big car makers for instance handle these UI interactions using rotating controllers, touch screens or even gesture controls.
I also had the new home screen on my macbook for the last few weeks, did a clean install of Windows 10 and Zwift (1.24) on a new PC yesterday and now I too, only have the old home screen.
Unless I’m mistaken, it’s still tucked in the ‘paused’ menu, meaning you have to start a ride and pause it to see where you’re at with the challenges. At least they’ve given the tile a title bar recently, so you should be able to find it once you’re on that page.
Hi - I’m running Zwift on a PC but still don’t see the new UI. It’s now been close to 3 months since it was rolled out, so I’m wondering if there is something I can do in order to see the new UI when I sign in.
I’m still shocked that the new Home Screen was released without the Ride With feature. Do (did?) the developers not know how important this feature is to me? How often I use it?
Now that they DO know an update has come out with NOTHING I use or need and the one function I use constantly is STILL not back. How does this happen? Is there a way that I can go back to the old interface until the new one is actually ready to be released?
Since I don’t recall it being mentioned anywhere as an update, it’s pleasing to see that the load time issues appear to have been resolved. At a guess, it seems like the game now caches the new UI shaders instead of compiling them from scratch every time. Very possibly talking out of my backside here though.
Anyway as a result of whatever has changed, loading the game after a normal Windows startup is far quicker than before, and more in line with how it was in 2021 and earlier. After a full restart of the PC, the loading time is a lot longer (in percentage terms), and similar to what I first considered to be slow and complained about. That’s what makes me think it’s a caching thing.
I overall like the new UI.
It looks like I’ve the March version though, as I don’t have the new route display as shown in op’s post.
What is really really annoying us is that I’ve the new UI, and my wife doesn’t have it…
From my point of view as a guy working in IT since 15 years it’s kinda strange how the rollout is handled.
I feel in addition to the automatic selection everyone should be able to opt-in/out during this testing phase.
Some people miss the old UI for some features not yet implemented, and some other would like to test and are not able to.
It’s not that bad. It has lots of positives versus the old one, like the ability to actually see events coming up and enter them in a reasonable fashion, the ability to access your garage before you start a ride, you can now ride any world for a workout, and it has lots of potential to be improved further in the future. It’s also way more visually attractive.
Maybe it is not quite polished, but I would suggest all in it is better than the old one even in its infant state.
Oh btw why does it only show events you’re already signed up for only just before the event? I would expect it to work the same way as the companion app and show all signups (or at least the nearest one) no matter how far in the future it is.
Excellent question. The intent with the game app is to present events and activities starting in the next 60 minutes, rather than offering events that don’t start for hours, or days. The idea for that part of the home screen is to log in, pair the trainer, and jump right in to activities you’ve chosen for yourself.
Showing all the events further out into the distance is also important - but we didn’t want to duplicate it 3x in the Companion app, the Events webpage and also the game app. It’s about streamlining the home screen UI. Does that make sense?
Maybe I will put it up for Auction!! 
