This seems like a long standing issue - I presume for the sake of device compatibility, the Android client runs by default at a very low render resolution. Now utilizing a Samsung Tab S10 Ultra, the larger display emphasizes the distractingly poor visual quality. The app also looks pretty rough on my S24 Ultra, but the smaller screen makes this look less obvious.
It seems like this could be rectified by simply having an in-game option to change render resolution. This is especially disappointing after paying for the tablet holder on the zwift ride for, what would be, a very ideal setup.
Exactly. I wouldn’t hold out much hope for sensible answers here on this topic.
Nor hold your breath for zwift to improve the tablet / phone versions.
I ended up streaming zwift from a gaming PC and using the companion app to connect trainer et al. You could do that to a tablet so long as it runs steam (there are potentially other streaming apps as well but steam is free and ubiquitous)
The downside for steam is that I need to run steam as admin on the PC and then get to the desktop and then launch zwift, i.e you can’t simply launch zwift from steam - I believe there’s a 3rd party add on for zwift that might make launching it directly work. In spite of the faff it works and the quality is significantly higher than running zwift on the tablet itself.
Of course the streaming itself needs a decent wifi or wired network to wherever you’re zwifting.
But yeah, the tablet holder is adding insult to injury really - thankfully I noticed it was going to suck before I bought a tablet.
Everyone else will either tell you that they don’t care / look at the screen so you shouldn’t care either. Or tell you to either use Apple TV (which sucks too but they’ve drunk the kool aid), a gaming PC / laptop (caveat here you don’t really need a gaming PC per se, the specs are much lower than a typical gaming PC) and put it, with a big display in the same room as your trainer.
I mean the hud is more or less unreadable on most of the platforms zwift support too, so I guess they have a point - zwift makes the most sense if you watch youtube instead or if you have a big TV…but this is tragic. I’d love someone to walk in their HQ holding a kitchen sink.
Same issue for me! Got a new more powerful tablet (Lenovo Tab P12) with 12.7" display to have a better Zwift experience, only to find out that graphics stays at the same very poor level as at my old tablet. Isn’t it that difficult to simply add a basic graphic adjustments for android devices?
Yeah that would be nice, and I don’t know the reasons why it’s fixed at such a low level on all the mobile devices regardless of their capabilities. I realize this doesn’t help you very much now but whenever you are considering buying devices and want a better visual experience, I recommend coming to the forum to ask about it. This one would have been easy to answer and I wish I could have spared you the disappointment.