Yes, I’m able to watch other riders. My sensor is a Garmin Speed Sensor. It connects by ANT+. I tried using bluetooth as well but no luck either. It connects fine to my Samsung S9 phone.
Is the speed sensor Bluetooth and Ant+? Not all android devices support ANT+.
It’s ANT+ only that I’m aware of. But I tried Bluetooth as well, just hoping it would connect. I also downloaded an ANT+ plugin on the Tablet. But that also didn’t help. This setup I’m trying is just temporary. I have a new Wahoo Kickr core on it’s way. It should be here in a week or so. If I have to delete zwift and just use the Wahoo app I guess I’ll have to go that route.
The Wahoo should be Bluetooth and Ant so that should work on the tablet. Yes some android devices don’t have access to the ANT+ radio.
I just downloaded a few more ANT+ radio app plug in. I’m going to see if that helped at all…and it didn’t make a difference. It sounds like this version of the TAB A doesn’t have the ability to receive ANT+. How does a person know if a tablet has the capability? I’d think the latest and greatest version would be all you need. How very frustrating.
With all the different Android options it can be very hard. In the device spec they should list ANT+, but most of the entry devices don’t.
The good news is your new Wahoo can communicate using Bluetooth.
but I won’t be able to use Zwift at all then? Or will the Wahoo Kickr Bluetooth signal connect to Zwift?
Yes you will be able to use Zwift, if the wahoo kicker transmit using Bluetooth, most of the newer trainer do Bluetooth and ANT+.
Ok. Once my trainer shows up and I get it up and running I’ll report back to see if it works with the TAB A. I’m crossing my fingers.
The fact that you can open the app and see other people riding is a very good sign that you will be able to ride.
Let us know.
will do.
The only supported Galaxy Tab A - T587P runs 6.0
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The system on a chip (SoC) is the Qualcomm MSM8953 (Snapdragon 625)
How do you find a TAB A with that model number? I’ve tried searching and can’t find anything.
So good news and bad news. The good news is it connected through my Wahoo kickr over bluetooth. The bad news is after about 30 to 40 minutes it would lose the connection. The first time I was using it I was doing an FTP test. It made it about 25 minutes and lost connection. I started over and did just a typical Watopia ride. I made it about 40 minutes into the ride and it lost connection again. This was using the Bluetooth connection. Every time I started up Zwift I had to tell it to look for the Kickr. It took a few minutes but it found it. But again after a little bit the connection was lost. I used my phone (samsung S9) and it connected immediately using ANT+. So unless you only want to do about 30 minutes rides, the TAB A I have is no good. The model I have is SM-T290. I was told by a samsung rep that most TAB A’s aren’t equipped with ANT+. I’m guessing that’s why only certain model numbers of TAB A’s actually work. I guess I’ll use my phone for now.
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Same here. I wll probably cancel my membership with Zwift and start using something else on my new TAB A. This is not aceptable.
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It has nothing to do with ANT+ as Bluetooth Low Energy could also be used. It comes down to the CPU. The only TabA we support uses the Snapdragon 625. I’ve looked up the T290 that you are talking about, and it’s using the Snapdragon 429. If I remember what the android devs said, this is due to the 429 being a weaker CPU. I have the same issue with my Stylo 4, which uses a Snapdragon 425 I think.
Here is a comparison of the two, and there’s some give and take on both sides, but it comes down to the fact that they use the same cores in their CPU’s, the Cortex A53, but the 625 has twice as many cores, and can handle more threads.
Also, even if the device doesn’t have ANT+, you can give Androids ANT+ with the use of a few apps and a dongle, directions can be found here.
Hope this helps!
This is the info I needed listed about 2 weeks ago. On the list of Devices it shows the TAB A Model number SM-T587. This is the model I purchased. However, it still doesn’t work. Then i’m told I need that model number with a certain chip set and processor. Maybe lets update that Device list and state you need to be sure the Tab A you get must also have a certain CPU etc. I really shouldn’t have to scroll through 100’s upon 100’s of posts to find this info.
Is there any plan to support Samsung Tab A 2019? couple of my mates have cancelled the subscription and are using now Rouvy as it supports pretty much all recent android.
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I really wish Zwift and their people would stop talking about the only supported model…the gtaxlqltespr model of the T587P. It’s a 2016 model, it runs 6.0 (which doesn’t comply to the 7.0 requirements), and is no longer available for purchase. How about this, say that the TabA isn’t supported and put and end to it!
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Looking at the t-510 (10.1 inch 2019 vesion) the CPU is 64bit so could run the correct level ABI but samsung have built the OS as 32bit which as its there own exynos setup is a annoying, bascially teh only chipsts that look to be able to work are teh Qualcom ones