Yes. Zwift on Apple TV, companion app on my iPhone, and the HR is the Apple Watch. I deleted the Zwift App from my Apple Watch and solely use the Companion App on my watch for HR. The only issue I have is that sometimes (once a week), the Apple Watch disconnects after. Generally reconnects. That alone is frustrating.
On what I do:
I usually reboot my Apple Watch and iPhone before I go to the hell cabin to ride. Then:
Start Companion App on my iPhone.
Wake up my trainer.
Start Zwift on the Apple TV.
Pairing is Automatic. As well, the Companion App on the watch automatically opens (I donât click the app on the watch).
I unpair the watch, wait five seconds and then pair it. Trainer is paired.
I start my ride.
Thatâs all. If, by chance, signal drops on the watch, I exit to the clock face, then go back to the Companion App. Generally, if it fails, itâs within the first five minutes of my ride, and it comes back. Very strange that itâs only the beginning of the rides.
For me it used to work exactly the same way. However last year after switching to a new phone it is impossible to set it up again. Other apps such as Strava have the option to connect (or disconnect/reconnect) to apple health kit. This option is not in the companion app though. I Really think that it should just be a couple lines of code to make a button to set up Apple health again.
It does look like it is doing active energy. Not sure if thatâs new. But youâre still not showing your health app screen shot of âCycling Distanceâ that I see. Thatâs kind of my point from the beginning itâs all there, itâs just not âwrittenâ to the cycling distance portion. So when you do Health App â Cycling Distance â (not there) â Data Sources and Access (it has Zwift, but no companion app)
Do you have something different under the âCycling Distanceâ?
On my iPhone 11 Pro Max under the system Settings>Health>Data Access & Devices the Companion app doesnât even show up as an option to select so I canât get to a screen like the one you showed in your post. This is very oddâŚ
That is. Maybe delete the app, reboot your iPhone and reinstall Companion app. It should ask for permissions again. Distance is written for me. In settings, health, Companion, Data, Workouts, I have all my workouts. When I tap one, I get this:
If I recall correctly, I wasnât prompted for permissions right away, but once I started my first ride then it popped up. Zwift really needs to add a dedicated connection area to manage this as it appears many people are having difficulty with being prompted in the first place.
Yes, distance is captured as part of the âworkoutâ but not written to the âcycling distanceâ data element that Brad is looking for given he doesnât use Strava or any 3rd party product to keep a running total of his cycling miles. Bottom line the way I see it - the Zwift Companion app is not currently programmed to write to this data element in Health and is not a bug; just a feature request.
Mine looked just like this in Settings and obviously no option to select anything to get syncâd to Health. After uninstalling, rebooting, and reinstalling Companion now this doesnât show up. Companion doesnât show up at all.
And for what is worth, I use the Apple Watch for nothing. Just iPhone to Apple TV and Companion on iPhone.
Got it. Just pulled up Cycling Distance in the Health App and saw that Zwift can write to it but not Companion. There are a handful of Zwift rides when I didnât use the Companion App. Feature request is right.
I donât get any options, just the Data drill down, and itâs empty, even though I have done hundreds of rides on the Companion app. Iâm on an iPhone 7.
The interesting thing is that after reinstalling Companion, the Companion app is not available as a data source for Health until after you save a ride. Then it appears in the list, despite the fact that it has no options or data. So it seems that there is some support for Health connectivity, but itâs not working for many/most of us. Maybe it would be good to report this as a bug instead of a feature request.
I use iPad as you describe, however, Companion app has no data as others indicate. With no Health App on the iPad Zwift canât send data directly to Health.
I have the same problem. After deleting the companion app and reinstalled it, there is no possiblitiy to get permission for the health data. And the companion app isnât shown in the health app
Totally agree with everyone here. I have gone to the other thread and voted for that enhancement/fix. For me it makes total sense that with the Companion app would be able to upload to Health data. So annoying. Iâm in the process of removing the Companion app and updating my iPhone. Based on what I see here I donât hold any hope, but will report back if I have any success.
For what itâs worth, hereâs my setup.
Zwift running on MacBook with 43 inch monitor
iPhone with Companion app
Wahoo TICKR X HR monitor
I have an Apple Watch but itâs not in the mix. I do have a small work around, which is to use my Apple Watch and record an Indoor Ride in the Workout app. This at least captures some of the data. The rest of the data uploads to Strava. Far from ideal but it is a workaround.
