I have tried this on two different android devices now and the same thing happened. I load zwift and everything other than steering pairs as it should. I then click on steering, the zwift play controllers both appear, i select both of then them when i go back to the pairing screen the tile is still orange and only one has the green dot next to it. go back in to the pairing tile, unselect them, they both disappear, then reappear, select them both and the same happens. The blue Z logo on the device is solid blue (not flashing) so the controllers look like they are paired but they do not work. when i load the game it says steering is on but the controllers don’t do anything. Video of the pairing issue here: New video by Chris Holton [image] it has happened on two different devices so don’t think it is my android device that is the issue.

I’ve given this a try myself. They show up on pairing but when you connect to them and go back to pairing screen the icon remains orange and says connecting. If you go back in and try again the program terminates completely. Tried again and despite them saying connecting i went to Repack Rush and for 5 seconds i had steering, then the steering on icon disappeared. Went into pairing screen and unpaired and tried to repair at which point the program terminated. Fair to say they aren’t working as they should.

yeah, i think they’re best avoided for now if android is your main zwift device

Has anyone used Android to pair turbo and hrm via ANT+, only pairing Zwift Play through Bluetooth, all through the Android Zwift app? That would be planned way of adding Zwift Play, as the Mi A2 mobile I usually use has ANT+ functionality after downloading plugins, in adition to supporting two Bluetooth devices.

I tried unpairing everything and pairing the play controllers and it just crashed every time so not sure it would work. I could try later but wouldn’t be too optimistic

I found it easier to connect on Android if you first connect the right controller and close. Then go in again and connect the left controller. Close and wait a second for it to turn blue. It seems the order right-left is important right now…

I tried every combination, mine just immediately crashes. tried everything else paired via ant+ and still the same, just crashes continuously I would definitely hold fire on these if you’re using android until these issues are resolved.

Yes. I must admit that twice - after connecting as I described - it crashed after approx 10 min or so… So we look forward to the next update, yes…

I use mine mainly on PC and they work perfectly. I will continue to check android (i have 3 devices i can check on) with each update and try to keep this updated with any progress.

Just putting this here for visibility too [image] Zwift Play connection and crashes - PC, Android [June 2023] Zwift Equipment My worked flawlessly out of the box on 2 different windows 10 PCs but android on the other hand is a definite no!

What about ATV, last 2 rides zwift play crashed after about 10 minutes. Connecting through companion app. Would reconnect to power but no erg mode. HR and zwift play would not reconnect. Had to restart Zwift and pair through Apple TV directly and could not then use Zwift play.

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