Zwift Running with iPad

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Hi all.

I’m struggling to connect my Apple Watch to Zwift on my iPad when trying to do a run on a treadmill.
Its Apple Watch 6, iPad 9th Gen and iPhone 14 so the tech is up to date. I have had the companion app open too but cant connect the watch to the iPad.

Is it an iPad thing?

Thanks

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Apple Watch isn’t supported in Zwift, it was pulled over a year ago.

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I’ve been successfully. connecting my Apple Watch to use it for heart rate tracking.

Once Zwift is launched on the iPad and I log in, I then launch the Companion app on my iPhone. Once that says “loading”, the Companion app on my Watch auto-launches and sometimes connects. If it doesn’t, I quit the app on the Watch and relaunch it. After that, it seems to connect.

I’m sorry that I can’t be more specific, it honestly feels like voodoo.

(Quitting an app on the Watch means going to the recent apps (single press on the long button on the right side of the watch), scrolling to the app you want to quit, then swiping sideways and pressing the red X button.)

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That works perfectly for me to get HR, Pace, and Distance from the Apple Watch to Zwift on iPad. Thanks!

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Can someone point to the announcement (if there was any) where Apple Watch support was ended.
There seem to be people for which it is working, it never did for me (and I don’t quite understand the reasoning behind it)

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This was the original post:
Upcoming Changes to Supported Operating Systems [December 2021] - What’s New? / Zwift Game - Zwift Forums

At the time they said they were going to take the apple watch app out of the store altogether, but that didn’t happen for whatever reason.

Now, they have said they are in the middle of working on actual apple watch support, but I don’t believe we have a release date for that.