This HRM will allow you to pair your ANT+ with the HRM via the mobile app, then it will convert that data to BLE format and send it upstream to Zwift, which is paired to your V100 HRM. Here's a direct link (don't worry, no affiliate links) To get that running, head over to your favorite fitness retailer (or the defacto, Amazon) and search for the Viiiiva V100 (that's 4 'eyes') heart rate monitor.
There are a few devices out there (more are coming!) that will receive your ride data via the ANT+ protocol from your Smart Trainer or Power Meter/sensors, peel back the ANT+ layers and rewrap that data in the BLE protocol to send to the listening Zwift application running on your iPad or iPhone. So if I were to use Zwift on iOS, I need a way for the application on the iPad, to be able to receive the data from my ANT+ power meter.
Many cycling power meters, including the one I use (a Specialized Quarq), supports broadcasting its power data over ANT+ only, no support for Bluetooth Low Energy (also known as BLE or BTLE).
If your iOS device is not shown here, it is not supported at this time. iPad mini (v2, 3 and 4, including Retina models).Here's a breakdown of the minimum devices needed to support Zwift (requires a 64-bit A7 or newer processor). It won't run on an iPhone 3 or an iPhone 5 for example. There's one caveat: You have to have a supported iOS device to run Zwift on iOS.
That being said, Zwift running natively on the iPhone and iPad brings with it some minor challenges for those riders who were previously running Zwift on their desktop PC or Mac machines, namely the lack of support in iOS for the ANT+ protocol the predominant protocol used by fitness applications and sensors to communicate your ride data back to your PC.īut have no fear! There are solutions to fix this! As of the publish date of this KB article, there are a limited number of slots to sign up, but get your name in early, so you can be a part of it! (draft, pending Zwift on iOS screenshots to illustrate detailed pairing options)Īs of September 2016, the Zwift virtual cycling application was announced to be available on iOS, for early-adopter beta testers.