this is really painful, neither Samsung doing anything or Strava doing anything . Strava, the app dedicated to sports practices. Only devices like those from Garmin/Wahoo/Hammerhead/etc that have Strava Live Segments can display that for paying members. For those, Strava says: “We realize these API changes could be especially challenging for some developers, so they’ll be non-breaking for 30 days, returning empty data during that time so they can make necessary adjustments. I have subscribed to Strava in the past, but don’t now. It’s annoying looking back using the “Training Calendar”, but no more annoying than the calendar on Garmin Connect. It is indeed a website type monitor of physical activity available in a dozen languages. I probably won’t ever subscribe. Comment t�l�charger avec 01net. Plus – if the tables had been turned, and it was Amazon AWS (Strava’s hosting provider), and they simply sent them a note one morning and said: “Don’t worry, we’re just sending you empty data from your databases effective immediately.” – I’m guessing Strava wouldn’t feel the same way. I’ll be deleting Strava and sticking with Garmin Connect from now on. “I’m sure Strava will think this post is overly negative”. It’s very personal data that is specific to me, and I’m fairly open to letting Strava use my data to create a platform that I feel is useful to me. Yes, flybys are hosed for now, and it’s weird that they’re suddenly worried about privacy on flybys after having them around for so long. Both apps are connected. Strava does not import my activities from google fit anymore. The app is suitable for Android and iOS devices. We plan to take what we earn from these changes and reinvest straight back into building more and better features – not devising ways to fill up your feed with ads or sell your personal information. And ‘matched runs’ no longer works. If Strava knew how to cost effectively host their servers they would probably make money, they use AWS, beyond a certain scale that’s not cost effective (about the $25K mark). “Strava Metro Service” means the cloud-based website and data manipulation software made available by Strava pursuant to these Metro TOU, as updated by Strava from time to time. Looking for the best sports tech deals for the holidays? •    New Segment Creation is allowed But there are some pluses. Ride with GPS seems to fit the bill now. Personally I’m torn on this issue, I don’t like what they did. Totally agree. Major business and marketing fail in my opinion. Connecting to Strava from Zwift.com. Till then, I’ll just use something else that caters to both crowds. And frankly, I can’t have that. Any help is appreciated. They’re just using the ‘Embed on Blog’ feature to get that to display: I asked Strava exactly what was changing developer-wise, and they noted the following specific items from the API: Segment Leaderboard data is not available anymore, Segment Effort data is available for subscribers (but not non-paying users). Other paid features weren’t of interest because I’m a casual exerciser and it’s about keeping myself motivated mostly. It would sure be swell if there was a way (even if paid for) that you could see everyone that you follow’s weekly/monthly and yearly mileage in a report. The other way seems to be no problem, but strava's data is less accurate in my experience. Strava has since changed the listings and corrected errors in their documentation that included those earlier added items. I’m looking towards the new alternatives , Is it just me or is GAP (grade adjusted pace) no longer available to free users, GAP was always a bit hit & miss (ie only appeared sometimes) but yes it doesn’t seem to be on *any* of my runs now, even the very steep ones, I knew I’d lose the GAP graph, but surprised not to see the single overall number either. Currently I’m back on the free version. VeloViewer has detailed the nuances here, which still involve less features now for non-paying Strava users. I have built an extensive list of my most frequently asked questions. Strava only recently started “Matched Rides”, which is exactly allowing you to see how you’ve done in “previous trips out”. I hate that sort of invasive preaching that happens with Strava where they have no idea what they’re doing…they are not a sports authority, they are a sports data accumulation application. What I’m most annoyed about is that the club compare has been removed for free users. In the past corporate entities have avoided that topic but no more, and that might be the biggest limiting factor for SM expansion; the division of customers along political lines, and that won’t be good for business. Here we provide you with more explanations about this decision taken by Strava, which we deeply regret. If it’s not on Strava, it didn’t happen, right? On a positive note, Strava could have their cake and eat it too if they put in a more reasonably priced solution for those that just want their old features back. But wait – why is VeloViewer different than other apps? Of course, we’re all different. A few years ago I became a subscriber because: “Every dollar you spend . Existing routes you have in your account remain. You’ll still see the segment placings (and times for non-paying users) – so in effect for non-paying users, it becomes more of a check-list of to-do’s, than a leaderboard of standings. Dec 18, 2020. Strava support keeps quiet, please help. Does Strava offer promoted posts for brands? If you’re not paying, Strava wants you to pay – and they’re even giving you a 60-day trial to test things out. Strava (like Zwift) doesn’t really care what people comment, that part of the app is just for show. Check out When I start a ride through my Apple Watch and later import the data to strava it records everything and all seems fine. So basically, as a paying member of Strava, I could still use App XYZ to track my specific pedaling on that segment (with things like cadence/heart rate/etc…), but not my rank (unless I ranked in the Top 10 – which pulls via DetailedSegmentEffort – ”kom_rank”). As part of a letter going out to all users today from their founders, they outline that part well, saying: “This means that, starting today, a few of our free features that are especially complex and expensive to maintain, like segment leaderboards, will become subscription features. It’s a nice break from the day to day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it! tobiasfritz , 03/04/2018. We’ve also made subscription more straightforward by removing packs and the brand of Summit. Notifications Both phone and Watch app are good and especially the watch app has improved significantly with the removal of the big orange round button. Think my written reviews are deep? But I don’t like that they took it away. They’re not paying members. . That’s the part they need to be called out for. I respect that Strava need to make money or they won’t survive, but I think they’ve gone about this in the wrong way. WHAT ? One thing that this latest debacle by Strava has shown me, the reprogramming to remove features, is that I don’t need them at all. The nice thing is that I don’t really do much with Strava anymore. It’s clear that Strava wants you to have a subscription though, otherwise Segments are mostly useless. I ride with people that just do human powered activities too. I am not able to open my Strava App on my Galaxy Watch Active 2 device since yesterday (2-July-2020). I’m headed to Paris – what do you recommend for training or sightseeing? In the top left corner click on settings. But I can’t say never. Dec 17, 2020. The current/final list is also now shown correctly here. Since they refuse to accept data processing from established vendors (Garmin et al) and say they want to do their own data processing (which always seems to be a little slower and a little less everything than others) there’s really no reason to trust the way they generate their metrics…and further, it has made their system less less trustworthy since my speed / power / distances always seem to be less on Strava. I want to bring up the fact that non paying users can now only create private segments. It seems like a company founded by teenagers with no real world business sense. Changes to the Segments API May 18th, 2020. I have better ideas on how to spend a few dollars – I can buy beer for my friends on a ride. I’m not going to use my phone and I’m definitely not going to use an Apple Watch or Suunto for running. All my activities are different then they offer in the statistics. That said they should have ignored feedback and gone down the Advertising route, like all other Social Media Platforms, FB and Insta. In the UK/EU/Australia/New Zealand? Nothing earth-shattering, though a nice clean-up. I’ve been impressed with Sports Tracker by Amer sports. If you’re out there hunting segments with Strava Live Segments or Xert, awesome, more power to you. The app is well known for its accurate results while doing the workouts and it provides excellent tips on health and fitness. C) Looking at what my real-life friends have posted recently. M.R.P. Unfortunately I’ll have to break up with you Strava. Most companies give many many months for upcoming deprecated features. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. I managed to look at an x-c ski activity from 2015 in seconds. Strava Challenge Submission Fill in the form below to submit your challenge copy and creative assets. Since I came to the realisation that I can’t beat anyone, segments on Strava lost their appeal . I never understood why they were giving away a product that people would pay for while at the same time trying to still a loaded version for more than most want to spend. But I do have interest in comparing my efforts on the same ride/run, and on my training record. Details. Their PR on what they’ve been doing is also awful. Because he is independent and will give his honest opinion. June 18th, 2020: The 30-day migration period for affected endpoints has ended. Strava will ultimately get new paid users in the short run but could lose up to 70% of the user community which will have a damaging effect on the network benefits of the app. gravel vs not, more elevation option, etc…), and you also got some redesigned elements of the mobile app around training load tracking. This guide will help you get started so you can fully engage in the Strava experience on the web. I haven’t used Strava that much lately but I have just started training again and just found out that you have to subscribe just to check your own history and comparisons! The appropriate course of action here would have been to give their 3rd party developer partners at least a month to update their apps to deal with this significant change. Navigate to your activity page on the website (this feature is not available in our mobile apps.) Up until this point, any member could use the Route Builder for free. 60eur is a lot of money to pay for something I don’t have a full data to look for! Oh I still use it to accumulate miles but as far as spending time in the application checking on what others are doing…I’m not doing that anymore. And it probably is worth $60/ year compared to other things that I spend money on. But, if you’re not a paying member, you’ll never see it. If they let 3rd party developers access it, then people could just go to 3rd party apps to get the leaderboards which are only available to paying members. This change is impacting anyone who uses the platform with 3rd party apps to do any amount of analysis of Segments. Our 'advertising' offering comes in the form of sponsored challenges, which are available to brands that can be a motivational influence to athletes, and not a disruptive force. These projects are independent of Strava and may be added, removed or break at any time. As I’ve said before, Strava is going down a rather dangerous path. Details here: link to zwiftinsider.com. We are excited that you have decided to join Strava’s community of athletes. It would also help keep moto people from polluting the leader boards. The tool's calc and Strava's calc tend to be higher than the number reported by the device. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been. I have used both the free version and paid plan previously. Click on Refresh Activity Achievements. In other words, your friends that aren’t subscribers won’t bother competing with you on Segments anymore, because they can’t see the results of it. Instead of paying Strava’s subscription, I’ll give it to Ray so we can continue having unbias reviews, end of story. So instead of giving you time to fix your apps, we’re just gonna do it anyways and instead give you empty data that confuses your end users and app design, so this way it appears your app is broken – not Strava’s. Solely comparing paying club members just doesn’t make sense, since you want to compare all your frinds in a Strava club. Updated constantly! This focus on subscription ensures that Strava can serve athletes decades from now, and in an up-front way that honors the support of the athletes we serve today. What are your least favorite countries/places? I understand that they need to make money somehow. Really dissapointing, I will surely return the watch. I ride/race road, mtb, swim, run etc. •    Segment Detail screen is allowed (just not leaderboard details) Every company should – that’s why they’re a company and not a non-profit. It was nice for a while, with garmin connect and tapiirik. Thanks, Kusheel I use Strava for essentially three things: A) Finding/Building routes Deinstalling the app was a thought i had too but I'm afraid to loose my recorded routes ... Before the App Update the synchronization didnt work either. The interface is stable and used by the Strava mobile apps. Long story short, “They’re using the stick, instead of the carrot.”. And to be honest I cheered when ‘matched runs’ went away from the free level of Strava, it’s irritating to be preached at regarding whether you did better or worse on a run that’s was only 80% the same as past runs. However, we occasionally make major changes to improve performance and enhance our features see the changelog for more details). The Strava app had apparently recorded data about the woman, and when he selected the jogger’s face in Strava, her full name, picture and a map of her run (which effectively shows where she lives) were displayed. Then, of course, you have more robust versions available to members who want/need those functions. I don’t care about comparing to others but not being able to check my own history blows. The popular fitness app Strava: Run, Walk or Ride is now available for Samsung Galaxy Watch users. Click on the ( ) more options menu located on the left-hand side of your activity page. FACT: I am a human person. If you do not check any of the boxes, my tool will use the elevation profile to calculate a total ascent for your FIT files (GPX and TCX files, Strava will do the calculation). But I do miss the features they took away. I think though this lessens the value of Strava Segments for everyone, because it makes it far less interesting/valuable to non-paying users. I’m from out of the country and will be visiting the US, what’s the best triathlon shop in city XYZ? [Update: 26 hours later, Strava disagrees with this summary of that portion of the call, stating only that “We are not yet a profitable company and need to become one in order to serve athletes better”.]. A new matched rides feature is introduced today, which is only available to paying users. Effective today at the exact same time this post publishes, Strava will break some portion of those 44,000 apps. Most everyone would be ok with that. Strava, I will again be a paying customer when you give me filters for my feed. But beyond that, the Segments feature (which now has some dubious restrictions) is the ONLY thing they have that sets them apart from other data aggregators. I am not able to open my Strava App on my Galaxy Watch Active 2 device since yesterday (2-July-2020).