Strava’s Refreshed Apple Watch App Adds Live Segments

Apple Watch is getting an improved Strava interface and Live Segment support. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge

Strava is bringing what it calls a “cleaner and much intuitive” acquisition to nan Apple Watch on pinch Live Segments. The changes are meant to reside increasing request from athletes turning to Apple’s wearable, according to Strava:

In 2024, Strava saw a astir 20 percent year-over-year summation successful nan stock of device-uploading athletes utilizing an Apple Watch, pinch Apple holding nan apical 2 spots for preferred devices among runners successful Strava’s 2024 Year successful Sport report. 

Live Segments are a Strava characteristic that provides real-time capacity information connected starred aliases celebrated sections of a route, allowing cyclists and runners to compete against themselves aliases others successful an effort to laic declare to King/Queen of nan Mountain titles. The characteristic is already available connected GPS-enabled watches and motorcycle computers made by companies for illustration Garmin, Hammerhead, Polar, and Suunto, truthful it’s bully to spot Apple yet subordinate successful connected nan motivational fun.

With nan caller app, athletes pinch an Apple Watch will beryllium presented pinch a circle and banner showing nan approaching segment. As they participate nan segment, nan circle updates successful existent clip to bespeak progress, and whether they are down aliases up of their individual record. The results are shown astatine nan extremity of nan segment, earlier transitioning backmost to nan modular signaling screen.

“Apple Watch has go an progressively celebrated wearable for athletes connected Strava,” said Strava’s main merchandise officer, Matt Salazar. “This finance successful Apple Watch is much than conscionable search a workout — it’s astir delivering nan real-time, game-like features athletes emotion to motivate them successful nan moment.”

The redesigned Strava Apple Watch app is disposable to download now, globally.