Fixed a few interface labels that could appear in English instead of German, French, or Spanish — all four languages are now fully translated.

New name: SR Companion - The app is now called SR Companion (formerly SmartRow Companion). At the request of the team behind the SmartRow hardware, the name no longer leads with "SmartRow" — making it clear this is an independent, third-party companion app, not affiliated with or endorsed by SmartRow / Ergometer Innovations B.V. - Nothing else changes: your sessions, settings, Strava and Apple Health connections, and iCloud history all carry over automatically. No re-pairing, no re-login. Peloton and more fitness apps - New "Alternate broadcast name" setting lets the Peloton app discover your rower for its rowing classes - New "Relay heart rate signal" setting sends your heart rate to apps that don't read it over FTMS — just pair SR Companion as a heart rate monitor - The broadcast (and heart rate) now turn on as soon as you enable them, so you can connect in your fitness app before you start rowing Reliability - Fixed an occasional glitch in the live force curve on harder strokes — the curve now renders cleanly across the full stroke

Connect Screen Redesign - Updated visuals with a glowing rower-with-halo motif that flows seamlessly across every state: idle → scanning → connecting → connected - Find My SmartRow button pulses with a blue glow on the landing screen, matching the green glow on Start Session - Cancel reshaped as a tidy capsule pill instead of a full-width button — no more spanning the screen in landscape Reliability Fixes - Apple Watch HR session no longer gets stuck streaming when the phone app is briefly opened and dismissed within a second or two - A backgrounded phone on the Ready-to-Row screen no longer holds or reacquires the BLE connection to the rower from another room - Cold-launch with a saved rower no longer briefly shows the saved-device idle screen before flipping to "Connecting…" Misc - Default appearance for new installs is now Dark mode (was Auto). Existing users keep whatever they had set in Settings

Apple Watch Companion - New Apple Watch app — use your Apple Watch as a heart rate monitor during workouts - Auto-launches and starts streaming when you open the iPhone app - Seamless reconnect after sleep, app switch, or reachability gaps - Status card on the Session Ready screen shows connection state and live HR - Backgrounding the phone ends the watch session immediately; foregrounding reconnects - Fully localized (English, German, French, Spanish) and follows the iPhone in-app language Stroke Score — New Technique Feedback - Compare every stroke to a target force curve and see how your technique stacks up - The reference curve follows the "Grinko style" described by Dr. Valery Kleshnev — strong leg-drive and an early peak - Dynamic reference: the target curve is recalculated on each stroke from your current stroke rate and peak force, so the target stays realistic as you accelerate or ease off - Every stroke is scored 1–10 on two independent dimensions: • Timing — how close your peak force lands to the expected position in the drive • Shape — how closely your overall curve matches the target, including smoothness - Color-coded scores (red, orange, yellow, green) let you read your technique at a glance - Force curve y-axis scales dynamically so peak force always sits at 90% of plot height, with an orange dashed peak-force line for quick reference - New "About Stroke Score" info screen explains the methodology and cites the source research (Kleshnev, 2006 & 2020) Polish & Fixes - Workout screen no longer flashes a cleared state when ending or discarding a session - Work overlay chip is now fully opaque

Collapsible Workout Layout - Tap any metric section to collapse it into a compact bar — tap again to expand - Distance, pace/speed/calories, work overlay, and power header are all collapsible - Smooth animations on expand and collapse - Your layout preference is remembered between sessions Typography Refresh - Workout metrics now use rounded fonts with stable digit widths for a cleaner look Power Graph - Rolling window size is now configurable — choose from 25 to 200 strokes in Settings Mac Support - Run SmartRow Companion natively on your Mac

FTMS Broadcast - Rebroadcast rowing data as a Bluetooth FTMS fitness machine so third-party apps can receive your metrics in real time - New Broadcast toggle in Settings with connection status - Broadcasting continues in the background during your workout Language Support - Added German, French, and Spanish translations - In-app language override in Settings SmartRow Power Handle - Full support for SmartRow Power Handle alongside SmartRow Pulley - Automatic device type detection from Bluetooth manufacturer data Workout UX - Session chip pulses red when you stop rowing — tap it to end your session - Drive phase sweep animation timed to your actual drive duration - Improved header layout with better icon sizing and labels Heart Rate Zones - Zone ring now fills from 0% of max HR (was 25%) - New option to hide HR percentage while keeping zone colors Strava Export - Accurate stroke timestamps for correct moving time and pacing data - Cleaner Strava charts with aligned speed, power, and distance records

Strava Export - Accurate stroke timestamps for correct moving time and pacing data - Aligned speed, power, and distance records for cleaner Strava charts - Removed phantom zero-speed tail at end of session Performance & Responsiveness - Fixed Settings menu scroll sluggishness when SmartRow is connected - Fixed issue that made selecting Auto/Light/Dark difficult when SmartRow is connected Heart Rate Zones - Zone ring now fills from 0% of max HR (was 25%) - New option to hide HR percentage while keeping zone colors Workout UX - Session chip pulses red when you stop rowing — tap it to end your session - Improved header layout with better icon sizing and labels

Animation & Visual Fixes - HR zone ring border now changes color instantly with the chip on zone transitions - Brighter drive phase sweep animation in dark mode for better visibility - Power graph diamond marker now stays in sync with the power line - Power graph rolling window x-axis shows actual stroke numbers

Heart Rate Zones - Live 5-zone heart rate display (Z1 Recovery through Z5 Max) - Zone-colored chip with animated progress ring showing % of max HR - Configurable max HR from HealthKit age or manual entry - Two formulas: Classic (220-age) and Tanaka (208-0.7x age) - Zone preview table in Settings Drive Phase Animation - Blue sweep animation on stroke length chip during each drive - Timed to your actual average drive duration Smoother Force Curves - Force curve morphs smoothly between strokes instead of redrawing - Monotone interpolation eliminates curve artifacts Other Improvements - Odometer digits roll forward correctly on wrap (9 to 0) - HR display uses monospaced font for consistent layout - Refined heart rate chip glow and progress ring visibility - Cleaner workout header with enlarged stop button

iPad Support — Workout screen scales to 1.5x on iPad for much easier reading — Works in both portrait and landscape on all iPad models including iPad mini Power Graph Redesign — New header layout with large centered watts and average/peak flanking left and right — Green diamond marker on the most recent data point — Cleaner graph area for better visibility Power Tolerance Band — Visual tolerance band shaded on the power graph around your average power — Band width matches your power consistency setting (1–30%) — New “Show band on graph” toggle in settings Appearance Setting — New Light / Dark / Auto theme setting to override or follow the system theme Smoother Animations — Power consistency feedback, average power pulse, and peak highlights all animate smoothly Force Curve Polish — Work data moved to a compact overlay pill on the chart, freeing up vertical space Bug Fixes — Fixed Strava connection error when tapping Connect twice