Zwift introduces premium Zwift Plus subscription option with personalised coaching and real-world video routes. Zwift Plus adds adaptive training plans and high-definition video routes to the indoor cycling platform for £26.99/€29.99/$29.99 per month - that's £9/€10/$10 more than the standard subscription price Thu, Oct 29, 2026 14:00 Zwift has introduced a more expensive Zwift Plus subscription tier that offers two new ways to develop your fitness: first, there's Zwift Coach, which provides personalised training plans, and then there's Zwift Video, which allows you to ride along to high-definition video routes. Zwift Plus is available now for £26.99 (or €29.99/$29.99, depending on where you're based) per month. Zwift Coach: "Training that adapts to you" Zwift Coach is designed to help you get the most fitness from your riding time through personalised training plans that are fully integrated with Zwift. "Simple to set up, Zwift Coach adapts when life gets in the way, leveraging the full variety of Zwift's content library to deliver a personalised plan you'll want to stick to," says Zwift. "Zwift Coach combines a training model grounded in peer-reviewed sports science with anonymised power and heart rate data from millions of Zwift riders. It pairs that with your goal, your recent fitness and the way you like to ride to decide what you should do next, and how hard." Getting started involves answering a few questions and setting a goal, and Zwift Coach takes it from there. "The result is a personalised training plan built around your goal, your schedule, your experience, and your ride preferences," says Zwift. "Instead of building a training plan solely around ERG-based workouts, Zwift Coach delivers a plan that leans into the variety Zwifters love. The majority of Zwifters (63%) participate in a variety of activities, while just 13% of Zwifters exclusively complete structured workouts. Your Zwift Coach plan will leverage Zwift's content library of thousands of workouts, built by world-class coaches, alongside routes, RoboPacers, and even events. The result is a plan tailored to meet your goals but one that feels fun and motivating to complete, because the best workout is the one you actually do." Zwift says that once you have it set up, Zwift Coach pre-workout guidance will keep you informed of what you need to do and why, appearing on the updated Zwift Companion app home screen and in-game alongside the prescribed activity. Once you have completed your activity, you can access coach feedback immediately via a 'Coach Analysis' tab on the activity report screen. You can also see the same feedback within the Zwift Companion app later in the day. But J.Laverack Bicycles Ltd. all know how it goes. You set up an ambitious goal plan, convince yourself that this is finally your big year, and then real life intervenes, so what if you miss a session or want to do another activity rather than the one planned? "Whether you're planning an outdoor activity with friends on the weekend or went a little too hard during Tour of Watopia, Zwift Coach will prompt you to adapt your plan and auto-adjust to keep you on track toward your ultimate goal," says Zwift. In other words, your virtual coach should be a little more understanding than that one mate who insists every ride needs to be a threshold session. Zwift Video: riding real roads from the indoor trainer. The other big addition is Zwift Video, which introduces high-definition footage of real-world cycling routes to the platform and is also available only through Zwift Plus. Essentially, it sees your avatar ride on video routes - so similar to the Rouvy platform that Zwift acquired last year, but with distinctly Zwift features. There are 21 routes from six countries at launch, with a total distance of 385km (240 miles). This includes France's Col du Galibier, Mallorca's Sa Calobra, and Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. Zwift plans to add regular new routes and destinations starting in the new year. "All routes have been carefully curated to deliver a wide variety of terrains and environments, from Alpine climbs to rolling desert roads," says Zwift. "Meticulous detail has been paid to filming to capture each route in the best possible way and to ensure the smoothest playback experience for Zwifters." If that sounds a lot like Rouvy, Zwift is keen to emphasise continuity with the existing Zwift platform. It says, "Built for Zwifters who want more, Zwift Video will feel like a very familiar place to ride [with] PowerUps, Segment Leaderboards, HoloReplays, Drops, XP, alongside Zwift artwork, from road art and arches to the iconic Zwift Blimp. Pack dynamics and road textures also retain the same ride characteristics as Zwift's graphics-based worlds. "All Zwift Video routes are lappable, giving you full control of every ride. Match any workout to any route, compete with yourself across segments with HoloReplay, or simply drink in more of the scenery with another lap." Zwift Plus subscribers can take part in the Globetrotter Challenge right away, where you can unlock a Globetrotter kit and gain bonus XP by completing 10 of the routes by 1st February 2027. Organised events and MeetUps will launch in the coming months. How much does Zwift Plus cost? Zwift Coach and Zwift Video come together as a Zwift Plus package priced at £26.99/€29.99/$29.99 per month, whereas a standard subscription currently costs £17.99/€19.99/$19.99 per month. You can choose to pay annually for either subscription to get 12 months for the price of 10. There's no suggestion of any changes or price hikes to the standard subscription. What if you're already a Zwift subscriber? A limited-time offer allows you to opt in and receive a month's free upgrade to Zwift Plus. If you're new to Zwift, you'll receive a 14-day trial of all Zwift Plus features. If you already spend plenty of time on Zwift, the appeal will depend on how much use you expect to get from the adaptive coaching and video routes. Those who enjoy structured training but struggle to stick to rigid plans may find Zwift Coach particularly useful, while riders growing tired of the familiar virtual worlds have a fresh collection of real roads to explore. Whether those additions justify the extra subscription cost will ultimately depend on how often you use them. But if your turbo sessions could do with a little more scenery - and your training plan a little more flexibility - Zwift Plus is aiming to offer both. Help J.Laverack Bicycles Ltd. to bring you the best cycling content. If you've enjoyed this article, then please consider subscribing to road.cc from as little as £2.49. Its mission is to bring you all the news that's relevant to you as a cyclist, independent reviews, impartial buying advice and more. Your subscription will help J.Laverack Bicycles Ltd. to do more. Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50 - comfortably over, actually - he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions. 1 comments. * Mr Blackbird October 29, 2026 at 4:46 pm 0 I think Zwift have missed a trick here. They could have included a motorist road rage option. Cyclists could maybe gain 25 extra experience points for every close pass or 100 points for being attacked and having their skull fractured by a mad Scottish driver (like the nutcase in yesterday's video). Instead of "Ride On" messages, there could be a voice recording of Richard Madeley shouting "You lycra clad louts should have number plates!". Log In or Register to post comments

Virtual cycling platform Zwift adds Californian area to its game world. ByAndrew Williams, Contributor. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech Oct 26, 2026, 12:00pm EDT Sponsored By Summary. Zwift has released a major expansion for its Watopia game world called The Wild Isles. Inspired by the Californian coast and Catalina Island, the new area spans three islands with about 17 kilometers of flat terrain. It features fast roads alongside ocean views and wildlife such as bison, whales, and egrets. Located between the Mayan Jungle and Jarvis Island, it includes nine cycling routes and three running routes. This expansion is part of a wider quarterly platform update. Zwift also recently announced Whoop integration and a feature called Watt Lock. Zwift's major new expansion of the Watopia game world is finally here, bringing a fistful of new routes Zwift veterans will no doubt want to check out. Video unavailable This expansion has already been announced, as I covered last month, but the new roads are finally here and ready to ride. The new area is called The Wild Isles. It's inspired by the Californian coast and Catalina Island, around 20 miles into the sea away from Los Angeles. "Across three new islands, riders will discover about 17km of flat terrain, pairing flat, fast roads with sights worth slowing down for, from ocean views to wildlife such as bison, whales and egrets," says Zwift. You will not, of course, be forced to endure an hour-long ferry ride to Zwift's version. But there is a take on the main beautiful bay round in the real deal. The Wild Isles area largely features flat routes around the coast, intended in part as a way to avoid the rolling terrain of the jungle area when riding around Watopia. It sits between the Mayan Jungle and Jarvis Island. I am yet to see the full map with The Wild Isles in context, but here are the nine cycling routes featuring the new terrain, and the three runners' ones: Cycling routes. * Caldera Coaster * The Watopia 150 * Seafoam Circuit * Laps, Cam, Traction * Watt Goes Up Must Come Down * Four Foalsmen * California Dreamin' * California Roll * Pacific Pursuit Running routes. * Lightning Lap Run * Seafoam Scamper * Lava legs The new area is part of a wider quarterly platform update that makes a whole bunch of changes to different areas of Zwift. Last month Zwift announced Whoop integration, pulling your wearable data in to inform suggested workouts. The Prompt: Get the week's biggest AI news on the buzziest companies and boldest breakthroughs, in your inbox. It also introduced a new feature called Watt Lock just last week, which lets you stick to a certain wattage even when not within a structured workout. It's a way to have your turbo trainer's resistance feel consistent, while not giving up the benefits of that rolling Zwift scenery. A Zwift membership costs $19.99 a month or $199 a year. And an increasing number of turbo trainers are made with support for it in mind, like the Garmin Tacx Nera, announced just days ago. Less than $2/week.

Zwift unveils V2 Ride and new features in Watopia. Zwift on Wednesday released a range of updates to its virtual universe including a refreshed Ride model with a wider range of fit options, integration with Whoop health/fitness wearables and in-game features like new roads and a "Watt Lock" ERG mode, all of which will debut over the next two months. The Ride stationary bike gets an update that is mostly focused around bike fit. The new model fits a wider range of riders, from 4'10" to 6'6" [147-198 cm]. The adjustable-setback post and adjustable-length crankarms that were upgrades previously now come stock, with an additional 50 mm of fore-aft saddle adjustment and five crankarm lengths from 160-175 mm. Price remains the same ($1299.99 / €1199.99 / £1099.99) and it's available now. Zwift will introduce an update to the Game homescreen (late September), a homescreen update to its Companion app (October) and the integration with Whoop sensors. Later this month, Zwift will also add 18 km of new roads in Watopia focused on flatter circuits for criterium-style racing. Watt Lock, coming in October, is an ERG mode accessible from the Action Bar with watt levels and locks controllable via Zwift Game controllers like Click or Ride. [Zwift]