In-app power and cadence meter support

[Dominik1]

The Strava smartphone app could connect directly to power meters and cadence sensors, similar to HR monitors which are already working well.

Not everyone wants to/has the ability to record this kind of data through a dedicated cycling computer ("head unit").

Strava has already had tentative plans for this for years. From https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049550432-Pairing-Sensors-with-the-Strava-app :

Can I pair power or cadence meters?

Our plan is to first roll out heart rate monitors with BLE pairing to ensure it’s working as intended before we expand to power/cadence meters or other sensors. We don’t have a hard timeline but if our rollout of BLE pairing works as planned, you can expect power/cadence meter support to be recording devices that we would look at to support in the future.

[Soren]

Thanks for submitting your idea to enable power meters and cadence sensor connections through the mobile app. It has been reviewed by our moderation team and is now open to voting.

[holstein13]

This would probably work well for Bluetooth devices.  I think my pedals and SRAM shifter use Bluetooth because I can connect to them with my phone. I don't think my cadence sensor does.  I'm pretty sure the cadence sensor uses ANT

[Dominik1]

Most power meters use Bluetooth, and power meters also include cadence along with the power data. So just Bluetooth support would be fine.

[holstein13]

Thanks.  I didn't know that.  I added my power meters after I already had the cadence sensor, so maybe I can now remove my old cadence sensor.  I'll give it a try.

[stian]

Yes, please add this feature. Same as you do with HR monitors, just add power meters via Bluetooth.

Bluetooth power meter for bikers is pretty important and seems like a no brainer/great addition to strava app.

It might affect the bike computer market, but it would be nice to have as an option.

[Tuners]

Support for rear bike radars (such as garmin Varia) would be fantastic, as well. There’s a few cycling computer apps that do this currently, along with HR, power etc. but none work perfectly and/ or have crap UI. strava as the one stop shop would be a dream come true 👌