I installed the new app and gave it a test run today. I only used the old app for firmware updates and to randomly check my battery health so I don't really know what the problems with the old one are. Here is my account of using it a few hours ago. I use a garmin watch to log my rides and I have a data field that reads my battery level and assist level.
After installing the app, which took a very long time to download and install (minor but worth mentioning I guess) I took a quick look around and everything looked nice. The UI is definitely better on the eyes. On first connect I had to do two firmware updates on the bike (2020 Trance 2 Pro). They were labelled as "3/4" and "4/4". I could not let my screen turn off for the updates to work. I got frustrated a few times trying to update because I set my phone on the seat and walked away, if the screen turned off I had to restart. I even looked away for a bit to long and had to restart it once. That being said, when I paid attention and with multiple restarts, the updates went through fine.
I made a couple quick adjustments to my support levels and proceeded to start a new ride log. After 3km I checked on the phone to find that even though my phone and bike had been connected constantly, it logged nothing. It was still reading battery levels and even had a breadcrumb trail on the map but was showing zeros across the board for stats. I reset my bike and restarted my phone and reconnected. Started a new ride log and after a few km everything was working fine. When I got to around 16km I stopped and checked the app again. It was only showing 8km and had an accurate breadcrumb. Battery level, range etc was still showing accurate but by now I had given up on caring about the apps accuracy and continued on using my garmin as the true measurement. Checked my app again around the 25km mark and noticed huge problems with random breadcrumb lines shooting out and back (I was carrying the phone in my pocket so I don't expect gps data to be very accurate). The app was still showing very low kms compared to what I had actually ridden. I kept an eye on it occassionally for the rest of my ride and things continued to be wildly inaccurate. The interesting thing is that after about 15 minutes from finishing my ride the numbers all became accurate. The final number was 3km less than my watch, exactly what it should be after restarting everything. My breadcrumb map is still all over the place but I do expect that from not using a bar mount and keeping the phone in my pocket.
I did feel that my battery capacity was better, I had more juice left when I got home than normal. Typically I ride eco on approaches and use auto mode for trail riding. Auto mode felt good most of the time but occassionally did feel laggy as it did before the update.
Reviewing the post ride info is alright, the UI theme is nice but the graphing is hard to read at times. I appreciate that they include a graph for gps signal quality.
Unfortunately, I do not see an assist level graph nor do I see a battery level graph. Also, immediately after my ride I could see my battery usage (53% which was inaccurate, based on battery levels I used closer to 65-70%). Looking at the ride again now the battery consumption just shows 0%.
Ride time, elevation, distance (eventually) were all accurate.
Like I said, I rarely used the old app. I only logged one ride with it, and now I've only logged one ride with the new app. Based on my incredibly limited experience with the two, the old app worked better. I hope this is a one off and I hope we see some significantly better experiences trickling in in the next few days. Good luck!
