Bike IQ 1.1.4: Palm Bell, Redesigned Radar, and a Major Power Fix
The biggest update since launch. New ways to interact with the app while riding, a completely rewritten radar experience, and a critical fix for power estimation accuracy.
Palm Touch Bell
Ring your bike bell by placing your palm flat on the screen. No aiming for buttons, just slap the screen while riding. A radial glow confirms the touch. Multiple taps produce overlapping ripples.
If you're wearing headphones, the bell routes to the phone speaker so pedestrians hear it, then switches back. The old three-finger gesture is gone. Palm detection is more reliable and harder to trigger accidentally. Enable it and choose your bell sound under Settings.
Redesigned Radar Widget
The Garmin Varia radar widget has been rewritten. For radars that support enhanced data, you now get a safe-zone band showing lateral distance, vehicles positioned by both range and bearing, and distinct icons for cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
Both standard and enhanced modes now include a glitch filter that suppresses single-frame radar flicker, and audio alerts are edge-triggered on your configured threshold. No more repeated alerts for the same vehicle.
Multi-Source Ride Reports
If you ride with both a power meter and Bike IQ's estimated power, ride reports now show a source picker. Switch between data sources to compare what the physics model predicted against what your hardware measured. The charts, lap table, power curve, and summary stats all update to the selected source.
Estimated Power Fix
A bug was causing estimated power to read roughly 70% too high in certain conditions. The power estimation engine was being called from two code paths simultaneously, corrupting its internal speed state. This is fixed. If your recent watts seemed unusually high, this is why.
Plus fixes for HR zone editing, Apple Watch pairing, Bluetooth sensor connections, Apple Health export, and Route Builder stability.