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ZWIFT Rides No Longer Count Towards Challenges?

I was half way to completing the 2021 "January Ride to 200" challenge with ZWIFT rides and now my progress says zero.
My ZWIFT rides have always counted in the past challenges... is this something new??

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DallasCajun over 4 years ago in reply to buckindb +19

Well, the thing about that position from Garmin of using Garmin devices for Badges/Challenges is that I'm using a freaking TACX Neo 2T, albeit through Zwift. I just don't understand the logic that…
buckindb over 4 years ago in reply to trux +17 verified

I was just chatting with Garmin Support, and yes they recently made an update which blocks 3rd party services from challenges. Yes, their challenge guidance states Garmin device activities are required…
Former Member over 4 years ago +17 suggested

The badges are just for motivation, right?

Why does not Garmin want their users to be motivated? Who really cares how the training has been recorded?

I think this is just a way of Garmin to push their…

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0 scicogarmin over 2 years ago

Another funny thing is that the activities are counted flawlessly in the monthly Garmin Connect Fitness Report...but for badges they don't count.

0 Matt Friend over 2 years ago in reply to scicogarmin

Indeed. Conclusion. Use Strava. Connect is pointless for anything other than integration. Which I would imagine is the exact opposition to what Garmin was trying to achieve here.

0 Cosmo over 1 year ago in reply to Matt Friend

Too bad, I was enjoying data-first approach of Connect and native challenges but since I'll be Zwifting heavily from now on I guess I must stop caring about these challenges and get on with my life. Which is crazy, because I am using my Garmin Fenix 7X to push Heart Rate to Zwift in Virtual Run.
Funnily, it is that way even though Garmin has the information about my HR even if I discard the activity. I have just checked in Garmin Connect I have both the continuous HR data and Activity marked (which features all the details you could wish for).