Our Winter 2025 Update is here and it’s packed full of your most requested updates that will make your A Step Ahead challenges better than ever! Let’s dive in…
NEW! Support for Samsung Health
This might be our most requested “feature” of all time. Samsung smartwatches have been one of the most popular wearables for Android users for several years, but until now their steps and exercise activity were largely unavailable to 3rd party apps like ours.
That changed recently and we’re so excited to bring our Samsung users around the world support in A Step Ahead without having to jump through hoops!
Samsung Health is available for Android users in the all-new syncing setup wizard (more on that below) starting now.
NEW! Activity Center
The Activity Center is an all-new way to view and interact with your synced activity.
Now, instead of just seeing a number in your Activity Banks, you can view a detailed breakdown that shows how much activity you’ve synced, how much you’ve used, and the current “balance.”
You can manually trigger a sync update and see what was last synced, and when.
This is an area that has long mystified A Step Ahead players and we’re excited to pull back the curtain to provide some more clarity.
Additionally, there’s a new Activity History feature that shows your Steps and Power earned over the previous 7-day period. This is another oft-requested feature and we think you’ll love having more detail on your activity over time.
You can access the Activity Center through the navigation menu or by tapping on your Activity Banks on the gameboard.
NEW! Native A Step Ahead Activity Tracker
This release also features a new way to track your steps and exercise with a native activity tracker built right into A Step Ahead. The native activity tracker gets steps directly from your smartphone and allows users to input workouts with an easy-to-use in-app exercise timer.
This option is perfect for users who either don’t have a fitness tracker, don’t use a fitness tracking app, or both.
You can set up the native A Step Ahead activity tracker in the new Syncing Setup Wizard.
NEW! Syncing Setup Wizard
If there’s a single feature we get more support tickets about than anything else it’s absolutely syncing your activity into A Step Ahead.
In an ideal world, we’d be able to sync activity directly from any fitness tracker and app, but the reality is that it’s a finely orchestrated dance that requires the right permissions be granted between your favorite wearable or app, the health platform on your phone (Apple Health on iOS, Health Connect on Android), and A Step Ahead.
Our new syncing setup wizard is designed to hold your hand through the process, and then test the connection, so you know you’ve done it right the first time.
NEW! Info Bubble
In all of the new interfaces, you’ll notice a new info bubble in the upper-right hand corner of the screen. Simply tap the info bubble to get a detailed explanation of the interface you’re looking at.
We’ve added it to the new interfaces to start, but stay tuned, as the info bubble is going to make its way throughout the A Step Ahead app to help players get the most out of their A Step Ahead experience.
Bug Fixes and Optimizations
This release also features dozens of bug fixes and optimizations under the hood to keep your A Step Ahead challenge running smoothly.
The Winter 2025 Update is available to download now on the Apple App Store and Google Play.