January update 1.52: Your yearly challenge starts now
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We wish you a happy new year! EXR’s January update makes it easy to get your indoor rowing groove back again with its yearly challenges! Additionally, 3 new routes have been added to Lake Bled, making your indoor rowing workouts even more exciting.
The Januari update will be released gradually over one week for all operating systems. You can check for updates in the App Store/ Play Store or wait until the app updates automatically.
New
Extra yearly challenges & reworked badge design
The best way to train in 2026 is by chasing the new yearly challenges! Similar to the monthly challenges, the yearly challenges have 2 tiers: easy and hard.
The yearly indoor rowing challenges of this year are the following:
- Yearly Challenge (easy): Row on 100 days in 2026 to earn 3000 X-Coins.
- Yearly Challenge (hard): Row on 200 days in 2026 to earn 5000 X-Coins.
By beating a yearly challenge, you earn a unique badge and X-Coins. A minimum number of meters must be rowed for a day to count toward these challenges.
The badge design, including the monthly challenge badges, has been updated.
More routes on Bled
Rowing on Lake Bled just got more exciting with 3 new routes:
- Sentinel Spin: 2.8 km
- Heritage Circuit 6.5 km
- Includes the segments: Castle Bled (150 m) and Vila Bled (500 m).
- Lakeside Legacy: 8 km
- Includes the segments Base Breaker (1 km), Forest Flash (50 m), Vila Bled (500 m) and Center of Bled (750 m).
Improved
- Optimized shadow settings for various graphic profiles.
- Added missing segments to the “Echoes of Bled” route.
- Removed the snow from Henley and added a reworked cliff/forest area.
- The connection screen now automatically closes when both a rowing machine and HRM are connected.
- The “Bled, Sweat and Tears” achievement has been upgraded to a gold status and can be unlocked by completing 10 different routes on Bled.
- Improved (re)connection stability when using the connection screen.
Fixed
- Fixed a wrong resolution scaling on mobile devices, which in some cases caused excessive pixelation.
- Added missing flag of Puerto Rico.
- Fixed the first generation of SmartRow’s metal pulley not working with EXR.
- Fixed a conversion bug mixing up values of units.
- Fixed various graphical bugs causing flickering on the connection screen.
- Fixed switching between Rower Data and EXR Split not working properly.
- Various minor fixes.
Extra
From 2026, EXR’s monthly updates will alternate between major and minor content upgrades, resulting in a more consistent and refined experience for all users. More information will be released soon on the EXR Blog.
Tackle your New Year’s resolutions with the January Challenges
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