Metric Release Notes

What's new 🚨

Translations
‍Metric now speaks four languages: English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Chinese. The app will default to your device's language settings, but you can also manually set your preferred language. Navigate to Account → Appearance → Language to adjust.

If you spot an issue with our translations or would like to help us translate into more languages? We'd appreciate your feedback, get in touch via email or hit us up on Instagram!

Always-on
‍Say goodbye to screen timeouts disrupting your workouts. Activate the Always On function in Account → Appearance to keep Metric awake and running throughout your session. This was a big frustration for Jacob as he had to keep tilting his tripod when supersetting, so he went and fixed it for himself!

Improvements ✨

• Re-organised settings - Access all app settings with ease, right from the Account tab. We've streamlined the layout for quicker navigation.
• Session explainer - New to Metric? A quick-start guide has been added on the session page to help you get training even faster.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Auto-export fixed: Resolved an issue with the auto-export function for videos.
• Loading glitch resolved: Fixed a glitch affecting the exercise list while setting up your session.
• Video count: Addressed bugs related to the video count in the Library.

‍What's new 🚨

Video library (Pro)

Automatically save all your training videos directly in the Metric app with our organised and searchable video library. All videos can be reviewed within their session context or from within the searchable video library and of course you can still easily export your favourite videos to your camera roll or share from the app.

Enable auto-saving to the video library via Account → Settings.

Improvements ✨

• ‍Coach mode enhancements - We've refined Coach mode to better facilitate multi-athlete sessions, offering a smoother experience for both coaches and athletes alike.‍
• Session mode updates - Code refactoring and adjustments have been made to boost stability and overall app performance during session modes.‍
• Custom created exercises are now available across devices - Your personal custom exercises are now linked to your account instead of your device. This means they will now follow you across multiple devices. Great if you upgrade your phone or for coaches using multiple devices.‍
• Session UI updates- When exercises are collapsed in a session, the display now only shows set count and top load for sets that are completed, ignoring incomplete exercises for a more helpful view.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Dark mode picker. We've restored functionality to the dark-mode setting picker.
• Various speed improvements and edge cases solved. A few edge cases were causing issues on occasion in the session mode, these are now fixed.

What's new 🚨

Manual Set Recording (Pro)
‍Metric is now a fully functioning workout tracker. Log all your velocity tracked and non-velocity exercises in the Metric app. You can even record manual entry sets for your velocity exercises by pressing and holding on a set row in the session view.

Expanded Exercise Library
‍Metric now support 60 velocity tracked exercises, and more than 150+ other exercises for manually entering into your workout.

Create Your Own Custom Exercises (Pro)
‍Don't see your exercise in our library? Craft your own custom-named exercises and make your workouts truly yours.

Improvements ✨

• Workout Builder optimisations - Thanks to your feedback, the session page is now even more user-friendly. Larger buttons and text entry fields make workouts more efficient even when you are covered in chalk and sweat.
• Faster RPE Ent‍ry - Enter and edit RPE / RIR directly from the session view for velocity tracked and manual entry exercises.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Optimisation work for legacy code to improve app efficiency
• Faster processing for training videos
• Handled some crash instances experienced by some users

What's new 🚨

Workout builder (Pro)
‍Easily build workouts by adding exercises and sets ahead of time or during training. Update weights and customise training metrics and toggle on or off the load velocity profile all from right within the new session page.

Repeat workouts from your training history (Pro)
‍You can now repeat a workout from your training history, preloading exercises, sets, weights and last time velocity, power and RPE metrics. This allows you to rapidly repeat the same load progressions with fewer button presses and keep all your training context in mind from the session page.

Post session summary (Pro)
‍At the completion of your session you can now see an overview of how your session went, every record, every trending set, all the work you did, in one place.

Improvements ✨

• Improved Trends calculation and visualisation - Trends have been reworked to provide a more meaningful indication of your fatigue and performance status (readiness) in real-time. Trends compares the mean velocity of your best 3 reps from the current set, with your 6-week average for all sets of the same exercise and weight. You can also see a mini chart for this 6-week trend from the set review page. Learn more about Trends on the Metric Blog →
• Filter exercises on the trends chart - You can now filter and adjust your strength and power progress charts to include only certain exercises. Metric will now store this preference for every time you return to the charts page.
• Coach mode improvements - Coach mode has been improved to enable smoother set editing, multi-athlete session mode and more. Teams account required.
• Overall app redesign - Many hours have been put into this release to improve design consistency, optimise training flows and clean up the app display for both dark mode and light mode.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed a zoom control issue in the camera view
• Improved the advanced camera mode settings
• Fixed issues when editing the athlete name connected to a set when in coach mode
• Coaches can now end a session for each athlete in a multi-athlete training flow
• Many aesthetic and minor navigational bugs, glitches and inconsistencies were straightened up

What's new 🚨

Video auto-trim
‍Say goodbye to unnecessary footage! Metric now auto-trims videos to include only the portion with reps when saving and sharing. Simply enable this feature in settings.

Custom overlay metric
‍Personalise your videos by choosing the metric that is shown. Select from options like velocity, range of motion, and eccentric tempo. Want more? Unlock advanced metrics, including power numbers, with Pro.

Advanced camera settings
‍Elevate your tracking experience with improved tracking on high-speed lifts. Reduce motion blur by enabling this feature in good lighting conditions.

Improvements ✨

• Enhanced support documentation - We've added a new support page with details on common causes for missed rep detections to assist you better.
• Revamped in-app blogs - Explore new copy, fresh blogs, and easy-to-follow velocity tracking ideas crafted specifically for coaches and lifters.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Low light recording -  Fixed issues with low light recording in standard modes to enhance your recording experience.
• Camera lens selection - The camera will now default to the main wide lens (1.0x) on all devices, eliminating any confusion with the ultra-wide lens.
• iOS 14 deprecated - To enjoy the latest version of Metric VBT, please upgrade to iOS 15 or above.

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What's new 🚨

Olympic lift tracking improvements
‍Thanks to the videos sent in by the Metric users we have been able to target and fix some issues when tracking fast lifts. As a result, the Metric Olympic lift tracking algorithm is now significantly better. This enhancement will provide you with more accurate and reliable results when tracking Snatches and Cleans.

Tap the timer to end recordings
‍You can now tap the recording timer to stop a recording after your set. This prevents any motion in the camera from reaching for the stop button if it obstructed in your recording setup, which might lead to false rep detections.

Improvements ✨

Bug report button - If your results aren't as expected during your set, you can now inform us directly via the Report Bug button in the set review menu. Just remember to select Mail Drop when sending so we can use the lift analysis in our bug fixing process.

Video flicker fix - If you experience a video flicker caused by the lighting in your gym, simply tap the lightbulb symbol to adjust the Metric camera settings before you press record.

Bug fixes 🐛

As always, we've squashed some bugs to improve the overall performance and reliability of the app.

What's new 🚨

Bar path tracking
‍Watch your lift trajectory in high definition after each set. This insightful new feature will take your technique analysis to the next level as you can see every portion of the repetition as it moves through space.

RPE & RIR entry
‍Choose between RPE and RIR systems to log your rating of perceived exertion right after each set. Combining a subjective assessment of how hard you are training alongside the objective data provided by Metric VBT is a powerful combination.

Strength and power trend charts (Pro)
‍Review progress of your strength and power performance over time for all your exercises in the new Trends tab. Quick reference cards shows a list of all your records and how long ago they were set. Choose between 6-weeks, 1-year, or all time for your progress charts.

Compact view for session mode
‍Keep your session page clean with the new compact view. Once you finish all your sets for an exercise hide the details and see just a basic summary of each set, making it easier to navigate your workout as you record more exercises.

Improvements ✨

History page and set review redesign - The training history and set review pages have been given a facelift and are now more intuitive, helping you navigate your training data with ease.

Visual flourish added to the video overlay - A touch of flair has been added to your training videos.

Bug fixes 🐛

More speed and processing improvements - A few tweaks and optimisations behind the scenes have boosted Metric's speed and efficiency to make it even faster and more reliable.

What's new 🚨

Trend charts (Pro)
‍View a progress chart and table of your mean velocity performance over time on each exercise and load immediately after each set. With the trend summary card quickly glance to see if your bar speed is trending up, stable or trending down.

Adjustable context numbers (Pro)
‍Now you can personalise your context for comparing today's performance. Choose between your last session stats or a 6-week average to serve as your benchmark.

Auto-save videos
‍Forget to save a video? Now you don't have to worry! By enabling auto-save in settings, your Metric videos will be saved directly to your camera roll immediately after you finish a set.

Custom app icons
‍Personalise Metric with one of four different app icons. Choose your favourite icon in the app settings and have Metric VBT fit the aesthetic of your device home screen.

Load increment buttons
‍Enter your training weight faster and more efficiently with our new load increment buttons.

Multi-athlete session recording (Teams)
‍Enhance your coaching sessions with our improved Coach Mode. Record sets for all your athletes working in together on the same barbell with a single device, making multi-athlete training sessions seamless and efficient.

Full team training history (Teams)
‍Keep a close eye on your athletes' progress. You can now review the training history of your entire team, offering valuable insights into their performance journey.

Improvements ✨

Algorithm adjustments - We've fine-tuned our algorithm to handle more edge cases, this will help filter out more unracking ghost reps for accurate set data.

10x set processing speed optimisation - We've undergone a spring clean to the Metric computer vision algorithm to make it faster and more efficient, delivering your training data quicker than ever. In some trickier cases this has resulted in processing being reduced from 25 seconds down to two seconds post recording.

Training profiles refresh - Your profile and membership pages have been refreshed for easier navigation. Find & update your details with less hassle.

Improved user guide & support documentation - Learning VBT and troubleshooting your recording setup is easier than ever with the reorganised support menu and settings pages.

Cosmetic improvements - We've rearranged some pixels for a more aesthetic and user-friendly Metric app. Navigation is easier and Metric is faster than ever leaving more time in your session for the important things - lifting!

Bug fixes 🐛

App crashes - We've tackled bugs that were causing occasional app crashes, improving the overall stability of the Metric app.

Video processing bugs - Bugs impacting video processing have been identified and fixed. You can now expect a smoother video saving and review experience.

Set management improvements - We've improved set management, making editing and deleting sets more intuitive and hassle-free.

What's New 🚨

Personal Record Alerts
‍Real-time updates on your all-time best velocity, load, rep, and power records for any given exercise.

Records Feed (Pro)
‍A timeline dedicated to showcasing all your exercise records documented in the app.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Stability and performance improvements - Metric is smoother and faster, giving you a more seamless training experience.

What's New 🚨

Power profiles (Pro)
‍Our newest feature allows you to choose between a load velocity and load power profile for each exercise during your barbell tracking, giving you more personalised and relevant insights depending on whether you are training for strength or power.

Profile context (Pro)
‍Stay informed with our new 'last time profile' line that compares today's velocity or power profile with your most recent session for that same exercise.

Session display customisation (Pro)
‍You can now adjust the metrics shown for each exercise in session mode and training history. Tailor the data to your training style, and adjust these metrics for all exercises or each specific exercise individually.

Set review customisation by exercise
‍More personalisation is now possible with the ability to tailor the metrics and display for each exercise separately.

Recent exercise filtering
‍Our new filtering feature gives you a list of your most recently completed exercises during setup, making it easier to keep track of your progress.

Improvements ✨

• Updated collapse control for charts - Navigate your charts more easily with our new expand and collapse feature, ensuring you always have access to the insights that matter in your training.
• Video processing speed enhancement - We've made significant speed improvements in our post-set processing, with some tests on iOS 16 showing an impressive 400% speed increase.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Algorithm fixes - We've squashed a bug that created false reps during set up. Now, false reps are much less likely to occur.
• General aesthetic enhancements to make Metric easier to navigate and more user-friendly.

What’s new 🚨

Per-exercise metric preferences
‍Every exercise can now have its own specifications and settings configuration. Choose which metrics appear in your bar charts, which stats overlay on your video, whether bar path is shown, and whether you log RPE. All these and more can be customized as app-wide defaults or on a per-exercise override.

Advanced metrics
‍Thirteen metrics are now available in the Metric Android including peak velocity, mean velocity, power metrics, tempo, time to peak velocity, and more for full parity with the iOS app rep metrics. Full list of available metrics here →

Double bar chart comparisons
‍Select a second metric to display side by side in your set review bar chart. Compare velocity against power, tempo against ROM, or any combination that fits your training. Set app defaults or exercise specific configurations for primary and the optional secondary metric.

Supported devices list
‍We’ve published a supported devices list so you can check whether your device meets the requirements to run Metric’s computer vision system. Android devices have a wide range of chip configurations, and not all have the GPU performance needed for accurate, real-time barbell tracking. Check if your device is on the list here →

Improvements ✨

• Better low-light recording. Improved exposure management during live recording so you get cleaner video with better tracking in dimly lit gyms.
• Broader import compatibility. Fixed video encoding issues that caused import failures across different Android video formats and manufacturers.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed camera preview showing a black screen in some conditions
• Fixed a crash when scrolling through a large set history
• Fixed a crash on the home screen loading
• Fixed various recording and import edge cases on specific device configurations

What's new 🚨

RPE and RIR tracking
‍Rate your sets with RPE or RIR directly after recording. A new entry sheet lets you log perceived effort alongside your velocity data, giving you a more complete picture of every set. Toggle RPE tracking on or off from the settings menu.

Video management
You can now handle your video storage and deletions automatically. Old videos can be cleaned up to free space on your device while your personal record videos are always kept safe. You can also set videos to auto-export before deletion, so nothing is lost.

Rep auto-hide
‍Unracks and re-racks are now automatically filtered from your set data. Your rep count and set averages reflect only your working reps, giving you cleaner data without manual editing. If Metric gets one of these wrong you can alway unhide it from the reps table in the set review.

Account & settings menu
‍New toggle options for RPE tracking and bar path overlay visibility. Customize what you see during and after your sets. The settings menu also now links directly to the changelog, Metric validation research, and user guides on the website.

Improvements ✨

• Fixes for plate detection in preview. The pre-recording plate detection system is now more responsive, giving you quicker more accurate feedback on your setup.
• HEVC video encoding. Videos now save in HEVC, cutting file sizes by roughly 50% with no loss in quality. Faster exports, less storage used.
• Image color encoding fixed. Video was appearing washed out on playback for some devices, Metric now properly matches your device color space for playback and export.
• Refreshed UI across the app. Form fields, dropdowns, and text inputs have been unified across profile, quick set, edit set, and bug report screens for a cleaner, more consistent look.
• Improved cloud syncing. Training data is now saved and written to cloud storage more efficiently.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed crashes in the camera and set history screens
• Fixed an issue where some devices failed to activate the GPU for vision processing, falling back to slower CPU paths.
• Numerous tracking and camera performance fixes

What's new 🚨

Plate detection preview
‍Before you hit record, Metric now shows you whether it can see your plates in the frame. This gives you real-time feedback on your setup so you can adjust your position, angle, or framing before you start your set.

Fallback tracking for Mali chipset devices
Devices outside the flagship Samsung and Pixel line ups use alternative Mali GPU chipsets, that was not playing nicely with the Metric vision tracking system. We have now added a dedicated tracking and video processing pipeline specifically for these devices. Users who were reporting zero reps, crashes and failed imports (particularly the Motorola owners), this should now be fixed and working. Processing is a little slower, but accuracy should be just as good.

Improvements ✨

• Accelerometer fallback for budget phones. Device stability detection now works on phones without high-precision sensors.
• Faster real-time processing. Another round of processing speed improvements during live recording (up to 50+ fps for real time frame tracking on a Pixel 7 as baseline).
• Better bug reporting. More diagnostic logging and error catches in the vision pipeline, so when something does go wrong, we can find it faster.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed camera zoom level not initializing correctly between sessions
• Fixed a preview distortion issue on some devices
• Fixed crash causes, hangs and sluggish processing steps throughout the vision and plate tracking system
• Fixed a bug in the dropped frames fill logic for post processing

What's new 🚨

No new features in this release — this update is focused entirely on stability and performance.

Improvements ✨

• Faster post-recording processing. Set data processes faster after you finish recording, getting you to your results sooner.
• Improved selfie cam tracking. Barbell detection on the front-facing camera is now more accurate and consistent.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed numerous crashes during video import and processing
• Fixed a bug where users with a large set history couldn't open the app
• Fixed a crash in the velocity trace chart when reviewing longer video sets
• Fixed selfie cam data and bar path being inverted
• Fixed Google sign-up failing for some users

What's new 🚨

Personal record badges
‍Every set now shows animated record badges for load, mean power, reps, and mean velocity — each displayed as a percentage of your all-time best. Tap any badge for a detail sheet with context on where you stand: new record, closing in, or building your baseline.

Velocity trends
‍A new trend card compares your current set velocity against your six-week historical average. See at a glance whether you're trending up (well recovered and ready to push, trending down (potentially fatigued or not lifting with intent), or holding steady, and tap through for a detailed chart breakdown. Learn more about how Metric calculates Trends here →

Set quality warnings
‍After each recording, Metric now analyses your setup and flags potential issues — viewing angle, framing, plate size, 0 rep reps, and device stability. These replace the old generic "no reps" message with specific, actionable feedback so you can fix issues and get better data on your next set.

Device stability detection
‍Your phone now needs to be stable before recording can begin. An on-screen status pill shows whether your device is ready, needs to be held steady, or stood upright. Recording is disabled until the device is stationary and automatically stops if significant movement is detected mid-set.

Fullscreen video playback
‍Video playback can now be expanded to full screen with a tap. Includes a time scrubber, mute toggle, and your bar path and stats overlay — all carried over seamlessly between the mini player and expanded view.

Intuitive video playback
Video thumbnails are now extracted from the first rep in your set to provide better context and video playback now starts playing from 1 second your first rep starts, making technique review more efficient.

Improvements ✨

• Set history improvements. More details are now included on your set history list including a video thumbnail, your best rep velocity and % fatigue in the set.
• Faster real-time processing. Frame rates during live recording have jumped from 30fps into the high 40s and low 50s on devices that support 60fps, meaning smoother tracking and fewer missed data points.
• Smarter weight formatting. Decimal loads like 72.5kg now display correctly across the app.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed set data failing to load on some sessions
• Fixed an issue where Real-time recordings were dropping video frames during processing
• Fixed an issue with video imports and crashes on some Android chipsets and devices

What's new 🚨

Set highlight bar
‍The set review screen now shows your best rep, set average, and fatigue/consistency metrics right at the top. Key performance data for every set, all at a glance.

Improvements ✨

• Midpoint zoom for ultrawide cameras. Wide ultrawide lenses (0.5x, 0.6x) now snap to a tighter midpoint zoom (0.75x, 0.8x), making it easier to frame your setup without switching cameras.
• Persistent selfie cam settings. Your camera selection and zoom level now carry over between sets, so you're not re-adjusting every time you hit record.
• Faster video imports. All imported videos process significantly faster, with 1080p processing speeds up to 2x quicker than before.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed a crash when importing 4K video
• Fixed bar path inversion on selfie cam recordings
• Fixed video rotation detection on imported videos on some Android devices that was causing zero reps or only detecting walkouts (XY axis inversion)
• Fixed a spacing issue on the record action button
• Improved recording controls layout
• Disabled uploading 480p videos, which don't have enough resolution for accurate barbell tracking

What's new 🚨

Android Beta - Metric has finally arrived on Android, you can still join the Android beta at this link →

Metric for Android is here (Private Beta)
The Android beta is a focused first release, available exclusively to waitlist members, built to bring velocity-based training to every platform.

We deliberately kept the feature set small so we could ship sooner, gather feedback, and iterate.

Available now you can:

• Account creation and sign-in (syncs with your existing Metric account if you have one)
• Record sets directly in-app or import videos from your camera roll
• 1080p HD video recording
• Real-time velocity, ROM, bar path, and tempo data
• Video playback with bar path overlay
• Video export with data overlay
• Training history on your home screen

Barbell tracking with computer vision
‍Record or import your sets and get instant set data including mean velocity, range of motion and eccentric tempo. The same tracking engine that powers Metric on iOS, is now available on your Android device.

Video playback with bar path overlay
‍Playback your sets and export the video with a real-time bar path overlay, then export and share videos directly from the app. Your training footage just became a coaching tool.

Training history, search, and sharing
‍Every set and video is saved to your free training profile. Search through your historical data, review past performance, and share sets with your coach or training partners — all at a glance.

Report bugs, provide feedback
Report bugs, suggest features and give feedback to the Metric team from inside the Metric app or join the Metric Discord