Metric Release Notes

What's new 🚨

Live Activity Widget
‍Metric now displays your workout progress directly on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. The widget shows your current exercise, active rest timer, and set count all at a glance, so you can stay focused without unlocking your phone. Coaches running a multi-athlete workout will see a dedicated widget for each active athlete, and tapping any widget takes you straight to that specific athletes workout.

Improvements ✨

• Video recording layout on iPad. Optimized the recording interface to provide more vertical space, making it easier to capture your form and technique.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed issue with number fields automatically deleting decimal places when typing
• Fixed a mix up on iPad with front vs rear camera switching labels

What's new 🚨

Full iPad Support
‍Metric now supports full screen iPad sizing and layout optimized specifically for the tablet experience. Your workouts, performance tracking, and video library now take advantage of the larger iPad display with layouts designed to make the most of the additional screen real estate. Whether you're reviewing workout history or analyzing performance data, everything is now easier to see and interact with on iPad.

Improvements ✨

• Record badge consistency. Improved styling and visual consistency for record badges and video thumbnails throughout the video library
• Equal record recognition. When you match an existing personal best, Metric now clearly identifies it as an equal record

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed issue with record badges and details not displaying properly in quick set and import modes
• Fixed record context not showing full details within active workouts and history views
  Fixed an issue with videos not attaching on the bug reports

What's new 🚨

Select All & Bulk Actions in Video Library
‍Managing your video library just got faster. You can now select all videos at once to quickly clear your library or export everything to your camera roll in just two taps.,

Video export quick actions
‍You can now export one, many or all your training videos directly from the video library without having to go into each video/set review individually

Enhanced Video Library Navigation
Grid view in the video library now supports long press functionality, taking you right to the set review for that video in question. Like before, you can tap any video for immediate video playback complete with bar path, or long press to jump to the detailed set review

All-Team History Dashboard
‍Coaches and family account holders can now monitor their entire team's training workouts from a single, unified view — complete with real-time data syncing for every workout and athlete on your roster. The new "All athletes" option in the history tab displays workout data across your entire roster simultaneously. No more switching between individual profiles - see patterns, compare progress, and identify who needs attention, all at a glance. To see all athletes, first enable Coach Mode via your account.

Improvements ✨

• Faster Video Library Performance. Improved loading and syncing performance when working with active workouts, ensuring your videos are ready when you need them.
• Real-time Coach Data Sync. Coaches now see athlete training data instantly as workouts are logged, even for remote sessions. Both history and performance charts update in real-time for immediate insights.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Resolved app freeze issue that occurred for trialing users on iOS 17.
• Fixed duplicate exercises appearing in the recent exercises list for family and team users.
• Corrected tab bar background transparency issues for improved visual consistency.
• Fixed setting persistence issue that was causing the always-on display to disable during workouts.
• Resolved incorrect empty state displays in the video library when videos were actually present.
• Smoother out an issue with coaches being able to see all the videos recorded on their devices for their athletes.
• Fixed velocity trends chart data changing date ranges in some contexts.

What's new 🚨

Global Language Expansion
‍Metric now speaks your language! We've added support for German, Hindi, Polish, and Japanese, making velocity-based training accessible to athletes worldwide. Already using Metric in another language? You'll find numerous bug fixes, improvements, and tweaks to existing translations for a more polished experience. Found a translation issue? We want to hear about it - get in touch: community@metric.coach

Improvements ✨

• Enhanced Chart Interactions. We've refined the touch responsiveness of our charts, making them smoother to interact with and easier to activate exactly when you want them.
• Expanded Exercise Library. Browse new exercises now available in the exercise library for your next workout. More variety means more opportunities to track your progress across different training modalities.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Performance Chart Data Loading. Fixed bugs affecting data loading and real-time syncing on the performance chart page, ensuring your training data appears instantly and accurately.
• Date Formatting Consistency. Standardized date formatting and capitalization throughout the app for a more professional, consistent experience.

What's new 🚨

Peak Velocity as Default Metric
‍You can now make Peak Velocity your default metric for records and for trend tracking. Customize this setting for the entire Metric app or on an exercise-specific basis to get the most relevant data for your training style. (Pro tip: Peak values are perfect for loaded jumps making it an even better readiness test for your athletes!)

Enhanced Trends Analysis
‍We've expanded the Trends chart functionality to give you more control over your data visualization:

• Toggle between mean or peak velocity measurements on a per-exercise basis
• View your progress across multiple timescales, no longer limited to just 6 weeks
• Get deeper insights into your performance patterns with more flexible data options

Intelligent Rep Filtering
‍Metric already does a lot of work to filter out unrack and rerack ghost reps from your set, but sometimes they still sneak in, especially the catches on jumps or Olympic lifts. Now Metric performs a second sweep and auto-hides any suspected false detections from the set. If it gets it wrong, just scroll down to the set review and unhide the rep to add it back into your set data.

Improvements ✨

• Redesigned Home Page Layout. We've reorganized the home screen with cleaner button organization for more intuitive navigation and faster access to your most-used features.
• Real-time Data Updates. Progress charts and training history views now respond better to showing training data edits in real-time, giving you instant feedback when you make changes.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Translation Enhancements. Improved translations and optimizations across all locales for a more natural experience regardless of your language preference. (More supported languages are on their way too!)
• Training History Edits. Fixed a bug when editing a set from your training history that prevented the changes from showing in the UI.
• Trends Chart Refresh. Resolved a data refresh issue in the trends charts that occasionally showed outdated information.
• Personal Records Alignment. Fixed a bug that was causing some personal records to fall out of alignment with your actual training history when editing or deleting sets.
• Simplified Payments Page. Hid the family plans for simpler clarity on the payments pages.
• Visual Refinements. Color and font tweaks for both dark and light mode to improve readability and visual consistency.
• UI Improvements. Various UI and interaction improvements throughout the app for a smoother user experience.

What's new 🚨

Expanded Learning Resources
‍Find answers to all your questions with comprehensive tutorials. We've added links to the complete Metric How To user guide series, easily accessible in the Information section of your Account tab.

Improvements ✨

• Enhanced Video Experience. We've improved video handling throughout the app. Videos now load faster and scrolling performance is smoother. We've also fixed an issue where placeholder images sometimes remained on screen even after videos loaded.
• Account backend stability and performance. Updated account and subscription management for faster profile syncing

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed minor visual inconsistencies reported by users
• Enhanced overall app stability and performance

What's new 🚨

Repeat from history (Pro)
‍Bring your best workouts back to life with our new repeat feature. Select any workout from your training history and instantly recreate that session with all sets, reps, and exercises pre-filled. Perfect for maintaining consistency in your training program or getting back on track after a break.

Template creation from history (Pro)
‍Turn your most effective workouts into templates with a single tap. Any workout in your history can now be converted into a customizable template, making it easier than ever to build and maintain your training program based on what works best for you.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Resolved various stability issues in the video library
• Improved overall performance and reliability of video playback and storage

What's new 🚨

A New Name
‍The Metric VBT app is now simply Metric. For as long as we've been on the App Store, we've been talking about how bar speed tracking is about so much more than velocity-based training. Find us in the App Store under "Metric - Barbell Tracker" and join us in this next chapter of intelligent strength training.

RPE chart
‍Alongside load-velocity and power profiling, you can now access a complete RPE chart for your workouts. This chart takes your top set's RPE, weight, and reps to calculate ideal weights across all RPE values and rep ranges—perfectly calibrated to help you nail your working sets.

Record badges and PR table
‍Track your progress with new performance badges comparing your current sets against all-time bests for load, velocity, power, and reps. Find your complete personal records log on the Performance page, showing detailed progress for every exercise.

Enhanced video features
‍Access velocity recording settings directly from the video screen, enjoy full-screen recording with larger controls, and browse your training history in the new grid view library. Pro users can now manually select which videos to save to their library.

Velocity tracking toggle
‍Sometimes you just want to log your workout without tracking velocity on every set. Toggle velocity tracking off in training preferences for a streamlined workout tracking experience—perfect for those quick sessions when you just need to log your sets. You can also long press on a single set to have it manually completed when velocity tracking is enabled

Improvements ✨

Estimated 1RM calculation improvements
‍e1RM will now be calculated for any workout with 3 sets that have either 60% load spread OR a 0.25m/s velocity difference from the top to bottom sets.

Navigation upgrades

• Video settings accessible from set review
• Training preferences available during workouts
• Quick profile switching with forward/back buttons
• New full-screen coach mode athlete switcher
• Expanded template and training summaries

UI refresh

• Updated colors, spacing, and typography
• Refreshed set review page with trend analysis
• Smoother interactions with visual feedback for chart interactions
• New training summary including streak tracking
• Real-time feedback now available for all barbell exercises

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed video pinch-to-zoom functionality
• More consistent UI and terminology throughout the app
• Improved membership management and switching system
• Faster data loading across multiple views

What's new 🚨

Tempo Metronome
‍Take control of your lifting tempo with our new metronome feature. When recording your sets, you can now enable audio feedback to maintain consistent timing throughout your lifts. This feature is particularly valuable for controlled eccentrics and pauses on bodybuilding and volume exercises, helping you develop better lifting rhythm and control.

Italian Language Support
‍Ciao!

We're excited to welcome our Italian users with full app translation support. We've implemented complete Italian language integration throughout the app, ensuring a native language experience for our Italian users.

Improvements ✨

Enhanced 1RM Estimation
‍We've refined our e1RM calculator to show a result in more contexts. The system now shows estimates when you've recorded three or more sets, requiring either a 60% spread in weights or a 0.25m/s spread in best-rep mean velocities. This update means more workouts will display 1RM values, including sessions with smaller weight ranges.

Expanded Website Documentation
‍The Metric user guide is now available in more languages with the addition of Portuguese and Chinese translations. We've integrated direct in-app links that take you straight to the content in your preferred language, creating a seamless experience for our global community of athletes.

Training History Enhancement
Each workout now includes an overview card at the top, providing quick-glance statistics and key insights about your session.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Improvements to 4K video handling on the import feature to address crashing
• Fixed an issue with the RPE entry sheet that would sometimes not dismiss
• Fixes for translations and UI issues in Chinese, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese
• Improvements to the exercise list navigation, button display and logic when swapping exercises

What's new 🚨

Video Import
‍Metric now supports importing videos from your camera roll for analysis and processing. This feature allows you to:

• Import horizontal or vertical videos
• Use 1080p or 4k videos
• Import videos from digital cameras or other devices

For optimal results, we recommend using videos recorded at 60fps. Note: Slow-motion video is not recommended. Metric recording guidelines can be found at this link.

Add Imported Videos to Workout History
‍Enhance your existing workouts by adding imported video sets to your workout history. You can also start a new workout from an imported video, giving you the flexibility to record all your sets with your device's camera app and import them later.

Quick record
‍Sometimes you might not want to complete an entire workout, and just want to analyse 1-2 key sets. Thanks to the quick record option, you can do exactly this, directly from the home screen. Tap the record a set button, enter your exercise details and go straight to the Metric camera to start lifting.

Improvements ✨

Responsive Design for Accessibility and Smaller Devices
‍We've optimized Metric's interface for a better user experience across all devices:

• Improved handling for smaller phone screen sizes (iPhone SE and mini models)
• Enhanced support for large text when accessibility font sizes are active

Bug fixes 🐛

• Resolved an issue with the exercise multi-add feature that prevented adding multiple exercises to an in-progress workout
• Handled some teams bugs that were causing workouts and sets to occasionally to be attributed to the wrong athlete
• Fixed the case of the missing set videos when training with RPE
• Fixed some navigation and display issues when reviewing workouts and velocity data in training history
• Improved the responsiveness of hiding and un-hiding reps within a set
• Fixed a rare issue where highlight cards would not be displayed in the set review
• Addressed search bugs in the video library
• Enhanced loading speed for thumbnails in the video library

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