# Aviron Fifth Major Update of 2026: Stadium Aviron's fifth major update of 2026 is a software release for Aviron rowers, bikes, and treadmills that adds the Stadium, a live 400m (quarter-mile) track where rowers, riders, and runners train together. The update also brings Guided Workouts redesign, You vs You progress tracking, new workout filters and search, new game worlds, and streaming metrics for rowers and bikes. **Page type:** Release notes (landing) **Published by:** Andy Hoang **Updated:** November 9, 2026 ## Update Availability - Available on: Rower, Bike, Treadmill - Game updates also available on: Abs Hero - StrongGo Rower or Abs Hero: no need to follow the update steps, but make sure you have the latest version of the Aviron app. ## How to Get the Update 1. Turn on your Aviron 20 minutes before your scheduled workout. 2. The update should start downloading within 60 seconds of launching the software. 3. If your update does not automatically begin, restart your Aviron and wait for the software to relaunch. **Note:** If your Aviron is on, restart your machine for the update to begin automatically downloading. Your machine might restart a few times before completing. ## Step Into the Stadium Available on: Rower, Bike, Treadmill, GO The Stadium is a new 3D training space under Competition. It is an Olympic-style 400m (quarter-mile) track where everyone on a rower, bike, or treadmill shares one live session. Your avatar moves only when you do, and the faster you go, the faster it moves. Pick a lane, settle into your pace, and count your laps alongside other Aviron members. ### How It Works - Open Competition and tap the Stadium tile. The Stadium is also always live in the Group Workout Lobby. - A 5-second countdown starts your session, and your lap timer begins on GO. - The track is flat, so resistance and incline stay at their base settings for the whole session. - Everyone in the Stadium trains in the same session at the same time, across all three machines. ### Lanes and Laps - Runners have the 3 inside lanes on the left. Rowers and riders share the 5 lanes on the right. - Every lane is the same distance, so moving around another athlete never adds distance to your lap. - Every session starts from the same spot on the track. A lap counts when you return to that spot. - Only full laps count. A partial lap at the end of your session is not added to your total. ### On Your Screen - **Lap bar (top):** your total laps, your current lap time, and your best lap today. Before your first lap, the best lap shows as --:--. When a lap beats your best, it updates the moment you cross the line. - **Metrics bar (bottom):** time, distance, pace or speed, output, calories, and heart rate on every machine. Rowers also see split and SPM, riders see cadence and watts, and runners see pace and incline. - **Athletes Nearby:** the 2 athletes just ahead of you and the 2 just behind, with their watts and total distance they have covered in their workout. - **Mini-map:** shows where nearby athletes are on the track, within 40m (about 130 ft) of you. - **Fading avatars:** athletes close to you show at full strength and fade out as they move more than 40m away, so your view stays clear. ### High Scores and Privacy - High Score on the Stadium GO screen ranks members by output over the last 7 and 30 days, sorted by machine. - Your best lap of the day is saved to your workout history. - Prefer to train alone? Turn on Private and the Stadium runs just for you, with your laps and records still saved. - Members can tap the Wardrobe button to customize their avatar and vehicle. Your workout keeps going while it is open. ## Guided Workouts, Redesigned Available on: Rower, Bike, Treadmill, GO Guided Workouts have a new in-workout layout built around one question: am I on target right now? You can see the whole workout ahead, the target that matters most, and clear feedback on whether you are hitting it. ### What's New - **Full workout progress bar:** the bar at the top now shows every interval in the workout, so you can see what is coming next and how much is left. - **Target in the center:** your current target metric sits in the middle of the metrics bar, where your eyes already are. - **Color-coded feedback:** your target turns green when you are on target and red when you are off, so you can adjust without doing the math. ## You vs You: Race Your Own Best Available on: Rower, Treadmill, GO, Abs Hero Open **You vs You** from the GO screen of a workout you have done before to see how you stack up against your own history. - **Your Best:** your personal best score and the date you set it, marked with a crown. - **Your Trend:** a chart of your scores over the last 7, 30, 90, 180, or 365 days. - **Your history:** every past session listed by date and score, so you can compare today with your last run. - **First time on a workout?** You vs You stays empty until you finish it once, then starts tracking from there. ## Find the Right Workout Faster Available on: Rower, Bike, Treadmill, GO, Abs Hero Filtering and search are rebuilt across every workout category. The filter is now easy to find, every option returns results, and results show the thing you are actually looking for. ### New Filters - **Duration:** 0 to 10, 10 to 20, 20 to 30, and 30+ minutes, the same bands on every machine. - **Type:** Beginner, Intervals, Endurance, Strength, and Warm Up & Cool Down. The treadmill adds Walking and Running. - **Progress:** Favorites, Completed, and Not Completed. - **Virtual scenery:** pick a setting. Rowers can choose Tropical & Beaches, Lakes, Rivers & Canals, or Cities. Bikes and treadmills can choose Coast & Beaches, Mountains & Canyons, Countryside & Nature, or Cities. - **Visited (Virtual):** show only destinations you have been to, or only ones you have not. - Pick more than one option in a group to widen your results, and combine groups to narrow them. Filters reset each time you open a category, so new workouts never get hidden. - Difficulty is no longer a category filter, since almost every workout includes every difficulty. You still choose difficulty when you start a workout. ### Search and Sort - Search finds individual workouts, even when they sit inside a series. Coached Classes and Les Mills results open the series, so you continue from your next class. - Sort by Newest (default), Duration: short to long, or Duration: long to short. On your Favorites screen, Newest becomes Recently Added. - My Apps now uses the Streaming, Social Media, and Books filter in place of the old tabs. - Group Workout Lobby and Time Machine use the same new duration and type filters. Difficulty stays there, because the host sets it for the session. ## New Worlds To Unlock Available on: Rower, Bike, Treadmill, Abs Hero Three games get something new to chase. No Tomorrow and Blaster Brigade each open a new location with 5 new levels, giving top players a fresh goal. Snow Tomorrow adds Blizzard Bandits, its third mini-game. ### No Tomorrow: Last Outpost - A new location joins B12 Outpost, Frontier Foothills, Outlaw Oasis, Badlands Basin, and Stormy Mesa. - New backgrounds and avatars come with it. - Volt Flicker gets new gun colors in the Loadout. ### Blaster Brigade: Golden Groove - A new location joins Lost Forest, Bugtopia, Mystic Meadows, and Navah's Dreamland. - New avatars join the Blasters lineup. ### Snow Tomorrow: Blizzard Bandits Snowmen are trying to steal your treasure. Blizzard Bandits is a 40-second mini-game, and it joins Snowcraft and Frosty Fortune. - Each snowman shows a target range. Hold your pace inside that range to defeat it, and it melts into a puddle. - Small snowmen take 3 seconds in range and are worth 150 points. - Large snowmen take 5 seconds in range and are worth 300 points. One appears after every 3 small snowmen you defeat. - Your time in range adds up, so slipping out of the range does not reset your progress. - Each snowman after your first earns a growing bonus: +10, then +20, then +30, and so on. - Snowmen that reach your treasure grab a gift and carry it back, so defeat them quickly. ## Additional Changes ### Streaming Metrics for Every Machine Available on: Rower, Bike Without a membership, rowers and bikes now show your speed and resistance while you stream, just like the treadmill already does. Metrics appear in the same spot and style on every machine. - Resistance changes from the touchscreen or the Quick Adjust Resistance Remote show up right away. - Metrics follow your unit settings (split per 500m, mph or km/h). - Saving streaming workouts to your history stays a membership benefit. ### Performance and Experience - **Lighter game downloads:** Boss Breaker and the Stadium now download as their own packages, so updates are smaller and load faster. This builds on Download Games on Demand from our last update. - **Cleaner pop-ups and notifications:** pop-ups and notifications now appear one at a time, in the right order, instead of stacking on top of each other. - **More reliable Quick Login:** Quick Login now syncs through Aviron's servers, so your profiles stay consistent. - **What's New screen:** after the update, a What's New screen lists the highlights. Scan its QR code to open this post. - General performance and stability improvements across the platform. - Coached Classes and Virtual workouts have been optimized for streaming so you see minimal interruptions. ## Share and Tags - Share on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avironactive.com%2Frelease-notes%2Ffifth-major-update-2026%2F - Share on X: https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.avironactive.com%2Frelease-notes%2Ffifth-major-update-2026%2F - Tags: Software update, Stadium ## Related Links - Shop Rowing Machines: https://www.avironactive.com/shop/strong-series-rower/ - Shop Treadmills: https://www.avironactive.com/shop/treadmill-shop/ - Shop Exercise Bikes: https://www.avironactive.com/shop/bike-shop/ - Shop Abs Hero: https://www.avironactive.com/shop/abs-hero/ - Release Notes: https://www.avironactive.com/release-notes/ - Workouts: https://www.avironactive.com/workouts/ - Customer Reviews: https://www.avironactive.com/review/ - Membership: https://www.avironactive.com/membership/ - Help Center & FAQ: https://www.avironactive.com/support/faq/ - Contact an Expert: https://www.avironactive.com/contact/ - Call an expert: 877-955-4222 **Canonical URL:** https://www.avironactive.com/release-notes/fifth-major-update-2026/