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Hey everyone,

How was your week? Time for the final FulGaz Friday of 2025. It’s certainly been a ride this year but I’ll save the retrospectives for our next quarterly update in the first half of January 2026. For now, here’s a quick look at what’s new behind the scenes.

In FulGaz Friday #31 we rolled out app version 6.0.5. As part of this release we removed support for HLS streaming which means videos now default to 1080p in the app. You can still adjust this setting up or down depending on your preferences of course. Over the past couple of weeks we’ve also cleaned up all remaining dependencies tied to the old streaming and storage setup. As a result, if you’re still using version 6.0.3 or below you may notice the initial video preview during app loading is no longer shown. This isn’t a bug just a byproduct of that change and I strongly recommend updating to 6.0.5 on your preferred platform. It’s not a mandatory update but it’s definitely a better experience going forward.

On to what’s next, we’ve now started work on version 7.0. which we’re aiming to roll out by the end of March 2026. This one will be a significant release addressing a number of known bugs. It includes key upgrades most notably to Bluetooth functionality and a migration to .NET9. While that may sound a bit technical it will directly tackle more than a dozen highly upvoted bugs on feedback.fulgaz.com many of which stem from these underlying systems. Simply put, the app will work better based on your feedback and the most common issues we’ve seen.

And that’s it for this week and for this year. Enjoy the holidays wherever in the world you are, Merry Christmas and keep riding!

~Erik

P.S. Last week’s cover ride was Cairn O’Mount by Ian Downie. It’s a decent climb especially towards the end and takes just over an hour through Scottish Aberdeenshire. Can you guess this week’s? It’s another one from our latest ride drop earlier this month.

Happy Friday,

Hope your week’s been a smooth ride, it’s time for an update from the world of FulGaz.

Earlier this week we rolled out the latest app version, 6.0.5 is now available on all platforms! This is a followup to our October release where we introduced Gradient Preview for the first time. Based on your feedback, this update improves the colour density to show more detail on elevation changes, now following this scale:

• <0.5%

• 0.6 - 2.9%

• 3 - 5.9%

• 6 - 8.9%

• 9 - 11.9%

• >12%

We also introduced Gradient Preview on the Members Portal to help with ride planning too. Since it’s independent from your FulGaz app settings, you can keep it enabled on the web while staying in Neutral Mode in the app with scenery uninterrupted. Ultimately, you’re in control of your preferences!

This release also includes a set of bug fixes prioritised based on your inputs through feedback.fulgaz.com:

• Fix for an app crash when resuming a ride on Windows addressing the most upvoted bug,

• Fix for missing additional video settings on macOS,

• Fix for an app crash when riding a downloaded ride (bug based on our monitoring),

• Fix for an app crash when starting a section (bug reported to support@fulgaz.com),

• Fix for misaligned gradient thumbnails (bug discovered internally),

• Fix for username not appearing after login,

• Fix for inability to switch users on macOS,

• Fix for duplicated “FulGaz User” entries on the login screen,

• Fix for crashes when running FulGaz and Spotify simultaneously,

• Improved AirPlay support to tvOS for more reliable streaming (bug discovered internally).

Also worth noting is that with this release we’ve removed support for HLS streaming. While a bit more technical, this simply means videos now videos now default to 1080p in the app. You can still adjust this in your app settings to lower or higher if you’d like. As part of this change you may also notice that videos on the Members Portal no longer autoplay. Just hit play and you’re good to go. This change helps reduce unnecessary data usage and improves loading times.

A number of new posts have popped up on feedback.fulgaz.com in the past few days. Keep them coming and don’t forget to upvote existing reports. That’s what helps us prioritise.

That’s it for this week, stay safe and keep riding!

~Erik

P.S. Last week’s cover ride was Azenhas do Mar to Cascais by Shaun Woodman, a scenic route from a coastal village through to the Portuguese Riviera. Can you guess this week’s? It’s a ride from Scotland, part of our December rides drop!