Audio Alerts [Wahoo app]

The Audio Alerts feature offers both general and custom spoken alerts that can be set independently for each workout profile at Home > settingsicon.png [Settings] > Workout Profiles > workout profile > Alerts

Audio Alerts are created and modified for each Workout Profile at the workout profile level.
Audio Alerts are offered in languages supported by the Wahoo app.  If a local language is not supported, alerts will default to English.

Requirements

Wahoo app version 6.15.0

Types of alerts

General alerts 

General Alerts, if toggled on, will play the following when triggered by workout recording related actions:

  • Countdown timer (if toggled on in that workout profile)
  • Workout started
  • Workout paused
  • Workout resumed
  • Workout saving
  • Workout discarded

Custom alerts 

Custom Alerts can be created to play an expanded variety of information values, triggered by different status changes.

Custom alert components

Triggers

A custom alert with your preferred information value can be triggered by any of the following status changes:

  • Workout Start
    • When the workout is started, played only once.
  • Workout Pause
    • Whenever the workout is paused, either according to auto-pause or manually selecting the Pause button in workout.
  • Workout Resume
    • Whenever  the workout is resumed, either from auto-pause or manually selecting the Resume button in workout.
  • Lap
    • Whenever a lap is recorded, either according to preset auto-lap settings or manually selecting the Lap button in workout.
  • Duration (active time)
    • At a fixed repeating interval of active time, set to the nearest second.
  • Distance (active distance)
    • At a fixed, repeating interval of active distance, set the to the nearest hundredth of your chosen distance unit (mile or kilometer).

Intervals

Alerts tied to Duration and Distance are set to repeat at a fixed, repeating interval

  • Duration (active time)
    • The interval for active time can be set to the nearest second value. (ex. 1:13, every 1 minute and 13 seconds)
  • Distance (active distance)
    • The interval for active distance can be set to the nearest hundredth of your chosen distance unit (ex. every .42 miles or .57 kilometers).

Placing repeating triggers in a shorter interval than the selected information values can be played will result in errors or some truncation of values.

 

Information categories / value labels

You can choose any single information value (or multiple values) to be played at a given trigger.

Example: Play lap average pace and lap average heart rate when triggered by 1 mile auto-lap intervals.

When an information value is played, it will be presented as information label + information category + information value

Example: Lap average heart rate 147

If a information value does not have a fixed unit (i.e. distance could be miles or kilometers), the unit will also be played.
Example; Lap total distance 3.2 miles

Available Information Categories/Values

  • Distance
    • Workout total
    • Lap total
  • Duration
    • Workout active
    • Workout total (includes paused time)
    • Lap active
  • Calories
    • Workout total
  • Speed / pace
    • Current
    • Workout average
    • Lap average
  • Heart rate
    • Current
    • Workout average
    • Lap average
    • Current zone
  • Power
    • Current
    • Workout average
    • Workout normalized
    • Lap average
    • Lap normalized
  • Cadence (Cycling) / Stride Rate (Running)
    • Current
    • Workout average
    • Lap average

Toggle an alert

  • General alerts, or custom alerts (once created) can be toggled on/off for each Workout Profile by navigating to Home > settingsicon.png [Settings] > Workout Profiles > workout profile [ex. Running] > Alerts.
  • Home > settingsicon.png [Settings] > Workout Profiles workout profile [ex. Running] > Alerts.
  • Once in the Alerts submenu, use the toggle to the right of the alert you want to enable/disable. Blue and to the right when on, gray and to the left when off.
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Create a custom alert

  • Once in the Alerts submenu, select + Add an alert.
  • Select your trigger.
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  • If you selected a Duration or Distance trigger, select your fixed repeating interval.
    If using another trigger, interval will not be shown. Skip to the next step.
  • Select one or more information values to be played with that trigger and select Create.
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Edit an existing alert

  • Within the Alerts submenu, select the editicon.png  [Edit] button.
  • Select the right facing arrow to the right of the alert you wish to edit.
  • Select your trigger.
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  • If you selected a Duration or Distance trigger, select your fixed repeating interval. If using another trigger, interval will not be shown. Skip to the next step.
  • Select any existing values to toggle them off and one or more new information values to be played with that trigger and select Update.
  • Select Done in the upper right hand corner.
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Delete an alert

  • Within the Alerts submenu, select the editicon.png [Edit] button.
  • Select the deleteicon.png [Delete] button to the right of the alert you wish to edit.
  • Select Done in the upper right hand corner.
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