Strava subscribers just saved themselves another sub to Komoot or AllTrails — as the freemium app debuts a new suite of hiking tools that 'spans every stage of the outdoor experience', including vital off-route alerts

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  • Strava has just unveiled a suite of new hiking features
  • These include revamped Maps, available to all this summer...
  • ... and premium-exclusive features like off-route alerts

Strava users are getting an updated suite of hiking features, with almost all of them available now. Most of the new features are exclusively for Premium subscribers, although there are a few additions available for free users too.

Top of the list — and the only feature that's been delayed until later this summer — are style improvements to Strava's map software. According to Strava, "athletes will be able to view richer trail surface data, along with clearer points of interest like trailheads, picnic areas, and campgrounds that makes dense trail networks legible at a glance."

This feature is coming to both free and premium users. It represents a big quality of life update, helping even free users plan routes ahead of time, while...

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