# StepSmash 1.13: Personal Challenges and more badges!

**URL:** <https://community.stepsmash.com/t/stepsmash-1-13-personal-challenges-and-more-badges/221>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/stepsmash-1-13-personal-challenges-and-more-badges/221 "2026-10-02T18:34:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/stepsmash-1-13-personal-challenges-and-more-badges/221/1 "2026-10-02T18:34:00Z")

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# StepSmash 1.13.0

> ⚠ If your StepSmash account is linked to a Garmin account Personal Challenges will be available early next week.

## New

- Personal Challenges: join steps, active minutes, walking, running, cycling, and dog challenges from the new Challenges tab, follow your progress from the home screen, and earn a badge you can share with friends.
- Profile photos: StepSmash now allows you to directly upload your own custom profile photo. When an account has not set a profile photo StepSmash will continue to fall back to Gravatar.

Read the blog:

> **[Go Ahead, Make It Personal. | StepSmash](https://stepsmash.com/blog/personal-challenges/)**
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> Your next StepSmash rival is you! Choose a Personal Challenge, track your progress, and earn a badge when you reach the finish line.

Questions? Learn more: [Personal Challenges FAQ](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/monthly-challenges-faq/219)

## Improved

- Fitness Accounts shows a Reconnect button when an account loses access.
- We’ve reduced the memory usage of StepSmash, particularly in cases where the app has been open for some time and several screens have been navigated to
- On Android, the navigation bar area is fully transparent, and buttons at the bottom of the screen stay clear of the system navigation.

## Fixed

- Fixed an issue where Health Connect and Samsung Health could miss when workouts or other activity data was modified after being synced initially.
- Bingo tiles no longer disappear after you flip a tile or return to the app.
- If a bingo flip fails to save, the tile flips back instead of staying checked.
- Choosing a third tile for a swap bonus now shakes the tile to show the two-tile limit.
- The place shown on a bingo game card on the home screen no longer counts pets.
- Tab bar buttons are laid out correctly on large screens.
- Health Connect heart rate syncing no longer fails on large amounts of data.
- Apple Health step updates arrive in the background more reliably, including after the app restarts.

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**Author:** ![justin\_v](https://community.stepsmash.com/user_avatar/community.stepsmash.com/justin_v/32/432_2.png) [@justin\_v](https://community.stepsmash.com/u/justin_v)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.stepsmash.com/t/stepsmash-1-13-personal-challenges-and-more-badges/221/3 "2026-10-02T16:11:35Z")

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Closed on October 2, 2026, 4:11pm UTC