COBI.Bike

The Bosch SmartphoneHub and COBI.Bike app connect your eBike to a digital world.

COBI.Bike - Smart Connectivity for eBikes

"COBI.Bike" is an advanced Android app that seamlessly connects your eBike to a digital ecosystem, offering features such as navigation, fitness tracking, music control, and emergency alerts, all designed to enhance safety and enjoyment while cycling.
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App stats

Version: 1.25.0 (Last updated: 2024-12-02)
Creation date: 2016-08-11
Permissions
Identity: find accounts on the device, add or remove accounts
Contacts: find accounts on the device, read your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone: directly call phone numbers, read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • view network connections
  • create accounts and set passwords
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • access Bluetooth settings
  • full network access
  • change your audio settings
  • run at startup
  • use accounts on the device
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

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App summary

Staying connected with your life and your friends - smart connectivity means this is also possible while cycling. The Bosch SmartphoneHub and COBI.Bike app connect your eBike to your digital world.

Important note: this app works only in combination with the Bosch SmartphoneHub and COBI.Bike hardware (for eBikes and conventional bikes) and requires Android 6 or higher.

COBI.BIKE – YOUR CONNECTED BIKING SYSTEM

The COBI.Bike system connects your bike with your digital world. Our product provides smart features to your bike and intelligent assistance using the smartphone. The result: more safety, comfort and fun on any cycling route.

DASHBOARD

The dashboard gives you quick access to speed, weather, fitness and performance info in a beautiful interface.

MUSIC CONTROL

All the control you'd expect, with the simplicity of a thumb controller. Start, stop and pause your tunes with intuitive thumb presses. It works with all your media apps too – from Spotify to podcasts.

COMMUNICATE

Make a quick call by selecting a contact using the thumb controller. You can also answer calls without letting go of the handlebars, which means no more risky phone action while riding.

SAFETY

With Help Connect you enjoy a premium function of the COBI.Bike app for more safety while eBiking. This provides you, as a pedelec rider, with a digital companion that alerts a trained service team in case of an emergency. The smartphone app uses an intelligent algorithm to recognize that the eBiker has fallen, and how bad the accident was.

IMPORTANT: Available for eBikes with SmartphoneHub and COBI.Bike and for German SIM cards only. Please note that the Smartphone must be mounted onto your SmartphoneHub or COBI.Bike.

To use Help Connect with your SmartphoneHub, please update to the latest firmware version. To find out how to update the software on your device, click here: https://www.bosch-ebike.com/en/service/faq/how-is-cobibike-software-updated/

FITNESS TRACKING

The system integrates with Bluetooth sensors to display important data like heart rate zone and cadence – directly on the dashboard. You can automatically track your rides with Google Fit, Strava and komoot as well.

VOICE FEEDBACK

Even if you don't look at your phone, the optional voice feedback gives you confidence when navigating through the app, including turn-by-turn navigation commands.

ROUTE PLANNING

The blazing fast route selection begins with a tap on the home screen. It takes your current bike location into account, which means setting up the perfect route is done in just three steps. You can choose between fastest, shortest and quietest route. Connect your komoot account to extend the best connected biking system with the best tour planning experience.

3D BIKE NAVIGATION

For optimal bike route guidance the app offers a full-size navigation with turn-by-turn voice feedback – based on OpenStreetMap (OSM). Global offline maps included.
REAL-TIME RIDE WEATHER

Working with the world's best data providers, you get a minute precise, hyper-local weather forecast for your ride, indicating chances of rain, felt temperature and other important weather conditions.

PERSONALIZED INTERFACE

Complete your and your bike's profile and choose your favourite interface color to customize your ride experience.

UPDATES AND UPGRADES

The app features are continually evolving. In addition wireless hub firmware-upgrades keep the hardware functions up-to-date.

So that you always have access to the latest features and improvements, we recommend that you update your app, COBI.Bike or SmartphoneHub to the latest software version.

To find out how to update the software on your device, please refer to our FAQ under bosch-ebike.com/FAQ

To ensure that all features are fully functioning and to receive full support, the eBike Connect app for Android must be downloaded from the official Google Play Store.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • App has a good overall functionality and core features.
  • The auto updates to Strava and Komoot work effectively.
  • Provides bike-friendly mapping solutions.
Cons
  • Frequent connectivity and firmware update issues.
  • User interface can be confusing and difficult to navigate.
  • Specific features, like total odometer readings and battery percentage, are either missing or difficult to access.
Most mentioned
  • Issues with navigation and mapping.
  • Connectivity problems during firmware updates.
  • Need for better user interface and customization options.
User reviews
Finishing a tour and closing the app is difficult to impossible. Please make this function more user friendly and put instructions in the user manual.
by Tom Zwirlein, 2024-09-27

What happened tot "my module"? Worked untill Monday morning and now with the latest update you can't even select it anymore. How can I get it back?! Contacten Bosch through their email address. That does not work, you have to log a case through the website. Did that on August 1st, still no reply..
by Mark Verboom, 2024-08-11

I've been using it since 2020 and the app desperately needs "back/home" button customization. The "long tap" on the action button works correctly only on perfect terrain, thus making going back practically impossible. Imagine the user who wants to go back from the phone screen - at the lightest bump they will call a contact instead of going back!
by Anton Cherednichenko, 2023-10-05
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