Quick Update: What’s New in Zero?

Back in January, I wrote a post about the several updates we made to Zero Plus. I promised to keep the updates coming as we build, and a lot has been delivered since then. Some of these are things I told you were coming. Others are things you asked for in recent feedback, App Store reviews, and emails to my inbox (mikemaser@zerolongevity.com). Let’s get into it.

Saved Meals 

If you only read one thing in this post, read this. Saved Meals is live. You can now log a meal that you eat repeatedly, give it a name, and from then on, it will log that meal with a single tap. This was a repeated user request to make meal logging easier, and we all know convenience is key to consistency. 

Barcode Scanning

Point Zero’s camera at the barcode on any packaged food, and the macros land instantly. It’s the unglamorous feature you didn’t know you’d use daily, until you do.

Ingredients in Meal Details

Open a logged meal, and you’ll now see what’s on your plate broken out by component: the omelette, the sausage, the sauteed spinach. Not every raw ingredient inside each one, but the parts that make up the meal. We picked this level of detail to keep things scannable instead of overwhelming, and we’re not sure it’s the right call. If you’d rather see deeper breakdowns, write me. We’d rather hear from you than guess.

Six Health Pillars

I heard you on the Pillars feedback, and from your responses, we reworked the whole experience. You can now track up to six health pillars: Fasting, Protein, Water, Activity, Sleep, and Restoration. Pick the ones that matter to you, ignore the rest, and Zero adjusts. The Rings give you a fuller picture of your day without forcing you into someone else’s definition of healthy.

Meal Sharing

Logged a meal you’re proud of? You can now easily send it to a friend over text or share it on social. It’s a small feature with an outsized purpose, because the people most likely to keep you on track are the ones who already care about you. We made it easier to share and bring them in (and it looks nice, too!). 

Smoother Logging, End to End

A lot of the work since January has gone into the small stuff that adds up. Faster camera launch with better flash support. Smarter Quick Picks that surface the meals you actually eat. A cleaner meal-logging flow with a more responsive meal detail page. A streamlined experience after you log, so you see your progress right away instead of fishing for it. None of these are headline features, but all of them shape how Zero feels in your hand.

Goals That Bend With You

You can now adjust your daily goals for protein, water, activity, and sleep from your profile under Daily Goals, in addition to the Today view. Goals should evolve as you do, and now they can. Custom water amounts are in too, so if you drank a glass and a half, log a glass and a half. The fixed increments are gone.

A Word on What’s Next

The team is heads-down on the next set of improvements right now, and I’ll have more to share soon. As always, if there’s something you love or something that’s bugging you, write me directly at mikemaser@zerolongevity.com. I read every note.

Until next time,

Mike