new Features added for Edge 540, 840, 1040, 1050 – and a promise

Over the last year or so, many sports tech sites have realised that writing about new Garmin features gets a lot of clicks. That’s fine, people are interested in new, free stuff for their devices. However, the situation seems to have gotten a little out of hand with several new sites seemingly devoted to this area and some of the mainstream (ie, general tech) sites getting in on the act too. The specific thing that has gotten out of hand is the over-zealous publication and sensationalisation of trivial features and, mostly, bug fixes.

“Garmin Edge owners will be delighted with this new boost” – or similar titles have started to appear. Only for the reader to eventually find that it’s only a simple firmware fix being talked about.

I promise that I will only write about software that delivers new features, especially where multiple features or major features are added! Like today 🙂  The features covered here today are not that exciting, but there are a few, so it’s worth noting. Remember, you can get information on most firmware updates directly from gpsinformation.net, albeit sometimes a day late.

New Features

More: Edge 1040 firmware details, Edge 1050 firmware details, Edge 540 firmware details, Edge 840 firmware details.

• Added animations to various performance graphs, gauges, and glances
• Enabled software updates over BLE
• Added presets for Campagnolo 13-speed groupsets
• Added support for Varia Vue SD card reformatting
• Added the ability to save a course in the reverse direction
• Added an 8-second timeout to the Spectator Messaging prompt
• Added error prompt for failed software update
• Improved altimeter accuracy with barometer outlier rejection
• Improved user experience for pairing secure BLE sensors
• Improved performance when loading large courses
• Improved gear preset selection to automatically apply a valid configuration when a shifting system reports a non‑standard gear count
• Improved handling of missing elevation data in elevation graphs
• Improved Map Manager error handling
• Improved Varia Vue support
• Reordered power and HR zones to match Garmin Connect (high to low)
• Removed start timer reminder tone on non-data screens
• General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs