Garmin has launched its public beta of the Edge 1050 options, for the Edge 540/840/1040 models.
This permits those that are keen to start out reporting that offended canine down the road as a ‘street hazard’ (or Dairy Queen as an obstruction), now you can achieve this. All the non-hardware options of the Edge 1050 had been launched final evening in public beta to the Edge 540, 840, and 1040. The Edge Discover 2 public beta hasn’t fairly proven up but.
I do wish to briefly acknowledge that I feel that is the primary time Garmin really pulled off each new system + beta firmware for current gadgets on the *similar day*. Traditionally, that hole of recent options coming to older gadgets has been wherever from weeks to ‘by no means’. Again earlier this month after I met with the Edge staff, they mentioned their objective was to launch it the identical day because the Edge 1050. I smiled and mentioned “That’s nice!”, whereas inside my head I mentioned “Uh-huh…positive you’ll, identical to my youngsters will decide up the Legos on the ground”. Thus, kudos to them for really pulling it off.
I legitimately suppose it makes a distinction, from a model notion standpoint, when corporations try this. It’s change into barely extra common over the previous few years, however remains to be considerably uncommon to do concurrent-day stuff like that.
In any case, onto the main points!
The New Options:
If you wish to see the complete launch notes, you’ll discover the 23.09 public beta particulars right here:
– Garmin Edge 540/840 Public Beta
– Garmin Edge 1040 Public Beta
As a reminder, Garmin switched a very long time in the past to WiFi downloads (so that you don’t should manually copy recordsdata forwards and backwards), and thus you simply must toggle the beta possibility to your system on Garmin Join:
In any case, let’s get to the big-ticket options (there are extra listed within the launch notes above, that are minor issues or fixes). I’ve included screenshots of the way it appears to be like on the Edge 1050, although the performance is identical on the Edge 540/840/1040.
Added GroupRide awards and climb competitions: This consists of each the mid-ride Climb Challenges/Competitions, in addition to the post-ride awards. Right here’s the mid-ride climb award:
After which post-ride, with my spouse on the Edge 840 beta the opposite evening, and myself on the Edge 1050:
Added GroupRide Incident Detection: Now, in a GroupRide, in case you crash, it’ll notify others in your group, with a really loud and overriding alert. Your mates received’t miss it, even when they miss you.
Added street hazards help: This allows you to each report street hazards (harmful animals, obstructions, potholes, slippery stuff, and normal hazards), in addition to see them. You may then verify/deny any hazards which might be seen. Right here’s how an upcoming hazard appears to be like, first the small crimson block after which in case you faucet it, to see extra particulars:
Added floor sort help, together with on the map: This consists of upcoming in-ride unpaved street alerts, and street floor sorts within the post-ride abstract. Right here’s an instance of the upcoming floor alert:
Added Wi-Fi map obtain help (840/1040 solely): This removes the necessity to join a pc to obtain maps for different areas, or to replace your current maps. It’ll now achieve this over WiFi. The Edge 540 isn’t supported resulting from reminiscence overhead points.
Added Garmin Share: This allows you to switch programs, areas, and exercises to different Garmin gadgets, straight, without having an web connection. That is sorta just like the switch capabilities of outdated days, however totally revamped and designed to be the brand new customary for Garmin biking gadgets, wearables, and different gadgets (you’ll see it within the subsequent Garmin Fenix 7/Epix collection public betas).
Added revamped Course Creator (840/1040 solely): This allows you to create multi-point programs straight on the unit, versus the earlier round-trip and one-way solely programs.
Added wind and stamina changes to Energy Information: Basically, PowerGuide will now account for instances the place your Stamina is depleting too shortly, or wind situations have modified.
Up to date grade algorithm to be rather more responsive: I outlined this in my evaluate, however in brief, this makes the gradient responsiveness, corresponding to when you’ve a brief/steep part that shortly modifications from 0% to 10%, be almost on the spot. It’s now on par or higher than Hammerhead and Wahoo in my testing.
Last Ideas:
As at all times, bear in mind this can be a (public) beta. As such, there’ll in all probability be quirky issues, and issues that want fixing. I’ve been using the Edge 1050 software program variations for some time, and that’s been very steady. However I haven’t put a lot time on the Edge 540/840/1040 public beta variations. Although, my spouse has just a few rides on the Edge 840 beta, and thus far she’s survived. But some options like Garmin Share between the Edge 840 beta and Edge 1050 appeared a bit…beta (labored simply effective for me Edge 1050 to Edge 1050). However once more, that’s the purpose of beta.
So far as different options go, you received’t see issues just like the bike bell or utterly revamped consumer interface design styling, as a result of each of these require new {hardware} discovered on the Edge 1050. Within the case of the bike bell, that requires the brand new speaker {hardware} able to spoken phrases and extra (versus a easy beeper on the Edge 540/840/1040). After which the brand new UI requires a considerably quicker processor, discovered within the dual-core processor over the brand new Edge 1050.
However in any other case, just about each different characteristic has been pulled over. Garmin says they see the Edge 1040/1040 Photo voltaic as a core a part of the lineup for many who need longer battery life, and it’ll proceed to get characteristic updates just like the Edge 1050. Hopefully, that is still the case for a very long time.
With that – thanks for studying!
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