GARMIN GPS FEATURE COMPARISONS
and Upgrade Information

Maintained by Allory Deiss


Edge 550
Ver. 30.18 - 02/10/2026
Implemented provisional finish point.
Fixed Auto-Zoom while following a course.
Fixed issue giving ascent records during downhill MTB activities.
Fixed straight line navigation.
Fixed nutrition recommendations on courses below two hours.
Aligned presentation of time in zones for power and heart rate with Garmin Connect.
Improved battery life estimates for Auto GNSS mode.
Fixed sweat loss estimate in activity summary.
Fixed trail difficulty not displaying in enduro activity summary.
Implemented estimated time to completion for free climbs.
Added alternative 3-data field layout to map screen.
Fixed brightness slider at 0% causing screen to appear to be off.
Fixed labels overlapping on graphical data field for elevation.
Fixed map points of interest disappearing.
Fixed course issue while doing indoor activities.
Improved compass arrow on track up maps.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.18 Beta - 02/06/2026
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.17 Beta - 02/03/2026
Fixed course issue while doing indoor activities.
Improved compass arrow on track up maps.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.15 Beta - 01/28/2026
Fixed map points of interest disappearing.
Removed BLE trainer calibration option.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.14 Beta - 01/20/2026
Fixed brightness slider at 0% causing screen to appear to be off.
Fixed labels overlapping on graphical data field for elevation.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.13 Beta - 01/13/2026
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.12 Beta - 01/06/2026
Fix strava widget freezing on some devices.
Fix ClimbPro page not showing grade/position correctly.
Fix time in gear not showing in ride summary.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 30.11 Beta - 12/19/2025
Implemented provisional finish point.
Fixed Auto-Zoom while following a course.
Fixed issue giving ascent records during downhill MTB activities.
Fixed straight line navigation.
Fixed nutrition recommendations on courses below two hours.
Aligned presentation of time in zones for power and heart rate with Garmin Connect.
Improved battery life estimates for Auto GNSS mode.
Fixed sweat loss estimate in activity summary.
Fixed trail difficulty not displaying in enduro activity summary.
Implemented estimated time to completion for free climbs.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 29.22 - 11/04/2025
Added ability to share Timing Gates via Garmin Share.
Added GroupRide real-time data averages.
Add cycling ability history graph.
Fixed issue with audio prompts always playing in English.
Improved map compass arrow.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 29.22 Beta - 10/28/2025
Fix slow wifi map downloads.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 29.21 Beta - 10/21/2025
Add user notification when BLE connection limit is reached.
Fix issue with lap datascreen not displaying properly.
Add cycling ability history graph.
Restored the previous altitude algorithm while further improvements are refined and verified.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 29.17 Beta - 10/07/2025
Added double-tap shortcut to ring the virtual bell while riding.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 29.16 Beta - 09/30/2025
Total Ascent Metric improved to ensure only meaningful ascents are accumulated and provide a more consistent summation of notable climbs during your activity (see comment below for more information).
Added GroupRide real-time data averages.
Fixed issue with audio prompts always playing in English.
Improved map compass arrow.
Added cycling safety voice alerts - enabled in audio prompts menu.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 7.10 - 09/23/2025
Default GNSS mode to Auto.
Fix nutrition recommendations unit defaults.
Fix Strava Requests.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 7.09 - 09/09/2025
Support for Rally 110 and 210 power meters, including Force data and Pedal IQ smart calibration alerts.
Improved compass performance while creating timing gates.
Improved auto backlight performance.
Improved touchscreen performance.
Fixed issues with Time in Gear.
Fixed crash in weather map.
General improvements to device stability and addressed various minor bugs.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)


Original submissions by Guido Lenz, Jack Yeazel, and Joe Mehaffey; currently maintained by Allory Deiss.

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