Your smartphone runs apps from a variety of companies, bringing functionality not provided by the phone itself. What if your cycling computer could do the same thing? Imagine a touchscreen cycling computer with purpose-built apps from Strava or TrainingPeaks.
With the Edge 1000, Garmin merged the best-in-class mapping capabilities of the Edge Touring Plus with the detailed training metrics of the Edge 810. Based on Garmin’s active recruitment for its Connect IQ platform, we suspect the next iteration, likely dubbed the Edge 1010, will have multiple app interfaces available like a smartphone.
We also hope the Edge 1010 will also have improved battery life over the 1000, a greater screen-to-total-size ratio and the ability to upload directly and wirelessly to non-Garmin sites the way the 1000 does now with Garmin Connect.
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The proliferation of so-called smart watches rely on integration with external software if not hardware. While Garmin Edge computers have always played nice with third-party hardware such as heart-rate straps and power meters via ANT+, incorporating third-party software into the Edge itself is a paradigm shift for the GPS giant.
Connect IQ is Garmin’s API development platform upon which any developer can build an app for a Garmin device. For cycling, only the new Forerunner 920XT multisport watch has publicly incorporated Connect IQ.
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