Why are two new Edge devices restricting the screen layouts for datafields?
There isn't even a full screen (1 Field) option as there has been on every Edge device up until now
Why are two new Edge devices restricting the screen layouts for datafields?
There isn't even a full screen (1 Field) option as there has been on every Edge device up until now
It could be a bug in the sim device config [simulator.json] / device reference [which both show the same thing- I assume they are generated from the same source]
DCR's Edge 850 review shows a 7-field layout, which is not in the list above:
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/09/garmin-edge-850-in-depth-review-brilliance.html
Then again maybe it's possible they've changed something for the release? Not the first time certain things would be changed, added or removed post release.
It does seem like it would be a strange change / limitation.
It's not exactly the same thing, but a couple of years ago, a Venu Sq update broke the *detection* of a 1-field [fullscreen] layout for CIQ data fields. What I think happened is that a lot of these fields will detect a 1-field layout by assuming that if data field Dc size is exactly the same as the screen size, it's a 1-field layout, and if the size is different, it's not a 1-field layout. In this update, Garmin probably made the 1-field layout Dc slightly smaller than screen size, so a lot of fields started assuming they were in multiple field layouts and rendering incorrectly. After people complained, Garmin reverted the change.
Maybe the easiest thing would be to post a bug report in the CIQ bug reports forum?
