Information
The Edge 550 is a compact bike GPS computer with a bright color screen and buttons, providing you with the data, guidance, and fueling advice you need to push your limits. Some training and performance analysis features require a heart rate monitor, a power sensor, or both.
General:
- Physical dimensions: 54.6 x 92.2 x 16.8 mm
- Weight: 110 g
- Water resistance: IPX7
- Display type: Liquid crystal display (LCD)
- Display size (width by height): 2.7″ diagonal
- Screen resolution (width by height): 420 x 600 pixels
- Color screen
- Battery type: Rechargeable lithium-ion
- Battery life: Up to 12 hours (in intensive use) - Up to 36 hours (power saving mode)
- Battery save mode
- Device charging on the bike (powered mount and Garmin Charge battery)
Maps and memory:
- Ability to add maps
- Map manager with Wi-Fi®
- Base map
- Integrated TrailForks data
- Storage and power capacity: 32 GB (internal memory only)
- Waypoints: 200
- Routes: 100 courses
- History: Up to 200 hours
Sensors:
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Barometric altimeter
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- 5 Hz GPS
- Multiband GNSS
- Magnetometer
Everyday smart features:
- Connectivity: Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, and apps)
- Connect IQ™ Store on device
- Smart Notifications
- Call reply/decline message with SMS (Android™ only)
- Weather forecasts
- Real-time weather map display
- Real-time settings sync with the Garmin Connect™ mobile app
- Music function
- VIRB® remote control
- Home Trainer controls
- Smartphone compatibility: iPhone®, Android™
- Garmin Share
Tracking and safety features:
- Assistance
- LiveTrack
- GroupTrack
- Group Ride (Cycling)
- GroupRide challenges and rewards
- Rider-to-rider messaging
- Incident detection: Yes (including off-road)
- GroupRide data comparisons
- GroupRide incident detection
- Community hazard reporting feature
- Find my Edge® device
- Bike alarm
- Weather alerts
- Compatible with inReach®
Activity tracking features:
- Calories burned
- Intensity minutes
Training, planning, and analysis features
- Customizable data pages
- Downloadable training programs
- Daily training suggestions: Yes (event-specific)
- Primary and secondary training targets
- Auto Pause® stopwatch auto stop
- Interval workouts
- Advanced workouts
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- VO2 Max
- Training status – Cycling
- Training load – Cycling
- Training load goal – Cycling
- Real-time stamina – Cycling
- Cycling level analysis
- Course demand analysis
- Training effect
- Recovery assistance
- Virtual Partner
- Virtual Racer™
- Segments
- Auto scroll
- Physio TrueUp
- Unified training statuses
- Smart fueling
Outdoor recreation features:
- ClimbPro ascent planner – Cycling
- ClimbPro – Course
- ClimbPro – Free ride
Cycling features:
- Activities (comparison against past activities)
- Time/distance alert (triggers an alert when you reach your goal)
- FTP (functional threshold power)
- MTB dynamics
- Support for MTB activity profile (downhill, enduro, e-enduro)
- Timing gates
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear radar)
- Compatible with the Varia radar camera
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- Compatible with the Varia range
- Compatible with a power sensor (displays power data from
- ANT+™ compatible power sensors)
- Power guide
- TopoActive maps - Cycling
- Popular Trendline routes – Cycling
- Popularity heatmap
- Compatible with Cycling Dynamics
- Route planning based on e-bike battery range
Connectivity:
- Edge® remote control
- Varia™ remote control
- ANT+™ electronic shifting
- SHIMANO DI2 SYNCHRONIZED SHIFTING INTEGRATION
- SRAM AXS integration
- Transmission report analysis
- Extended display (allows a Garmin watch to share data screens with an Edge® device














