Originally Posted by
oldwinger14
I may be off base on this but the photos of the 1040 screens displays data that the 1030 Plus already displays, but in a less graphical way. I suspect a firmware update to the 1030 Plus would enable it to display the data as it appears in the 1040 photos. Hopefully, I am right.
Garmin generally does not provide OS updates that gives legacy units the new and improved functionality of the new units. There were a number of navigation improvements on the 1030 Plus that were never ported down to the 1030 as example. Business wise there's not point to that, they want you to go spend another $600 on the new unit to get the new features.