How do the free trial and the subscription work?
The field starts a 7-day trial by itself the first time it runs — no card, no account. To keep it, get a license key here on this page (€5.99 a year, cancel anytime), paste it once in Garmin Connect → PowerPeak Live settings → License key, and sync. The next ride with your phone connected activates it. If you already had PowerPeak Live installed before version 6.1, it stays free until December 31, 2026 — nothing to do.
How do I activate my key?
Garmin Connect app → your Edge → Connect IQ → PowerPeak Live → Settings → paste the key in “License key” → sync. On the next ride with your phone connected the field activates it by itself.
Does the field need my phone during the ride?
No. It checks the subscription every few days when the phone is connected, and keeps working for 30 days without a check.
Can I use one key on two Edge units?
Yes, up to 2 devices. You manage them from the subscription portal.
Will the numbers match Strava and TrainingPeaks?
For peak power, yes. The field uses the same sliding-window definition those platforms use,
computed on the device instead of after the ride. Small differences can appear only if your
platform smooths or re-samples the file on upload — that's the platform, not the field.
Where do FTP and weight come from? Can I override them?
Straight from your Garmin user profile, so zones and W/kg are right from the first pedal
stroke — that's what the AUTO tag next to FTP means. You can override either value in the
field's settings if you'd rather train to your own number.
Which intervals can I display?
All 31 are tracked. How many are shown at once depends on the layout you give the field:
a full-page screen shows the full table, a half or small field shows a shorter selection.
The records are always tracked in the background, whatever is on screen.
Where are my records stored?
On the device, written as they happen. They survive restarts, profile switches and mid-ride
interruptions. Nothing is uploaded, and nothing depends on a phone being nearby.
Does it drain the battery?
The whole computation is integer arithmetic on a fixed-size buffer, once a second, with no
network use — the kind of workload an Edge is built to run for hours.
Does it send my data anywhere?
Almost nothing. There is no account and no companion app. The field reads your power meter and your Garmin profile, and writes your records to your own device. The only network call is a licence check with our payment provider every few days, when your phone is connected: it sends your licence key and a device identifier — never your rides.
