MoguWind Garmin compatible devices: full list 2026

If you own a Garmin, you can install MoguWind and see the wind in real time on your screen during every ride. It runs on 29 compatible Garmin devices through the Connect IQ platform, from Edge cycling computers to fēnix, Epix and Forerunner watches. This guide shows you which ones work, how to install it, and why having the wind on your device matters.

Complete List of Compatible Garmin Devices

MoguWind works on Garmin devices with Connect IQ 3.1 or later. This is the real list, as it stands today.

Edge cycling computers

• Edge 520 Plus, 530, 540, 550
• Edge 820, 830, 840, 850
• Edge 1030, 1030 Plus, 1040, 1050
• Edge Explore and Explore 2

fēnix watches

• fēnix 6 Pro, 6S Pro and 6X Pro (the Pro, Sapphire or Solar variants only, the base fēnix 6 and 6S do not have the memory)
• fēnix 7, 7S and 7X
• fēnix 8 (43 mm) and 8 (47 mm)

Epix watches (AMOLED)

• Epix (Gen 2)
• Epix Pro (Gen 2) 42 mm, 47 mm and 51 mm

Forerunner watches

• Forerunner 955, 965 and 970

MoguWind is a lightweight data field, so it does not need much space. What it does need is a phone nearby over Bluetooth to download the wind data, which refreshes every 5 minutes.

If your Garmin is on this list, you are two minutes away from seeing the wind on your screen.

How to Install MoguWind on Your Garmin

Installing it takes a couple of minutes. You can start from the MoguWind app page, which links straight to the Connect IQ Store.

1. Open the Garmin Connect app on your phone, or the Connect IQ Store online.
2. Search for "MoguWind".
3. Tap Download and pick your device from the list.
4. The app syncs to your Garmin over Bluetooth within a few minutes.
5. On the Garmin, edit your cycling profile, go to the data screens, and add MoguWind as a data field. Full screen is best, so you can read the arrow and the numbers.
6. Head out. The first time, the Garmin needs a phone connection to pull the wind data.

No account, no email, no sign up. You add it and ride.

What You See on Your Garmin

With MoguWind running, the device shows you the wind in real time, relative to where you are heading. Not a single number for the whole area, but the wind that is actually hitting you.

• A large arrow that points where the wind is going and changes colour. Green tailwind, red headwind, amber crosswind, grey when it is light.
• The headwind or tailwind component (H/T) and the crosswind (CROSS) in km/h.
• Wind speed and gusts, the cardinal direction and the temperature.
• Where the wind will shift over the next hours, so you know if the way back turns into a headwind.

MoguWind uses Open-Meteo, a free global weather source, so it works wherever you ride. And when you upload the activity to Garmin Connect, you get 5 graphs and 8 summary metrics, including Wind Balance, which runs from minus 100, all headwind, to plus 100, all tailwind.

Not a single number for the whole area, but the wind that is actually hitting you.

Why the Wind on Your Device Matters

Checking your phone every few kilometres is not practical on a ride. Having the wind on your screen changes how you ride. A quick glance tells you whether that fatigue is the climb, the wind, or both, and lets you settle your pacing before a hard stretch instead of in the middle of it.

By August 2026 the MoguWind app had passed 10,000 downloads with a 4.7 rating on the Connect IQ Store. A lot of riders pair it with the web planner. They study the route on MoguWind Plan to see where the wind bites, then take the app on the road for the live picture.

Plan Before You Ride with MoguWind Plan

For the wind kilometre by kilometre before you leave, there is MoguWind Plan, the free web planner. Upload a GPX or import a route from Strava, pick the day and time, and it shows the wind at each kilometre for the moment you will be there. It also tells you the best time to head out and when to eat, based on the real effort with the wind.

So the two work together. You plan at home and see where the tailwind helps and where the headwind costs you, then the app keeps you informed on the road as your position changes.

Whether you ride an Edge or a fēnix, Epix or Forerunner watch, MoguWind fits into your Garmin without fuss. Check the list above, install it from Connect IQ, and start riding smarter.

Plan at home, ride with the data live on your screen. That is the whole idea.