This page contains firmware release notes for the ELEMNT ROAM v1 (2019) bike computer.
- For firmware installation process instructions, see How To Update Firmware on the ELEMNT / BOLT / ROAM
- For ELEMNT ROAM v2 (2022), see ELEMNT ROAM v2 (2022) Firmware Release Notes;
- For ELEMNT app release notes, see ELEMNT Companion App Release Notes (iOS) or ELEMNT Companion App Release Notes (Android).
ROAM received a minor update starting with serial numbers beginning with 4721+.
Original model firmware versions start with WR20 while newer models start with WD12.
ELEMNT ROAM 17055 - 28 May, 2025
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 17051 - 5 May, 2025
- Added: Support for TRACKR RADAR
ELEMNT ROAM 17041 - 11 March, 2025
- Updated: Metric speed abbreviation -- KPH > KM/H
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 17031 - 18 October, 2024
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 17028 - 21 August, 2024
- Fixed: bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 17026 - 3 July, 2024
- Fixed: bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 17025 - 13 June, 2024
- Fixed: Speed sensor data not written to FIT file
ELEMNT ROAM 17021 - 4 June, 2024
- Fixed: Minor UI improvements when navigating maps using Dark Mode.
- Fixed: “Distance to Segment” was missing when using Strava Live Segments.
- Fixed: HRM connection issues.
ELEMNT ROAM 16781 - 15 May, 2024
- Added: SRAM AXS Integrations via ANT+ Shifting protocol
ELEMNT ROAM 16772 - 11 April, 2024
- Fixed: bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 16764 - 26 March, 2024
- Fixed: bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 16736 - 20 March, 2024
- Fixed: bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM 16708 - 5 March, 2024
- Updated: Improved Summit Segments Time To Go algorithm
- Fixed: Some planned workout names were incorrect
- Fixed: bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD14-16525 - 5 December, 2023
- Updated: World maps
- Fixed: Turn-by-turn alerts are shown too early in some scenarios
- Fixed: Duplicate batteries being shown for ANT+ Radar devices
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD14-16476 - 7 November, 2023
- Fixed: Grade, ascent, and descent missing on first generation ELEMNT bike computers
- Fixed: Di2 Shifter batteries not being reported
- Updated: Main menu scrolling is more responsive
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD14-16473 - 31 October, 2023
- Added: Updated settings menu
- Added: Electronic shifting battery status now available as a data field
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
- Known Issue: Shifter battery status shows "n/a" for some systems
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16335 - 19 October, 2023
- Fixed: Ascent is higher than expected on flat rides
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16334 - 3 October, 2023
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16333 - 19 September, 2023
- Fixed: TrainingPeaks plans scheduled for today/tomorrow were missing from the planned workouts list
- Fixed: Some route files (.gpx) failed to import
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16331 - 6 September, 2023
- Updated: Improved GRADE data response
- Fixed: GPX route files may not display turn-by-turn directions
- Fixed: Speed/Distance recorded is doubled, typically when connected to an E-bike
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16244 - 16 August, 2023
- Updated: Increased maximum route length limit for generating on device turn-by-turn directions
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16242 - 9 August, 2023
- New: Added support for Schwalbe AIRMAX TPMS sensor
- Updated: Improved handling of speed/cadence sensors that stop transmitting data
- Fixed: Shimano power meters do not promptly reconnect after interruption
- Fixed: Summit Freeride climbs may not work when riding under 10 km/h
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16138 - 27 June, 2023
- Added: Support for CORE body temperature sensor
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-16044 - 20 June, 2023
- Updated: Freeride climb detection better identifies continuous roads
- Fixed: Issue affecting planned workouts with long interval descriptions
- Fixed: A condition causing some Summit Segments (on-route) climbs to disappear when beginning a climb
- Fixed: BestBikeSplit Race missing power targets
- Fixed: BestBikeSplit missing course points and course sectors
- Fixed: Crash when pairing a sensor
- Fixed: Crash when rerouting
- Fixed: FIT file does not contain L/R bit for balance data with certain power meters
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15944 - 2 June, 2023
- Fixed: Crash when rerouting
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15943 - 2 May, 2023
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15784 - 1 February, 2023
- Added: Support for off-road routes with Trailforks
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15592 - 16 November, 2022
- Improved: Route sync from ELEMNT app
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15475 - 4 November, 2022
- Fixed: Pagination for users with custom pages, when using Routes / Summit Segments
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15473 - 2 November, 2022
- Fixed: An issue causing blank maps for some users
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15469 - 31 October, 2022
- Added - Support for Summit Segments
- Added - Public Route Sharing
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15323 - 4 October, 2022
- Added: Outdoor workouts with Wahoo X
- Added: ELEMNT Backup and Restore
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD12-15152 - 29 September, 2022
- Improved: Low battery shutdown process on newer (WD12) models
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD08-15152 - 30 August, 2022
- Added: reinstated vertical grid lines on the Climb page, improved zooming
- Changed: Cosmetic changes to the Planned Workouts listing
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD08-14984 - 19 July, 2022
- Fixed: Map loading on older devices in big cities
- Fixed: on Pioneer Power Meters, the Pedal Monitor page would reset to default fields on pairing, removing any previous field customization
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD08-14983 - 27 June, 2022
- Fixed: Turn-by-turn navigation fixes and enhancements
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability enhancements
- Added: Chart enhancements with dynamic scaling for elevation and planned workouts
- Added: Varia radar configurable for both left/right display placement
- Added: Map updates available
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD08-14851 - 1 June, 2022
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD08-14720 - 12 May, 2022
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14716 - 3 May, 2022
- Enabled: ELEMNT Route Sharing feature
- Fixed: Changing units on the app's profile tab not syncing to ELEMNT
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14713 - 26 April, 2022
- Added: Route Builder and Turn by turn notification improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14595 - 13 April, 2022
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14589 - 5 April, 2022
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14466 - 29 March, 2022
- Fixed: Best Bike Split workouts not showing correct interval target
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ELEMNT Summit Climbing Feature:
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Added: New full-color grade field
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Added: Grade color to the elevation chart
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Added: Elevation remaining on route cue sheet
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ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14324 - 17 March, 2022
- Fixed: battery usage issue related to Map page & routing on some devices
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14323 - 9 March, 2022
- Fixed: ELEMNT unit freezes when on Climb Page and current route is cancelled from Companion App
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14322 - 8 March, 2022
- Fixed: route not displaying on the map page when selected from the companion app
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14320 - 17 February, 2022
- Fixed: Data fields not appearing correctly on map page
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14188 - 3 February, 2022
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14187 - 25 January, 2022
- New Feature: Custom Alerts to Fuel your Ride
- Important Update: Improved Error Notifications for ANT+ Radars
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14048 - 14 January, 2022
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR20/WD10-14044 - 5 January 2022
- Added: Support for position assistance files
- Fixed: Crash syncing routes
- Fixed: Crank length showing on KICKR sensor page
- Fixed: Crash using HEADWIND control
- Fixed: HR/Distance planned workouts not progressing
- Added: Performance Improvements and optimizations
- Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Fixed: Strava segment text overlapping
- Fixed: Temperature missing from ride summary screen
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Fixed: Daily step data not pushing to Google Fit correctly
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Fixed: Kj calculation for Assioma power meters
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: KICKR and ANT+ FE-C controls default to passive mode
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Performance improvements and optimizations
- Added: Support for new ELEMNT BOLT
- Fixed: Turn-by-turn and custom cues for manually imported TCX/GPX files
- Fixed: Companion App connection stability
- Fixed: Workouts syncing to Companion App
- Fixed: Sensor stability improvements
- Fixed: 'Take me to' routes showing in route list
- Fixed: Translation issues with "Pair ELEMNT" in German
- Fixed: Recipient not showing on text/phone calls
- Fixed: Elevation graph
- Added: Support for new notification services (WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, Telegram, Signal)
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-10643 - 18 March, 2021
- Improved route support
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-10624 - 1 March, 2021
- Added: ELEMNT RIVAL support improvements
- Fixed: Specialized LEV integration lights bug
- Added: Translations
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-10132 - 11 January, 2021
- Added: Additional Translations
- Added: Stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-9488 - 1 December, 2020
- Added: Stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-9484 - 17 November, 2020
- Added: Stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-8862 - 20 October, 2020
- Fixed: Old workout appearing as a new workout
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-8859 - 12 October, 2020
- Fixed: Electronic Shifting - 1x gears not displaying correctly
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-8858 - 21 September, 2020
- Sensor connection fixes and enhancements
- Stability improvements pairing TICKR over ANT+
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-8226 - 1 September, 2020
- Added: Stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-8223 - 25 August, 2020
- Fixed: DI2 not displaying correctly on bike computers
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-8214 - 18 August, 2020
- Added: Stability improvements
- Added: Wheel circumference for LEV
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7937 - 3 August, 2020
- Added: Improved connection stability
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7934 - 22 July, 2020
- Bug fixes and improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7932 - 21 July, 2020
- Stability enhancements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7930 - 14 July, 2020
- Stability enhancements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7924 - 7 July, 2020
- Fixed: Missing Pioneer power data
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7921 - 30 June, 2020
- Added: Stability Improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7914 - 26 June, 2020
- Updated: French localization
- Updated: Dutch translation error
- Fixed: Rides uploaded as Cycling instead of Default
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7706 - 8 June, 2020
- Added: Stability Fixes
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7697 - 27 May, 2020
- Added: Japanese translation fixes
- Added: Calorie calculations from a power source
- Updated: Calorie calculation from a HR source
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7512 - 22 May, 2020
- Fixed: Missing speed and cadence data
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7510 - 18 May, 2020
- Added: Stability Improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7505 - 12 May, 2020
- Fixed: Speed and Cadence sensor data
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7502 - 5 May, 2020
- Fixed: Power pedal balance
- Added: Stability fixes
- Fixed: Strava workouts upload type
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-7082 - 10 March, 2020
- Added: ANT+ LEV Compatibility for compatible E-Bikes (details here)
- Fixed: Unit auto resetting
- Fixed: SRM power meter speed/distance issues
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-6922 - 27 February, 2020
- Fixed: Distance doubling with speed sensors
- Fixed: KJ doubling
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-6919 - 20 February, 2020
- Added: Instant torque now displays for ANT+ Power Meters that would otherwise display power only
- Fixed: Di2 paging control
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-6662 - 23 January, 2020
- Bug fixes
- Updates for Specialized ANGi support
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-6659 - 17 January, 2020
- Added: Specialized ANGi integration
- Added: Stability improvements
- Fixed: Strava Live Segments not showing consistently
- Fixed: TSS/NP/IF displayed as "0" in ride summary
ELEMNT ROAM WR18-6492 - 18 December, 2019
- Added: Improved support for Today's Plan
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-6268 - 20 November, 2019
- Minor bug fixes and miscellaneous improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-6264 - 12 November, 2019
- Added: Relive sharing support
- Fixed: Rerouting sounds and notifications while paused
- Fixed: LEDs not matching correct HR zone
- Fixed: Maps stuck in "Queued" state when downloading multiple maps
- Fixed: Background workout recovery
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-6129 - 8 October, 2019
- Improved Turn by Turn directions and routes with missing cues
- Improved map download process
- Fixed: Maps page sometimes incorrectly reporting download failure
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-6025 - 20 September, 2019
- Improved off-route notifications
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-6023 - 19 September, 2019
- Stability improvements
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-6019 - 17 September, 2019
- Added: Support for TrainerRoad outdoor planned workouts
- Fixed: Strava Live segments not syncing
- Fixed: Issue with scaling current interval during planned workouts
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-5525 - 3 September, 2019
- Added: Re-routing improvements when a rider re-joins a route after going off course
- Fixed: Max Speed data field displayed as AVG Speed when language is set to Chinese
ELEMNT ROAM WR14-5027 - 26 August, 2019
- Added: Support for ANT+ radar sensors
- Fixed: Crash on long rides
- Fixed: Routes with Turn by Turn not displayed in ELEMNT app
- Fixed: Map pack downloads getting stuck in queue
- Fixed: Incorrect L/R Balance shown for some power meters
- Fixed: Issue with available memory for maps
- Fixed: Blank map tiles when no data fields are selected
- Fixed: Incorrect Turn by Turn directions on Strava routes
- Fixed: ROAM incorrectly reporting insufficient space on map download
- Fixed: Nearby riders flickering on map page
- Fixed: Auto-shutdown not working correctly
- Fixed: "Route to start" failing to start route on arrival
- Fixed: Routing issues when the finish is near the start or when "Route to start" overlaps the route
- Improved: Countries with large map files are now split into smaller, more manageable regions
- Improved: Routes starting over 200m away now ask to "Route to Start" on load (previously 1km)
- Improved: Better ROAM directions in roundabouts
- FIXED: Storage space discrepancy preventing map downloads and updates
- Patch release for improved stability
- FIXED: Climbing profile incorrectly displaying on map page
- FIXED: Incorrect power values being displayed from SRM power meters
- FIXED: Target BPM data field showing as BPM % when using Training Peaks workouts
- FIXED: Power from Rotor 2Inpower freezing when not pedaling
- FIXED: turn by turn directions not always displayed
- FIXED: re-routing setting always on
- Added: Ability to customize Strava Live Segments page
- Added: Turn By Turn (TBT) support for Strava and other routing sources
- FIXED: History page not available after a workout
- FIXED: Power meter dropouts and sensors showing no data
- FIXED: Reversing a route not working
- FIXED: Strava relative effort
- FIXED: Bug related to TBT directions disappearing
- FIXED: Routing and re-routing calculation times improved (speedier routing)
- FIXED: blank map management screen
- Timer added to ambient light sensor
- FIXED: SRM calibration issue
- FIXED: speed spikes when initialized in poor GPS areas
ELEMNT ROAM WR10-ROAM 3070 - 25 April, 2019
- Initial release