it is unlikely many of these features will trickle down to existing product, Garmin doesn't do that often with any useful updates. They did an overhaul on the OS of the 1030 Plus, hinted some of these features would be sent to 1030, never happened.
And as thought about using phone to configure, well big deal. Yes I suppose it's easier for the first time buyer, of no use to me though. My devices are already setup with the learning experience completed. I've no need unless they allow a configuration backup so you don't need to do it all again id it dumps or you factory reset.