Methods, computer program products, and systems are provided for transferring software from a computing device over a high-speed wireless radio frequency (RF) link onto one or more external programmers of implantable medical devices. The methods include entering a communications range of the external programmers and establishing communication over the wireless RF link. The method may also include determining whether any external programmers are without the software stored on the computing device. In response to determining an external programmer is without the software, the computing device uploads and the external programmer receives and stores the software over the wireless radio frequency link without interrupting the functionality of the external programmer while the programmer interfaces with an implantable medical device.