| Display | 1.5-inch AMOLED, 480x480, 323 ppi, up to 3,000 nits peak brightness, sapphire glass | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Body | Grade 5 titanium bezel, frame, back cover and buttons; fiber-reinforced polymer case; 52 g without strap; 47.4 x 47.4 mm case, 13.3 mm thick excluding sensor (15.6 mm including); 22 mm straps (silicone and nylon included); four buttons | — |
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| Battery | Up to 30 days (typical use), up to 33 hours in Trail Running mode with always-on display, dual-frequency GPS and map navigation, up to 60 hours in accuracy GPS mode, up to 228 hours in maximum GPS mode; 780 mAh (rated) | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Positioning | Dual-band GPS with six satellite systems and circularly polarized antenna; offline full-color contour maps with point-to-point routes and automatic rerouting | — |
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| Sensors | BioTracker PPG sensor (5PD + 2LED), accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light, geomagnetic, temperature, barometric altimeter | — |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth LE 5.2, Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, microphone and speaker | — |
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| Durability | 5 ATM water resistance; military-grade tests listed by Amazfit (low pressure, high and low temperature, temperature shock, vibration, impact) | — |
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| Storage | 64GB onboard | — |
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| Extras | Built-in flashlight (white and red; SOS and Boost modes up to 300 lux per launch text), linear motor, magnetic charger without cable | Built-in speaker and microphone, LED flashlight (970 only), ECG app, Garmin Pay, music storage for Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music |
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| Sports | 180+ sports modes, 25 auto-recognized strength movements, lactate threshold, running power, ground contact time, finish time prediction; syncs to Strava, TrainingPeaks, Runna, Intervals.icu, Apple Health and Google Fit | — |
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| Compatibility | Zepp App for Android 7.0+ and iOS 15.0+ | — |
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| Case | — | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel |
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| Navigation | — | Multi-band GPS with SatIQ; full-colour built-in mapping with turn-by-turn directions and round-trip routing (970 only) |
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| Training | — | Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970) |
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| Health | — | Sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status, skin temperature, breathing variations, evening report |
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| Price | — | 749.99 dollars (Forerunner 970) and 549.99 dollars (Forerunner 570) at launch in the US |
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