| Display | 1.4-inch (35.56 mm) transflective MIP display, 280x280 pixels, touchscreen, solar charging lens | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Case | 51 x 51 x 15.7 mm, 66 g (57 g case only); fiber-reinforced polymer case, titanium bezel, Power Sapphire lens | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel |
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| Battery | Up to 36 days in smartwatch mode (90 days with solar); up to 120 hours in GPS activity mode with Extended Battery (320 hours with solar); up to 210 hours in Max Battery mode (Garmin claims, solar figures assume 50,000 lux) | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Storage | 64GB for maps, music and data | — |
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| Navigation | Multi-band GPS with SatIQ technology plus GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou; built-in routable maps, perspective view, ClimbPro and TracBack | 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 | Grade-adjusted pace targets and rolling pace, stamina zones and stamina curve, Garmin Epic multiday logging, training readiness, endurance score, 100+ activity profiles | Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970) |
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| Health | Wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox, ECG app, Body Battery, sleep coach, HRV status, skin temperature | Sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status, skin temperature, breathing variations, evening report |
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| Features | Garmin Pay, music storage, white and red LED flashlight, smart notifications, Connect IQ | — |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi | — |
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| Durability | 10 ATM water rating | — |
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| Straps | ComfortFit fabric band, QuickFit 26 mm | — |
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| OS | Garmin firmware; pairs with Android and iOS through the Garmin Connect app | — |
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| Extras | — | 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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| Price | — | 749.99 dollars (Forerunner 970) and 549.99 dollars (Forerunner 570) at launch in the US |
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