| Sizes | 46 mm Forerunner 265 and 42 mm Forerunner 265S | — |
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| Display | 1.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen (416x416) with optional always-on mode, plus five physical buttons (Forerunner 265, 46 mm) | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Case | 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 mm (Forerunner 265) | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel |
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| Battery | Up to 13 days in smartwatch mode (up to 15 days for the 265S); up to 20 hours in GPS mode (24 hours for the 265S) (Garmin claims) | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Navigation | Multi-band GPS with SatIQ technology; PacePro pacing guidance | 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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| Storage | Up to 8GB for music and data; Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music downloads (subscription required) | — |
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| Training | Training readiness, morning report, daily suggested workouts, Garmin Coach, VO2 max, running power and running dynamics | Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970) |
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| Health | Wrist-based Pulse Ox, Body Battery, sleep score, HRV status, stress tracking, menstrual cycle tracking | Sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status, skin temperature, breathing variations, evening report |
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| Features | Garmin Pay, smart notifications, incident detection and LiveTrack | — |
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| Durability | 5 ATM water rating | — |
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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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