| Display | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons | — |
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| Case | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel | Natural and black titanium (3D-printed, 100 percent recycled titanium) |
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| Battery | 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; full-colour built-in mapping with turn-by-turn directions and round-trip routing (970 only) | — |
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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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| 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 | From $799 in the U.S. |
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| Chip | — | S11 |
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| Health Sensors | — | Health Sensing System: optical and electrical heart sensors, heart rate every five seconds |
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| Battery (everyday) | — | Up to 50 h; up to 84 h in Low Power Mode |
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| Battery (workout) | — | Extended Workout up to 25 h; Max Extended Workout up to 45 h with GPS every second |
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| Charging | — | 15 minutes adds up to 18 h of battery life |
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| GPS | — | Apple states the most accurate on-device GPS in a sports watch |
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| Connectivity | — | Satellite Emergency SOS, Find My and Messages (free for two years with activation) |
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| Software | — | watchOS 27 with Siri AI |
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