| Display | 1.32-inch AMOLED, 466x466, 353 ppi, up to 3,000 nits, sapphire glass | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Body | Grade 5 titanium frame and case, aluminum alloy buttons, plastic bezel; 48 x 48 mm case, 15.6 mm thick including sensor (13.2 mm excluding), 45.6 g without strap; 20 mm silicone strap | — |
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| Battery | Up to 20 days (typical use; the launch press release cites 17 days), up to 10 days (heavy use), up to 8 days with always-on display; up to 31 hours in accurate dual-band GPS mode, 69 hours in power-saving GPS; 540 mAh | 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, circularly polarized antenna and point dead reckoning; downloadable offline maps with turn-by-turn navigation, automatic rerouting, POI search and round-trip route planning | — |
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| Sensors | BioTracker 6.0 PPG sensor (5PD + 2LED), accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light, geomagnetic, temperature, barometric altimeter | — |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth LE 5.3, Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, Bluetooth calls, microphone and speaker | — |
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| Durability | 5 ATM water resistance | — |
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| Storage | 32GB onboard | — |
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| Extras | Built-in white and red LED flashlight, linear motor, four buttons | 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 | 170+ sports modes, 25 auto-recognized strength exercises, HYROX modes, Zepp Coach running plans, HybridCharge energy intelligence | — |
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| OS | Zepp App for Android 7.0+ and iOS 14.0+, no subscription required for workout and recovery data | — |
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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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