| Display | 1.2-inch (30.4 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 390x390, optional always-on mode, five-button design, chemically strengthened glass | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Body | Fiber-reinforced polymer bezel, silicone strap; 42.6 x 42.6 x 11.9 mm; 41 g; 20 mm quick-release bands; fits wrists 126-203 mm | — |
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| Battery | Up to 10 days in smartwatch mode (up to 4 days with always-on display), up to 19 days in battery saver mode, up to 20 hours in GPS-only mode, up to 14 hours in all-systems GNSS mode; Forerunner 170 Music: up to 6.5 hours all-systems GNSS with music | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Memory | 4 GB | — |
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| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS and Galileo | — |
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| Sensors | Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox blood oxygen (not available in all countries) | — |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+; Garmin Pay contactless payments (supported banks and networks); smart notifications and LiveTrack with a paired smartphone | — |
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| Durability | 5 ATM water resistance | — |
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| Training | Quick workouts, Garmin Coach adaptive plans including run/walk, daily suggested workouts, training readiness, training status, wrist-based running power, running dynamics | Training readiness, Garmin Coach, Garmin Triathlon Coach, running power, running dynamics, VO2 max, PacePro; running tolerance (970) |
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| Sports | 80+ built-in sports apps including running, swimming, cycling and strength training | — |
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| Health | Advanced sleep tracking, sleep coach, breathing variations, HRV status, lifestyle logging, Health Status | Sleep score, Body Battery, HRV status, skin temperature, breathing variations, evening report |
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| Music | Forerunner 170 Music ($349.99) downloads songs and podcasts from supported third-party services (subscription required) for phone-free listening with wireless headphones | — |
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| Compatibility | Garmin Connect app for iPhone and Android; Connect IQ watch faces and data fields | — |
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| Colors | Black with black/amp yellow band, whitestone with whitestone/cloud blue band; Music edition also teal green and red pink | — |
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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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| 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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