| Display | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons | Largest display of any Apple Watch (LTPO3, wide-angle OLED, borders 24% thinner), 1Hz Always-On refresh |
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| Case | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel | Titanium (natural, black), 100% recycled titanium, 3D-printed |
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| Battery | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) | Up to 42 hours; up to 72 hours in Low Power Mode; 15 minutes of fast charging adds up to 12 hours |
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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 | — |
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| Health Sensors | — | Optical heart sensor with hypertension notifications, sleep score, ECG, blood oxygen, sleep apnea notifications, water temperature |
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| Connectivity | — | 5G cellular, built-in two-way satellite communications, dual-frequency GPS |
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| Water Resistance | — | WR100; Oceanic+ dive computer app |
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| OS | — | watchOS 26 (requires iPhone 11 or later with iOS 26) |
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