| Display | 2-inch (51.2 mm diagonal) AMOLED touchscreen, 448 x 486 pixels, optional always-on mode, sapphire crystal lens | Garmin's brightest AMOLED touchscreen display yet, plus five physical buttons |
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| Case | Fiber-reinforced polymer with titanium caseback, 41 x 46 x 7.9 mm | Forerunner 970: 47 mm, titanium bezel, sapphire lens; Forerunner 570: 42 mm or 47 mm, aluminum bezel |
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| Weight | 34 g (40 g with ComfortFit band) | — |
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| Strap | 24 mm quick-release ComfortFit nylon band, fits wrists of 140-230 mm | — |
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| Battery | Up to 8 days in smartwatch mode (2 days with always-on display), up to 11 days in battery saver mode, up to 16 hours GPS-only, up to 14 hours all-systems GNSS, up to 7 hours all-systems GNSS with music, rechargeable lithium-ion | Up to 15 days in smartwatch mode (970) and up to 11 days (570) (Garmin claims) |
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| Memory | 32 GB | — |
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| Positioning | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou, built-in mapping | — |
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| Sensors | Garmin Elevate wrist heart-rate monitor, Pulse Ox blood-oxygen sensor, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, thermometer, ambient light sensor | — |
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| Water Resistance | 5 ATM | — |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi | — |
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| Audio | Built-in speaker and microphone for calls and voice replies with a paired compatible smartphone, music storage | — |
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| Extras | Built-in LED flashlight, Garmin Pay contactless payments, hands-free voice control for selected commands | 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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| Health Tracking | Heart rate every second, Pulse Ox, sleep score and sleep coach, Body Battery, all-day stress, respiration, skin temperature, HRV status, Training Readiness, Training Status | — |
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| Compatibility | iPhone and Android phones via the Garmin Connect app, Connect IQ support | — |
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| Colors | Black and moss | — |
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| In the Box | Venu X1, charging/data cable, documentation | — |
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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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