BRIGHT 1.4" AMOLED DISPLAY
UP TO 26 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE IN GPS MODE
PREMIUM TRAINING AND RECOVERY FEATURES
INTEGRATED MAPS WITH SATIQ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIBAND GPS
LIGHTWEIGHT TITANIUM BEZEL AND DURABLE SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL
BUILT-IN LED TORCH
WHAT YOU WILL LIKE
RUNNING ECONOMY
Measure your overall energy efficiency while running, using long-term running volume, stride length and stride velocity loss, which tell you how much you slow down as your foot hits the ground, when paired with the HRM 600 heart rate monitor (sold separately).
RUNNING TOLERANCE
Better understand the impact each run has on your body and get a recommended maximum weekly mileage, so you can continue training effectively without overdoing it.
FULLY COLORED MAPS
Whether you’re running through city streets or pedaling through densely covered trails, the Forerunner 970 smartwatch offers built-in, full-color mapping that’s now even more dynamic, intuitive and easier to follow.
GARMIN COACH ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS
Train for an event, reach a goal, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for running, triathlon, cycling, or power. Select plans can adapt daily based on your performance, recovery, and health metrics.
READINESS TRAINING
From the moment you wake up, you get a training readiness score based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine if your day is ready to train harder or softer.
BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
When paired with a smartphone, you can make and receive phone calls. You can also control watch functions with voice commands or use your smartphone's voice assistant to respond to text messages and much more.
PLAN
MORNING REPORT
Get an overview of your sleep, workouts as soon as you wake up, heart rate variability, weather conditions and more.
EVENING REPORT
Get ready for tomorrow before bed with a reminder about your sleep needs, as well as your workout, weather, and events for the next day.
TURN DIRECTIONS CURVE BY CURVE
Create or find existing routes in the Garmin Connect smartphone app , or sync with your third-party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions.
DYNAMIC ROUND-TRIP ROUTE CALCULATION
Enter the distance you want to travel and get suggested routes that will get you back. If you lose your way, the watch maps a new route that covers the same distance.
TRAINING STATUS
Using new indicators like HRV Status, recent history, and VO2 Max, you'll get detailed insights into your training effectiveness and know if your workout is productive, too intense, or too strenuous.
RECOMMENDED DAILY WORKOUTS
Get workouts created just for you. They adapt after every run to match your current performance and recovery.
RECOVERY TIME
Find out how long you need to rest before your next high-intensity workout based on your last workout.
BODY BATTERY
Measure your body's energy levels to know the best times to exercise and rest.
SLEEP COACH
Get your sleep quality score and personalized coaching to help you understand how much sleep you need. Track your sleep stages and get detailed insights to improve your sleep quality.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically monitor or record your naps to see how they're affecting your body and calculate the recommended rest time.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, stress, and recovery performance through sleep heart rate variability .
SKIN TEMPERATURE
When you wear your watch while sleeping, you'll see how your average skin temperature changes in relation to your recent activity, sleep environment, potential illnesses, and more.
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get advice on exercise and nutrition. Sleep-related skin temperature monitoring allows for better cycle predictions and ovulation estimates.
RACE PREDICTIONS
Get an estimate of your pace for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon if you were running today.
RACE TIME PROJECTION
This race time prediction is the duration and pace of the race, if you continue training until the race date you enter.
GET READY
RUNNING DYNAMICS ON THE WRIST
This smartwatch measures relevant running metrics including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
LOSS OF WALKING SPEED
Improve your running form and see how much you slow down when your foot hits the ground when paired with the HRM 600 heart rate monitor (sold separately).
WRIST HEART RATE
The smartwatch constantly records your heart rate to help assess the intensity of your effort during activities.
MULTISPORT TRAINING
Create custom, step-by-step multisport workouts in Garmin Connect and send them to your watch to easily switch between sports.
HILL SCORE
Measure your hill running ability and see your progress over time based on your VO2 max and training history.
ENDURANCE SCORE
This feature measures your ability to sustain sustained efforts to help you understand how training for your athletic goals impacts your overall endurance.
ACUTE LOAD
Analyze your recent training load to improve your fitness.
LOAD RATIO
Monitor your short- and medium-term load ratio to keep your training pace within limits that will help you stay healthy and avoid setbacks.
PERFORMANCE CONDITION
While running, you can get a pace and heart rate analysis for a real-time assessment of your performance.
VO2 MAX
Check your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress, and more.
STRESS DETECTION
Find out if your day is calm, balanced, or stressful.
TRAINING EFFECT
Learn how workouts affect your endurance, speed, and power.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
With a 2-minute session , you can record key health statistics and generate a report to share with your doctor.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Monitor your blood oxygen saturation while awake and asleep 3 .
CROSS TRAINING
Download free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, Pilates, and mobility workouts to choose how you want to train.
TRAIN
TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES
Automatically record splits with built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, combined workouts and swim runs, or you can create your own.
RUNNING POWER AT THE WRIST
See how much power you're applying on the trail or road so you can manage your effort and optimize your training.
SATIQ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTIBAND GPS
Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
PACEPRO STRATEGIES FOR PACE
Plan your race day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for specific courses or distances.
TRACK RACING
The watch records precise lap distances in meters on tracks around the world.
CLIMBPRO
View real-time information about your current and upcoming climbs.
REAL-TIME STAMINA
Use this data to help you achieve the best possible results and manage your effort.
PLACES ON THE ROUTE
Instantly discover key milestones on a preloaded route, including service stations.
AUTO LAP VIA TIMING GATE
Your watch will recognize when you cross miles of course and will trigger automatic laps versus GPS-based miles when you follow a course.
SUGGESTED FINISH LINE
If you've loaded a race course, your watch will prompt you to cycle to the finish line if you forget to stop the timer.
PRELOADED SPORT PROFILES
Get involved in over 30 integrated activities, including cycling, open water swimming, strength training, and more.
CONNECT
MUSIC
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
SECURITY AND DETECTION
If you feel unsafe or if the watch detects that an incident has occurred, the watch itself sends a message with your real-time location.
CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Speed up payments with partner providers.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts, and alerts on your watch when paired with your Apple or Android smartphone.
LIVETRACK
Friends and family can track your location in real time and view previously planned routes.
GARMIN CONNECT APP
View health and fitness insights, connect with friends, and more.
CONNECT IQ STORE
Add watch faces, data fields, and apps to your paired watch.
GARMIN SHARING
Sync with friends by sharing your saved locations, routes and workouts with other compatible devices nearby.
