For performance-driven runners, there’s Forerunner® 970 the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with our brightest
AMOLED display, durable sapphire lens and lightweight titanium bezel. Use the built-in LED flashlight for greater awareness when
you head out before the sun’s up or stay out past dark. Understand your overall energy efficiency with running economy and see
how much you are slowing down when your foot hits the ground with step speed loss (HRM 600 monitor required; sold separately).
Running tolerance helps you understand the real impact running has on your body so you can adjust your training to avoid overload
and improve. Use multi-band GPS and full-colour, built-in maps plus navigation enhancements to stay on track while you train.
Forerunner 970 is ready to go when you are, with up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode. If you ever go too far, use the
built-in speaker and microphone to make a call from your wrist (when paired with your smartphone).

KEY FEATURES

NEW RUNNING ECONOMY

Measure your overall energy efficiency while running including step speed loss, which tells you how much you slow down when your foot hits the ground when you pair your watch with the HRM 600 monitor (sold separately).

NEW RUNNING TOLERANCE

Better understand the impact each run has on your body and get a recommended weekly maximum mileage so you can keep training effectively without taking on too much.

FULL-COLOUR MAPPING

Whether you’re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, the Forerunner 970 smartwatch provides full-colour, built-in mapping — now even more dynamic, intuitive and simpler to follow.

GARMIN COACH ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS

Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for running, triathlon, cycling or strength. Select plans adapt daily for personalised workouts based on your performance, recovery and health metrics.

TRAINING READINESS

From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.

NEW BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE

Make and take phone calls from your watch when it’s paired to your smartphone. Plus, control watch functions with voice command — or use your smartphone’s voice assistant to respond to text messages and more.

NEW PREMIUM DESIGN

Our brightest AMOLED touchscreen display with button controls, a lightweight titanium bezel and sapphire lens, plus a built-in LED flashlight for greater awareness in the dark during early morning or late-night runs.

NEW DYNAMIC ROUND-TRIP ROUTING

Enter how far you want to go and receive suggested routes that will bring you back. If you break off course, your watch will map a new one that hits the same mileage.

NEW MULTISPORT WORKOUTS

Create custom step-by-step multisport workouts in Garmin Connect and send them to your watch to be executed seamlessly from sport to sport.

NEW ECG APP

The ECG app can record your heart rhythm and check for signs of atrial fibrillation2.

MORNING REPORT

Wake up to your morning report with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside

NEW EVENING REPORT

Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and more.

MORNING REPORT

Get a customisable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up1.

EVENING REPORT

Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and events.

TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS

Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app, or sync from third-party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions.

DYNAMIC ROUND-TRIP ROUTING

Enter how far you want to go, and get suggested routes that will bring you back. If you break off course, your watch will map a new one that hits the same mileage.

TRAINING STATUS

Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and VO2 max, get an easy insight into training effectiveness — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery.

RECOVERY TIME

Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1.

SLEEP COACH

Get a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep you need. Track sleep stages, and get insights to improve sleep quality1.

NAP DETECTION

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and to check the recommended time and duration they should be.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, stress and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep.

SKIN TEMPERATURE

When wearing your watch to sleep, see how your average skin temperature1 changes, which can be related to your recent activity, sleep environment, potential illness, and more.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, plus get exercise and nutrition education. With skin temperature tracking while you sleep, get better period predictions and past ovulation estimates2.

RACE PREDICTOR

Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon if you were to run it today.

PROJECTED RACE TIME

This race-time prediction is what your race time and pace could be if you keep training well all the way through to the race date entered.

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