Forerunner® 970 GPS Watch

Description

For dedicated runners chasing their goals, welcome the Forerunner® 970 – a premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with Garmin’s brightest AMOLED display yet, as well as a titanium bezel and Sapphire crystal lens. With a longer battery life, a super-durable construction and a clear, responsive display, the Forerunner® 970 is a must-have piece of tech for life on and off the track or trail.

Get ready for your race with personalised plans from Garmin Coach for running and triathlons. Use the training readiness feature to know when you’re primed for a productive workout, and use training status to know if you’re training productively. It provides comprehensive health data such as heart rate, calories, sleep and stress. It also comes with helpful data displays like the morning report which provides a useful overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook.

30+ activity profiles ensure the Forerunner® 970 can adapt to any training regime, including a dedicated triathlon feature that combines dedicated profiles for running, swimming and cycling. It helps to plan your strategy with daily suggested workouts and syncs up with Garmin IQ, Garmin Connect and other platforms like Strava and Komoot so you can input your pre-planned routes or access routes from other members of the running community.

Advanced running metrics go into more detail than other smartwatches to provide the ultimate training assistance, while helpful

features like Garmin Pay™ contactless payments and smartphone notifications means the watch can provide assistance in everyday life too.

Health

Wrist-based heart rate

Stress tracking

Sleep score and advanced sleep monitoring

Body battery™ energy monitoring

Pulse ox

Fitness age

Intensity minutes

Women’s health tracking

Jet lag adviser

Skin temperature

Health snapshot

ECG app can record your heart rhythm and check for signs of atrial fibrillation (not available in all countries. For people 22 years or older)

Training

Morning report

HRV status

HR Zones, Alerts, & Calories

Auto Pause® automatic timer halt

Interval training

Auto Lap®

Manual Lap

Rest Timer

VO2 Max

Auto Max HR

HR Broadcast

Built-in sports apps

Race widget

Daily suggested workouts

Garmin coach

Triathlon and multisport profiles

Multisport auto-transition detects sport changes between swim, bike and run 

Running power

Recovery time

Pacepro™ feature

Training status

Acute load

Training effect

Performance condition

Running dynamics

Pre-existing courses

Sync routes from other platforms like strava and komoot

Track running

Visual race predictor

Cross-training

Kid-friendly activity tracking features

Physio Trueup

Connectivity and Navigation

Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®

Smartphone compatibility: iPhone®, Android®

Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)

Multi-band GNSS support

Smart notifications

Safety and tracking features

Compatible with HRM 600 monitor (sold separately) 

Calendar

Weather forecast

Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ Mobile

Music storage

Controls smartphone music

Play and Control watch music

Garmin Pay™ contactless payments

Connect IQ™ – Downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps

Battery saver

Find My Phone

Find My Watch

Smart trainer control

Stocks

Technical specification

Water rated to 50 metres (5 ATM)

Fibre-reinforced polymer case

Lens: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3

Aluminium bezel

Silicone strap

22mm QuickFit™ watch band compatible

Built in speaker/microphone

Battery: 15 days in smartwatch mode, 26 hours in GPS

Weight: 56g

Display: 454 x 454 pixels 

Display size: 35.3mm (1.4”) diameter

Physical size: 47