OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST RUNNING SMARTWATCHES
AMOLED DISPLAY | DURABLE SAPPHIRE LENS | TITANIUM BEZEL
LET THEM KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE
WITH A BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT
BUILT FOR THE DEMANDS OF TRAINING
WITH up to 15 days OF BATTERY in smartwatch mode
WE’VE GOT YOUR ROUTE
FULL-COLOR MAPS WITH ENHANCED NAVIGATION
“CAN’T TALK, ON A RUN”
SOUNDS BETTER WITH A BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
FIND A NEW FAST
WITH RUNNING ECONOMY AND RUNNING TOLERANCE
BRIGHT 1.4-INCH AMOLED DISPLAY
UP TO 26 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE IN GPS MODE
PREMIUM TRAINING AND RECOVERY FEATURES
BUILT-IN MAPS WITH SATIQ™ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS
LIGHTWEIGHT TITANIUM BEZEL AND DURABLE SAPPHIRE LENS
BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

RUNNING ECONOMY
Measure your overall energy efficiency while running — using long-term running volume, stride length and 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).

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-COLOR MAPPING
Whether you’re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, the Forerunner 970 smartwatch provides full-color, 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 personalized 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.

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.
YOUR BEST JUST GOT BETTER
PLAN
MORNING REPORT
Get a customizable 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 personalized coaching for how much sleep you need. Track sleep stages, and get insights to improve sleep quality1.
BREATHING VARIATIONS
For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature uses Pulse Ox4 to help you better understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep.
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.
GARMIN ECG APP
The ECG app2 uses sensors to record the electrical signals that control how your heart beats. It analyzes that recording to detect signs of an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation.
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 estimates3.
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.
PREPARE
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
STEP SPEED LOSS
Improve your running form and understand how much you slow down when your foot hits the ground when you pair your watch with the HRM 600 monitor (sold separately).
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities1.
MULTISPORT WORKOUTS
Create custom step-by-step multisport workouts in Garmin Connect and send them to your watch to seamlessly switch from different sport types.
HILL SCORE
Measure your capability for running uphill, and evaluate your progress over time based on your VO2 max and training history.
ENDURANCE SCORE
This feature measures your ability to sustain prolonged efforts to help you understand how training from your athletic pursuits impacts your overall endurance.
ACUTE LOAD
Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
LOAD RATIO
Track short-term to mid-term load ratio to keep your rate of training growth within bounds that will help you stay healthy and avoid setbacks.
PERFORMANCE CONDITION
While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your health care provider.
CROSS TRAINING
Download free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, Pilates and mobility workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.
PERFORM
TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES
Automatically record splits with built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns, or you can create your own.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
SATIQ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS
Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
TRACK RUNNING
Your watch will record accurate lap distances in meters on tracks all over the world.
REAL-TIME STAMINA
Use this data to help guide you toward your best possible performance and manage your exertion.
UP AHEAD
Get at-a-glance awareness of relevant stops along a preloaded course, including aid stations.
AUTO LAP® BY TIMING GATES
Your watch will recognize when you cross mile or kilometer course points and trigger auto laps there versus GPS-based miles or kilometers when following a course.
SUGGESTED FINISH LINE
If you have a course loaded for your race, your watch can suggest trimming your data to the finish line if you forget to stop your timer.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Tap in to 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.