OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST SMARTWATCHES FOR RUNNING
AMOLED DISPLAY | DURABLE SAPPHIRE GLASS | TITANIUM BEZEL
GET NOTICED ON THE STREET
WITH BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT
DESIGNED FOR EVERY TRAINING NEED
UP TO 15 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE
IMPROVE YOUR RUN
COLOR MAPS WITH IMPROVED NAVIGATION
"I CAN'T TALK, I'M RUNNING"
IMPROVED AUDIO WITH INTEGRATED SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
FIND A NEW SPEED
WITH RUNNING ECONOMY AND RUNNING TOLERANCE
BRIGHT 1.4" 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 GLASS
BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT
RUNNING ECONOMY
Measures 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 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 to train effectively without overdoing it.
FULL-COLOR MAPS
Whether running through city streets or cycling on densely covered trails, the Forerunner 970 smartwatch offers built-in, full-color mapping that is now even more dynamic, intuitive, and easy to follow.
GARMIN COACH ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS
Train for an event, reach a goal, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach plans for running, triathlon, cycling, or power. Some selected plans can adapt daily based on your performance, recovery, and health metrics.
TRAINING READINESS
From the moment you wake up, get a training readiness score based on sleep quality, recovery, training load, and more, so you can determine whether the day allows you to train harder or easier.
INTEGRATED SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE
When paired with a smartphone, it allows you to make and receive calls. You can also control watch functions with voice commands or use your smartphone's voice assistant to reply to text messages and much more.
PLAN
MORNING REPORT
Upon waking, you'll receive an overview of your sleep quality and recovery level, a daily calendar, heart rate variability information, and much more. You can also customize report themes, displayed data, and much more.
EVENING REPORT
Get ready for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of your sleep needs, as well as tomorrow's workout, weather, and events.
TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS
Create or find existing routes in the Garmin Connect smartphone app™ or sync your third-party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions with spoken street names.
DYNAMIC ROUND-TRIP ROUTE CALCULATION
Enter the distance you want to cover and get suggested routes that will bring you back. If your route is interrupted, the watch maps a new route that covers the same miles.
TRAINING STATUS
Using new indicators like HRV Status, recent history, and VO2 Max, you'll get detailed information on training effectiveness and know if your training is productive, highly intense, or too strenuous.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Get running, track running, and cycling workouts that are perfect for you. They adapt after each session 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.
HEALTH STATUS
Look for any changes in health data that might indicate increased stress, so you'll know when levels stray from your normal range. This feature is currently in beta¹.
BODY BATTERY™
Measure your body's energy levels to know the best time to train and rest².
SLEEP COACH
View your sleep quality score and personalized coaching that tells you how much sleep you need. Monitor sleep stages and get detailed insights to improve sleep quality².
NAP DETECTION
Automatically monitor or record your naps to see how they are affecting your body and calculate recommended rest time.
SMART ALARM
Wake up feeling more rested. The smart alarm emits a gentle vibration at the right time.
BREATHING VARIATIONS
For a deeper look into your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand changes in your breathing patterns while you sleep³. These alterations could be related to your surroundings, alcohol intake, or possible potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, stress, and recovery performance through heart rate variability during sleep.
SKIN TEMPERATURE
When wearing your watch while you sleep, you'll discover how your average skin temperature² changes, in relation to your recent activity, sleep environment, potential illnesses, and more.
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and receive advice on exercise and nutrition. The skin temperature monitoring system during sleep allows for better cycle predictions and ovulation estimates⁴.
RACE PREDICTOR
Get an estimate of your pace for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon if you were to run today.
RACE TIME PROJECTION
This race time prediction is the duration and pace of the race, if you continue to train up to the race date you enter.
PREPARE
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures relevant running metrics including cadence, stride length, ground contact time, and more.
STEP SPEED LOSS
Improve your running form and find out how much you slow down when your foot hits the ground, if the watch is paired with the HRM 600 heart rate monitor (sold separately).
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The smartwatch constantly records your heart rate to help assess effort intensity during activities².
MULTISPORT WORKOUTS
Create custom step-by-step multisport workouts in Garmin Connect and send them to your watch to easily switch between sports.
HILL SCORE
Measures your ability to run uphill and assesses your progress over time, based on VO2 max and training history.
ENDURANCE SCORE
This feature measures your ability to sustain prolonged efforts to help you understand how training according to your athletic goals overall affects your endurance.
ACUTE LOAD
Analyze your recent Training Load to improve your fitness.
LOAD RATIO
Monitor your short-term 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 an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your performance.
VO2 MAX
Check your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, assess progress, and more.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
With a 2-minute session, you can record key health statistics and generate a report to share with your doctor.
LIFESTYLE LOGGING
Log behaviors such as caffeine and alcohol intake, and view reports on how they affect your health in the Garmin Connect™ app.
NUTRITION IN THE GARMIN CONNECT™ APP
With the Garmin Connect+ plan, you can easily track calories and macronutrients, get personalized nutrition advice, and view reports to track your progress toward your goals.
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 triathlon, duathlon, brick workouts, and swim runs, 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 your effort and optimize your training.
SATIQ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS
Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES
Plan your race day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for selected courses or distances.
TRACK RUNNING
The watch records precise lap distances in meters on tracks worldwide.
REAL-TIME STAMINA
Use this data to help you achieve the best possible results and manage your effort.
POINTS AHEAD
Quickly see important milestones on a preloaded course, including aid stations.
AUTO LAP® BY TIMING GATE
The watch will recognize when you cross course miles and trigger automatic laps based on GPS miles when following a course.
SUGGESTED FINISH LINE
If you have uploaded a race course, the watch will suggest cutting the data until the finish line if you forget to stop the timer.
PRELOADED SPORTS PROFILES
Engage in over 30 built-in activities, including cycling, open water swimming, functional strength, and more.
CONNECT
MUSIC
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, or YouTube® Music accounts to listen to music without your smartphone (subscription may be required).
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If you feel unsafe or if the watch detects that an incident has occurred, the watch will send a message with your real-time location⁶.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts, and alerts on your watch when paired with your Apple® or Android™ smartphone.
LIVETRACK
Friends and family can follow your real-time location⁶ and view previously planned routes.
GARMIN CONNECT APP
View health and fitness information, connect with friends, and more.
GARMIN SHARE
Sync with friends by sharing saved locations, routes, and workouts with other compatible nearby devices.
