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Garmin Forerunner 570
Get Forerunner 570 for Garmin's running and triathlon coaching in a 42mm or 47mm size at $549.99, $200 less than Forerunner 970.
In short
Get Forerunner 570 for Garmin's running and triathlon coaching in a 42mm or 47mm size at $549.99, $200 less than Forerunner 970. It has an AMOLED screen and a speaker and microphone for calls, and lasts up to 10 days as a smartwatch (11 on the 47mm) or 18 hours with GPS. Skip it if you want maps, a flashlight, sapphire or an ECG app; those are Forerunner 970 features.
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Garmin Forerunner 570, from its Amazon listing.
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Product image from the Amazon listing.
Who it is for
- Runners and triathletes who train to Garmin's plans. Triathlon Coach, Garmin Coach, PacePro and daily suggested workouts are all here, without paying $749.99 for Forerunner 970.
- Smaller wrists. The 42mm weighs 42 grams and fits 115–178mm wrists, and Forerunner 970 comes in 47mm only.
- Forerunner 265 and 255 owners who want a speaker and microphone for calls, the evening report, skin temperature and what Garmin calls its brightest smartwatch display yet.
Who should skip it
- Runners who navigate from the watch. Built-in maps, courses and turn-by-turn directions are on Forerunner 970, along with a flashlight, sapphire, a titanium bezel and an ECG app.
- Divers and multi-week adventurers. 570 is rated 5 ATM for swimming, not 10 ATM or EN 13319, and a 47mm fēnix lasts up to 16 days as a smartwatch.
- iPhone owners who want Apple Pay, watchOS apps or Apple's Health Sensing System. This is a Garmin watch, with Garmin Pay and Garmin Connect.
What sets it apart
- Two sizes, 42mm and 47mm, where Forerunner 970 comes in 47mm only.
- Battery: up to 10 days as a smartwatch on the 42mm and 11 on the 47mm, with 18 hours of GPS Only on either; SatIQ's Auto Select gives 14 or 16 hours, and multi-band 13 or 14.
- Race-day and training tools: auto laps at timing gates, a suggested finish line, a race time predictor and PacePro, plus running power and running dynamics measured at the wrist.
Caveats
- Garmin doesn't give the 47mm's weight, either screen's resolution or a brightness figure in nits.
- Music cuts GPS time roughly in half: 18 hours in GPS Only drops to 9 with music, and the other modes drop to 8.
- Music storage is up to 8GB, a quarter of Forerunner 970's 32GB, and downloads need a premium Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music subscription.
Key specs
In the same order on every watch page, so you can compare models.
| Spec | Value | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Display size | 42mm or 47mm case; screen size not published | Garmin Newsroom; Forerunner 570 owner’s manual |
| Display type | AMOLED touchscreen with 5 buttons. 570 and 970 share what Garmin calls its brightest smartwatch display yet; only 970 gets sapphire | Garmin Newsroom, 2025-05-15 |
| Peak brightness | Garmin's “brightest smartwatch display yet” (570 and 970); no nits figure | Garmin Newsroom, 2025-05-15Garmin's claim, not a measured outdoor reading. |
| Always-On display | Yes, as a display setting; no separate always-on battery figure | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual |
| Case size(s) | 42mm and 47mm | Garmin Newsroom |
| Case material | Aluminum bezel; case material not specified | Garmin Newsroom |
| Case dimensions | 42mm: 42.4 × 42.4 × 12.9mm, for 115–178mm wrists. 47mm: 47 × 47 × 12.9mm, for 135–205mm wrists | Garmin Singapore (42mm) and Garmin Malaysia (47mm) product pages |
| Weight | 42mm: 42 g. 47mm: not published | Garmin Singapore 42mm product page; Forerunner 570 owner’s manual |
| Finishes | Raspberry with translucent bone-mango; amp yellow with translucent whitestone-turquoise; indigo with translucent imperial purple-indigo; slate gray aluminum models on garmin.com | Garmin Newsroom, 2025-05-15 |
| Chip / processor | Not named; Garmin highlights SatIQ and multi-band GPS instead | Garmin Newsroom |
| On-device storage | Up to 8GB for music | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual specificationsForerunner 970 has up to 32GB. |
| Battery, normal use | Smartwatch mode (activity tracking, phone notifications, wrist heart rate): up to 10 days on the 42mm, 11 days on the 47mm | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual battery table; Garmin Newsroom |
| Battery, GPS workouts | GPS Only: 18 hours on both sizes. Auto Select: 14 hours (42mm), 16 hours (47mm). All + Multi-Band: 13 hours (42mm), 14 hours (47mm). With music: 9, 8 and 8 hours on both sizes | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual battery table |
| Charging | Garmin's own charging cable; charges at 0–45°C, works at −20 to 60°C. No quick-charge rating (hours from 15 minutes on the charger) | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual specifications; Garmin Malaysia 47mm product page |
| Water resistance | Swim, 5 ATM (50m pressure equivalent); not dive-rated like a fēnix (10 ATM, EN 13319) | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual specifications |
| GNSS / GPS | SatIQ and multi-band GPS; modes: GPS Only, Auto Select, All + Multi-Band | Garmin Newsroom; owner’s manual battery table“Superior positioning accuracy” is Garmin's claim. |
| Cellular | No cellular or inReach on 570; calls go through the speaker and mic with a paired phone | Garmin Newsroom |
| Heart rate | Wrist heart rate, HRV status and training readiness, plus wrist running power and running dynamics on 570; the ECG app is 970-only | Garmin Newsroom |
| Blood oxygen (SpO2) | Pulse Ox for breathing variations; not a medical device and not in all countries (Garmin footnote 3) | Garmin Newsroom |
| Temperature sensing | Skin temperature, for context on activity, sleep environment or illness; also improves period predictions and past ovulation estimates in Garmin Connect (Garmin footnote 2) | Garmin Newsroom |
| ECG | No; the ECG app is exclusive to Forerunner 970, not 570 | Garmin Newsroom, 2025-05-15 |
| Sleep tracking | Sleep score and insights; evening report with sleep needed and tomorrow's workout and weather | Garmin Newsroom |
| Workout types | Running, cycling, triathlon and custom multisport, strength, Garmin Coach plans; no maps or flashlight (those are on 970) | Garmin Newsroom |
| Other sensors | Wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, skin temperature; motion sensing for running dynamics and power. Compass and barometer not listed for 570 | Garmin Newsroom |
| Durability / ingress | Swim, 5 ATM; no MIL-STD or EN 13319 rating listed for 570 | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual specifications |
| Safety / incident alerts | Incident detection, assistance and LiveTrack with a paired phone (Garmin footnote 5) | Garmin Newsroom |
| Operating system | Garmin's own watch software with Garmin Connect; not Wear OS or watchOS | Garmin Newsroom |
| Phone compatibility | iPhone or Android through Garmin Connect, for notifications, music services and LiveTrack | Garmin Newsroom |
| Wireless (Wi-Fi / Bluetooth) | 2.4 GHz and 13.56 MHz radios (output varies by size); Bluetooth pairing with Garmin Connect | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual specifications |
| NFC / contactless payments | Garmin Pay where your country, card network and bank support it (Garmin footnote 6) | Garmin Newsroom |
| Band / strap system | Quick-release bands, 20mm class (check the width for your size); translucent silicone at launch | Garmin Newsroom; garmin.com 42mm and 47mm pages |
| US price at launch | $549.99 suggested retail, 15 May 2025 | Garmin Newsroom |
| Price band | Mid-range running watch ($500–$600) | Based on Garmin's $549.99 price |
| Announced | 15 May 2025 | Garmin Newsroom |
| Availability | Orderable on garmin.com from 21 May 2025; still the current 42mm and 47mm Forerunner below 970 | Garmin Newsroom |
Garmin Forerunner 570 extras
Specs only this model has.
| Spec | Value | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Models covered | Forerunner 570, 42mm and 47mm; Forerunner 970, Forerunner 265 and fēnix are separate watches | Garmin Newsroom |
| Built-in maps | No; full-color maps, courses, turn-by-turn and dynamic round-trip routing are Forerunner 970 features | Garmin Newsroom |
| LED flashlight | No; the flashlight is exclusive to Forerunner 970 | Garmin Newsroom, 2025-05-15 |
| Sapphire / titanium | No; sapphire and a titanium bezel are 970 exclusives, and 570 has an aluminum bezel | Garmin Newsroom |
| Speaker and microphone | Calls on the watch with a paired phone; voice commands and your phone's voice assistant for texts | Garmin Newsroom |
| Garmin Triathlon Coach | Free adaptive triathlon plans with a weekly view in Garmin Connect; shared with 970 | Garmin Newsroom |
| Evening report | Reminds you how much sleep you need and shows tomorrow's workout, weather and events | Garmin Newsroom |
| Auto lap and finish-line tools | Auto lap by timing gates; suggested finish line; race time predictor (Garmin Connect course) | Garmin Newsroom |
| Running metrics | Training status, wrist running power and dynamics, acute load, training effect, performance condition, VO2 max, PacePro, daily suggested workouts | Garmin Newsroom |
| Music storage | Up to 8GB; downloads need a premium Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music subscription | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual; Garmin Newsroom |
| Battery, both sizes | 42mm: 10 days, 18h GPS Only, 14h Auto Select, 13h multi-band. 47mm: 11 days, 18h, 16h, 14h. With music: 9, 8 and 8 hours on both | Forerunner 570 owner’s manual battery table |
570 or 970: what the extra $200 buys
Garmin announced both on 15 May 2025, and most of the difference is hardware:
| Spec | Forerunner 570 | Forerunner 970 |
|---|---|---|
| US price at launch | $549.99 | $749.99 |
| Sizes | 42mm or 47mm | 47mm only |
| Lens and bezel | Aluminum bezel | Sapphire lens, titanium bezel |
| Built-in maps | No | Yes |
| LED flashlight | No | Yes |
| ECG app | No | Yes |
| Running tolerance, economy and step speed loss | No | Yes |
| Smartwatch battery | Up to 10 days (42mm); 11 days (47mm) | Up to 15 days |
| GPS Only | Up to 18 hours | Up to 26 hours |
| Music storage | Up to 8GB | Up to 32GB |
If you train to plans and don’t navigate from your wrist, 570 has what you need: Triathlon Coach is the same on both, and so is the AMOLED screen Garmin calls its brightest yet. If you want maps on the trail, a flashlight for dark runs or the ECG app, Forerunner 970 is worth the extra.
A fēnix is a bigger step. The 47mm AMOLED fēnix 8 series started at $999.99, with up to 16 days as a smartwatch, 47 hours of GPS, a flashlight and 10 ATM with an EN 13319 dive rating.
Battery: 42mm against 47mm
| Mode | 42mm | 47mm |
|---|---|---|
| Smartwatch | Up to 10 days | Up to 11 days |
| GPS Only | Up to 18 hours | Up to 18 hours |
| Auto Select (SatIQ) | Up to 14 hours | Up to 16 hours |
| All + Multi-Band | Up to 13 hours | Up to 14 hours |
| GPS Only with music | Up to 9 hours | Up to 9 hours |
| Auto Select with music | Up to 8 hours | Up to 8 hours |
| All + Multi-Band with music | Up to 8 hours | Up to 8 hours |
GPS Only gives the most time, and it’s the same 18 hours on both sizes. In SatIQ’s Auto Select and the all-systems multi-band mode, the 47mm runs an hour or two longer. It charges from Garmin’s own cable, between 0 and 45°C.
Training tools
570 gets most of Garmin’s coaching. Triathlon Coach builds free adaptive plans with a weekly view in Garmin Connect, Garmin Coach covers running, cycling and strength, and custom multisport workouts handle your own race formats. The race time predictor works from a course you’ve planned in Garmin Connect, and the watch tracks training status, acute load, training effect, performance condition and VO2 max.
What 570 misses are the 970’s running tolerance, running economy and step speed loss.
Health and sleep
570 tracks sleep with a sleep score and insights, plus Body Battery, stress, HRV status and training readiness, and menstrual and pregnancy tracking. Skin temperature adds context on activity, sleep environment or illness, and Garmin says it improves period predictions and past ovulation estimates in Garmin Connect. Pulse Ox tracks breathing variations; it isn’t a medical device, and it isn’t offered in every country.
Screen, build and payments
The AMOLED touchscreen works alongside 5 buttons. The bezel is aluminum, and the launch colors pair it with translucent bands in raspberry, amp yellow and indigo, with slate gray models too. It’s rated 5 ATM, Garmin’s 50-meter pressure equivalent, which covers swimming but not diving.
Garmin Pay works where your country, card network and bank support it. With your phone connected, you also get incident detection, assistance and LiveTrack.
Price
Garmin’s suggested price at launch was $549.99, and the watch has been orderable on garmin.com since 21 May 2025. It’s been out for more than a year, so check garmin.com for the current price before you buy.
Sources
- Amazon product listing — accessed 2026-09-20
- Garmin Newsroom — Forerunner 570 and Forerunner 970 — accessed 2026-09-19
- Garmin — Forerunner 570 47mm product page — accessed 2026-09-19
- Garmin — Forerunner 570 42mm product page — accessed 2026-09-19
- Garmin — Forerunner 570 Series owner’s manual specifications — accessed 2026-09-19
- Garmin — Forerunner 570 Series owner’s manual battery table — accessed 2026-09-19
- Garmin Singapore — Forerunner 570 42mm specs, dimensions and weight — accessed 2026-09-19
- Garmin Malaysia — Forerunner 570 47mm specs and dimensions — accessed 2026-09-19
Frequently asked questions
Should I get the 42mm or the 47mm Forerunner 570?
Get the 42mm for smaller wrists: it fits 115–178mm wrists, weighs 42 grams and lasts up to 10 days as a smartwatch. The 47mm fits 135–205mm wrists and runs a little longer: 11 days, and 16 hours in Auto Select or 14 with multi-band, against 14 and 13. GPS Only is 18 hours on both.
How does 570's battery compare with Forerunner 970?
Forerunner 970 lasts longer: up to 15 days as a smartwatch, and 26 hours in GPS Only, 23 in Auto Select and 21 with all systems and multi-band. The 47mm 570 manages 11 days and 18, 16 and 14 hours.
Can you take calls on Forerunner 570?
Yes, with your phone paired. The built-in speaker and microphone handle calls and voice commands, and you can use your phone's voice assistant to send texts.
What is the evening report?
A summary before bed: how much sleep you need, plus tomorrow's workout, weather and events.
Does Forerunner 570 work with an iPhone?
Yes. It pairs with an iPhone or an Android phone through Garmin Connect, for notifications, music services and LiveTrack.
Official product page: Garmin Forerunner 570. Tech specs: Garmin Forerunner 570 specs.