The watch that makes a runner
The simple Forerunner 70 GPS running smartwatch has everything you need to start running, with features that support beginner runners.
- Vivid 1.2” AMOLED touchscreen
- Battery life up to 13 days in smartwatch mode
- Advanced training metrics and recovery insights
- Personalized training plans with Garmin Coach
- More than 80 built-in sports apps
- Built-in GPS for time, distance and pace
Features you will love
Pace, distance, heart rate
This simple GPS running smartwatch is equipped with the essential features you need to take your running to the next level – including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate1.
Daily suggested workouts
Receive personalized workouts. These daily suggested workouts, now including running workouts, adapt after every run to match your current performance and recovery.
Adaptive training plans with Garmin Coach
Train for an event, reach a goal or improve your fitness with training plans that adapt daily based on your recovery and health metrics. Choose one of the beginner-friendly plans with running workouts and lower volume, or select plans for more intensive training.
HRV status
Gain deeper insight into your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability1. The watch monitors time variations between consecutive heartbeats while you sleep.
Advanced training features
Training readiness helps you determine whether you are ready to run. Training status shows whether you are training productively, while training effect provides insight into the main benefits of your workout.
Health and wellness
Better performance starts with better rest. Improve your sleep quality with sleep score, sleep stage disruptions and data on activity and stress impacts1. Track your body’s energy level over time to find the best schedule for activity and rest.
Everything you need to get started
Planning
Long battery life
Enjoy up to 13 days in smartwatch mode and up to 23 hours in GPS mode to gain a complete overview of your health and training.
Morning report
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up.
Evening report
Prepare for tomorrow before going to bed with a reminder of your required sleep, tomorrow’s workout, weather forecast and events.
Recovery time
Find out how long your recovery will take before your next hard workout, based on your latest training session.
Sleep coach
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for the amount of sleep you need. Track sleep stages and learn how to improve sleep quality1.
Nap detection
Automatically track or log your daytime rests and see how they affect your body, as well as their ideal timing and duration.
Body Battery™ energy monitor
Track your body’s energy levels throughout the day to find the best time for activity and rest1.
Courses
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect™ app and on third-party platforms, then sync them directly to your watch.
Course planning
Prepare for what is ahead with course planning. This feature allows you to add cut-off times, notes, rest plans, checkpoints and aid stations that can help you during a race.
Race predictor
Get an estimated pace for 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon.
Breathing variations
Gain a better understanding of your health with insights into changes in your breathing patterns while you sleep2. These changes may be related to your environment, alcohol or potential sleep disorders, including sleep apnea.
Women’s health tracking
Continuously track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and receive exercise and nutrition tips.
Preparation
Wrist-based heart rate
The watch continuously measures your heart rate day and night and helps you estimate how hard you are working during activities1.
Wrist-based running dynamics
Improve your form with running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and other data.
VO2 max
Track your current fitness level and changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and much more.
Intensity minutes
Track moderate and vigorous activity minutes to help meet your goals.
Acute load
Compare your recent training load with the optimal range to improve your fitness.
Pulse oximeter sensor
Track blood oxygen saturation while you are awake or asleep2.
Quick workout
Create running workouts directly on the watch based on your desired time and intensity.
Audio prompts
Receive alerts so you know how you are progressing when paired with a smartphone.
Stress tracking
Find out whether you are having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
Health snapshot
Record a two-minute session to capture key health statistics, then generate a report you can share with your doctor.
Lifestyle logging
Log behaviors such as caffeine and alcohol intake, and view reports in the Garmin Connect app showing how they affect your health.
Health status
Track changes in your health data that could indicate additional stress, so you know when you are outside your usual range.
Cross training
Find free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts in the Garmin Connect app. You can also create your own workouts in the app and send them to your watch.
Activity tracking
Track daily steps, calories burned and much more from your wrist1.
Fitness age
Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.
Mobility
Increase flexibility and strength with free mobility workouts available for download.
Performance
Built-in GNSS
Built-in GNSS supports multiple satellite systems so you can track where you run and access accurate statistics, including distance and pace.
Wrist-based running power
Find out how much power you are applying to the track or road so you can manage your effort and fine-tune your training.
Built-in sports apps
Use more than 80 built-in activities, including cycling, pool swimming, strength training and much more.
PacePro™ feature
Plan your race-day strategy with pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
Track running
Record accurate lap distance and view your distances in meters.
Connectivity
Safety and tracking
If the watch detects that an incident has occurred, it will send a message with your real-time location3. If you do not feel safe, you can do this manually.
LiveTrack™ location sharing
Your friends and family can track your real-time location3 and view preplanned courses.
Smart notifications
Receive emails, messages and alerts on your watch when paired with an iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
Texting from the wrist
Use the keyboard to send quick text replies from your paired watch, Android only or via the Garmin Messenger™ app4, so you can keep your phone in your pocket.
Garmin Connect
View health and fitness information, connect with friends and much more.
Connect IQ™ Store
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
Google Maps™ app
Enter your destination in the Google Maps app on your Android smartphone, then follow turn-by-turn directions on your wrist.
Garmin Share
Coordinate with your friends by sharing saved locations, courses and workouts with other nearby compatible devices.
Color filters and watch display customization
Access color display options, including grayscale, red/green, green/red or blue/yellow ranges to help with various forms of color blindness. Choose from a range of watch faces with customizable data and colors.
Notes
1 Activity tracking accuracy.
2 This device is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of medical conditions; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse oximeter is not available in all countries.
3 When the watch is paired with a compatible smartphone. For more details on requirements and limitations of safety and tracking features, see Garmin.com/safety.
4 Requires both the sender and recipient of messages to have the Garmin Messenger app installed on their paired smartphones.
Programming improvements are ongoing and may not be reflected in images, videos and specifications.
General
| Case (W × L × H) | 42.6 × 42.6 × 11.9 mm |
| Weight | 40 g |
| Wrist circumference | 126 – 203 mm |
| Display | AMOLED, 1.2" (30.4 mm), 390 × 390 px |
| Colour display | Yes |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Always-on display | Yes (optional) |
| Large font option | Yes |
| Display glass | Chemically strengthened glass |
| Case material | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Strap | Silicone, quick-release, 20 mm |
| Water resistance | 5 ATM (swimming) |
| Memory | 512 MB |
| Charging | Garmin cable |
Battery life
| Smartwatch mode | Up to 13 days |
| Always-on display | Up to 5 days |
| Battery saver | Up to 28 days |
| GNSS – GPS only | Up to 23 hours |
| GNSS – all systems | Up to 16 hours |
Sensors
| Satellite systems | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| Pulse oximeter (SpO₂) | Yes (spot check / all-day / sleep) |
| Garmin Elevate™ (wrist heart rate) | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
Health and wellness
| Wrist heart rate (continuous) | Yes |
| Resting heart rate | Yes |
| Abnormal heart rate alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate | Yes |
| Fitness age | Yes |
| Body Battery™ | Yes |
| All-day stress | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| Sleep (advanced) | Yes |
| Sleep score | Yes |
| Sleep coach | Yes |
| Nap detection | Yes |
| Respiration variations | Yes |
| Health status | Yes |
| Health summary | Yes |
| Lifestyle logging | Yes |
| Women's health | Yes (Garmin Connect™ / Connect IQ™) |
| Hydration | Yes (Garmin Connect™ / Connect IQ™) |
Training, planning and analysis
| Training readiness | Yes |
| Training status | Yes |
| Suggested workout of the day | Yes |
| Garmin running coach | Yes |
| Garmin expert running coaches | Yes |
| Garmin trainer – cycling plans | Yes |
| Garmin trainer – strength | Yes |
| Garmin fitness coach | Yes |
| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| HIIT workouts | Yes |
| Yoga workouts | Yes |
| Pilates workouts | Yes |
| On-screen muscle map | Yes |
Activity profiles
| Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical, Stair Stepper, Jump Rope |
| Wellness | Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking, Mobility, Breathwork |
| Indoor running | Treadmill, Indoor Track, Virtual Running |
| Outdoor running | Running, Track, Trail Running, Ultra Running, Obstacle Racing |
| Outdoor recreation | Hiking, Rucking, Horseback Riding, Disc Golf, Archery |
| Cycling | Road, Mountain, Gravel, Commute, Long Distance, eBike, Mountain eBike, Indoor, Cyclocross |
| Swimming | Pool |
| On the water | SUP, Rowing, Kayaking, Snorkelling |
| Motorsports | BMX, Overlanding, Motocross, ATV, Snowmobile |
| Racket sports | Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
| Snow and winter | Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic, XC Skate, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing |
| Team sports | Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
| Combat sports | Boxing, MMA |
| Other | Inline Skating |
Smart features
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
| Music controls | Yes |
| Smart notifications | Yes |
| Reply / reject call with text | Android™ only |
| Notification images on watch | Android™ only |
| Morning report | Yes |
| Evening report | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Weather forecast | Yes |
| Find my phone | Yes |
| Find my Garmin | Yes |
| Find my phone during GPS activity | Yes |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store | Yes |
| Garmin Messenger | Yes |
| Garmin Share | Yes |
| Settings sync with Garmin Connect™ | Yes |
| Battery saver | Yes |
| Compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Stocks | Yes |
| Colour change | Yes |
| Red shift mode | Yes |
| Colour filters | Yes |
| Password | Yes |
| Calculator | Yes |
| Hourly alert | Yes |
Activity tracking
| Step counter | Yes |
| Move alerts | Yes |
| Move options with alerts | Yes |
| Auto daily goal | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Distance covered | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| TrueUp™ | Yes |
| Move IQ™ | Yes |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Auto rep counting | Yes |
Safety and tracking
| Incident detection | Yes |
| Smartphone alert | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Live event sharing | Android™ only |
Watch features
| GPS time sync | Yes |
| Auto daylight saving time | Yes |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Smart wake alarm | Yes |
| Timer | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Sunrise/sunset time | Yes |
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