Garmin has released its latest two running smartwatches that offer great value in a performance-oriented device. The Forerunner 70 and Forerunner 170  both offer GPS, wrist-based heart rate and daily health and wellness metrics along with 13-days of battery in smartwatch mode. Both models also boast vibrant 3cm AMOLED displays, responsive touchscreens and a traditional 5-button design for extra ease of use.

And runners can access everyday health features, advanced training tools, smart notifications and more.

Forerunner 70 Features

• Train with the essentials, including built-in GPS, time, distance, pace and wrist-based heart rate.
• New quick workouts simplify training by creating workout suggestions tailored to a runner’s fitness level and require minimal input to set up: just desired time and intensity level.
• Train for an event, achieve a milestone or improve fitness with Garmin Coach training plans that adapt daily based on health and recovery metrics. In addition to popular plans for more intense training, Garmin Run Coach provides new plans with run/walk workouts and lower volume training.
• Receive daily suggested workouts – including new run/walk workouts – that adapt after every run to match performance and recovery.
• Dial in with advanced training features powered by the Garmin Human Performance Lab, including training readiness, training status, wrist-based running power and running dynamics. And tap into more than 80 built-in sports apps, including swimming, cycling, strength training and more to stay active in different ways.
• Monitor overall health and wellness 24/7 with advanced sleep tracking, sleep coach, breathing variations, heart rate variability (HRV) status, Pulse Ox, lifestyle logging and Health Status.
• Stay connected with smart notifications, safety and tracking features, LiveTrack and more.
• Forerunner 70 features up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and is offered in fun and popular colours like citron, cool lavender, black and whitestone.

Forerunner 170 Features

• On-the-go features like Garmin Pay™ contactless payments so runners can stop for a mid-run snack or water bottle and quickly pay from their wrist with a supported bank and payment network.
• For those who like to energise their runs by listening to their favourite playlists, Forerunner 170 Music lets users download songs, podcasts and more from popular third-party music services (subscription required) right to their watch to listen phone-free with wireless headphones.
• Both Forerunner 170 and Forerunner 170 Music get up to 10 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
• Offered in black with a black/amp yellow band and whitestone with a whitestone/cloud blue band. Forerunner 170 Music also comes in vibrant colours like teal green with a teal green/citron band and red pink with a red pink/mango band.

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