Software version 12.70 for the Forerunner 970 is currently at 20%.
You may manually download this software update once available by following the path below:
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Menu > System > Software Update > Check For Updates
Please see change logs below:
• Adds track run daily suggested workouts.
• Supports a gentle, early alarm, up to 30 minutes, based on your sleep quality.
• Adds the calculator app.
• Supports creating custom focus modes.
• Adds new recap messages to the evening report.
• Adds a bedtime recommendation to evening report.
• Supports starting a race from the morning report.
• Supports an automatic rest timer in strength activities.
• Updates personal records to use elapsed time.
• Supports viewing timing gate auto laps aggregated by 5 km on Garmin Connect.
• Supports playing spectator messages over the speaker.
• Supports the voice notes app.
• Adds a stocks widget.
• Adds a watch face data field for running tolerance.
• Fixes various issues that could cause the device to reboot.
• Fixes an issue that could cause a route recalculation to fail while navigating.
• Improves some instances where the UI could appear to be sluggish.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the display to appear corrupted.
• Fixes a potential issue with measuring optical heart rate.
• Fixes an issue that could result in a spike on the elevation chart.
• Fixes an issue that could cause breathing variations to fail to show for some nights.
• Improves breathing variations graph to display data more clearly.
• Fixes an issue where the phone assistant could fail to respond after receiving a notification.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the device to stay muted when adjusting the volume during a call or when using the phone assistant.
• Fixes an issue with AutoShot failing to detect shots during a golf activity.
• Fixes an issue where selecting the expedition activity caused phone assistant and voice command to be disabled.
• Fixes an issue where editing settings for the do not disturb mode could also impact those settings when do not disturb is not enabled.
• Improves the timing of the battery saver prompt.
• Fixes various minor issues related to evening report.
• Fixes an issue that caused a display glitch on some watch faces when the seconds ring reached zero.
• Fixes an issue that could cause display artifacts when swiping down to dismiss a full-screen notification.
• Fixes an issue that could cause timing gates to fail to load for unpinned activities.
• Fixes an issue with CIQ data fields sometimes failing to save.
• Fixes various other minor issues.
• Updates translations.