Software version 15.16 for the Forerunner 970 is now live.
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
Change Log:
- Adds a glance that tracks health data changes and overall wellbeing.
- Allows control of notifications at the app level.
- Adds support for Rally 110/210 power meter pedals.
- Adds a rolling pace data field.
- Adds the ability to access the morning report and the evening report in the notification center.
- Adds a vibration and/or tone when the evening report is displayed.
- Allows the down key to dismiss training alerts.
- Allows the lap key to be held to change sports during multisport activities, freeing up a lap press to record laps, rests, or sets within the current sport.
- Adds an automatic button lock on climb indoor activities.
- Adds support for a cycling VO2 max complication on some watch faces.
- Adds a fish forecast app/glance.
- Adds support for palming the screen to exit a smart notification.
- Adds hotkey support for the calculator.
- Reduces lag when selecting an activity.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the battery to drain rapidly.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reboot when receiving multiple smart notifications in a row.
- Fixes other issues that could cause the device to reset.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the screen to go blank.
- Fixes an issue that could result in a false failure notification following a Wi-Fi sync.
- Fixes an issue where the accept and decline buttons on the incoming call screen could malfunction.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the speaker to be muted or for the device to reboot after attempting to answer a phone call while playing music through the speakers.
- Reduces sound distortion/choppiness when starting the phone assistant.
- Fixes an issue where a voice command could fail if music was playing.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the phone assistant to be muted after a series of commands.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the incident detection alarm to play through connected headphones instead of the device speaker.
- Reduces click sound at the beginning of a voice note.
- Fixes an issue that could cause a voice note to be replayed at half speed.
- Removes the shortcut for enabling sleep since this is now handled within focus modes.
- Exits sleep mode if an activity is completed near the end of the sleep window.
- Silences workout out-of-range alerts when close to the next step.
- Fixes an issue where the device could lock to a nearby track and not correct itself if the run does not continue on the track.
- Fixes an issue where changing to a strength activity while recording an activity of a different type would cause the activity to be ended.
- Displays the correct icon for the walk indoor activity.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the Garmin Run Coach plan's week number shown on the device to be different than what is shown on Garmin Connect Mobile.
- Fixes an issue where activity voice alerts could fail to play at the correct frequency.
- Improves the time to race day countdown on the race glance.
- Fixes an issue where a secondary race could be shown instead of the primary race on the race glance.
- Fixes an issue that could cause historical weather averages to fail to display for race events associated with a course.
- Fixes an issue where "Search Near" could fail when selected in the Recents menu.
- Fixes an issue that could cause the volume dial in alarms to show an inaccurate setting.
- Allows the device to be powered down without entering a passcode.
- Fixes other minor issues.
- Updates translations.