Garmin Forerunner 35 vs Garmin Forerunner 570

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Forerunner 35 compared with Forerunner 570

	GarminForerunner 35	GarminForerunner 570
Overview
Released
Released	2016	May 2025
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	40.7 mm	42 mm or 47 mm
Panel
Panel	Memory-in-pixel	OLED
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	0.93 × 0.93-inch (23.5 × 23.5 mm) monochrome, transflective memory-in-pixel display, 128 × 128 pixels; button controls and a backlight.	42 mm model has a 1.2″ (30.4 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 390 x 390 pixels; 47 mm has a 1.4″ (35.3 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 454 x 454 pixels; five buttons; optional always-on mode
Screen protection
Screen protection	Chemically strengthened glass.	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	No	No
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	No	Yes
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	No	Yes
Sleep apnoea alerts
Sleep apnoea alerts	No	No
High blood pressure alerts
High blood pressure alerts	No	No
Body composition
Body composition	No	No
Fall detection
Fall detection	No	No
Crash detection
Crash detection	No	No
GPS
GPS	Single-band	Dual-band (L1 and L5)
Water resistance
Water resistance	50 m	50 m
Sensors
Sensors	Built-in GPS, Garmin Elevate optical heart-rate sensor and accelerometer; supports ANT+ heart-rate and cycling sensors.	Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor; Pulse Ox blood oxygen monitor; barometric altimeter; compass; gyroscope; accelerometer; thermometer; ambient light sensor
Health features
Health features	Continuous heart rate, steps, calories, distance, sleep and intensity-minute tracking, with inactivity alerts and Move IQ activity recognition.	Skin temperature; high and low heart rate alerts; HRV status; Body Battery; all-day stress; sleep score, sleep coach, sleep alignment and nap detection; breathing variations; Health Snapshot; women's health tracking with past ovulation estimates; jet lag adviser
Fitness features
Fitness features	Outdoor and indoor running, walking, cycling and cardio profiles; virtual pacing, intervals, personal records and vibration alerts. No swim-tracking profile.	Training readiness and training status; training load, load ratio and load focus; training effect, VO2 max and recovery time; wrist-based running power and dynamics; PacePro; race predictor and projected race time; Garmin Coach and Garmin Triathlon Coach plans; daily suggested workouts; multisport workouts; heat and altitude acclimation; course navigation, TracBack and Up Ahead; triathlon and open-water swimming
Safety features
Safety features	LiveTrack shares a run's location when paired with a compatible smartphone.	Incident detection during select activities; assistance; LiveTrack; live event sharing (Android only); these features require a paired phone
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 9 days	Up to 11 days
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	No	No
Works with
Works with	iPhone and Android	iPhone and Android
Storage
Storage	–	8 GB
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to nine days with notifications, activity tracking and wrist heart rate, or 13 hours in GPS training mode.	Smartwatch mode up to 10 days (42 mm) or 11 days (47 mm); GPS only up to 18 hours for either size; SatIQ (AutoSelect) up to 14 or 16 hours; All-Systems + Multi-Band up to 13 or 14 hours; with music, GPS only up to nine hours and the other two modes up to eight hours for either size
Charging
Charging	Rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a USB charging clip.	Garmin charging cable with proprietary plug
Connectivity
Connectivity	Bluetooth and ANT+; paired-phone notifications, music controls, automatic Garmin Connect uploads and Find My Phone. No Connect IQ app support or music storage.	Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; multi-band GPS with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and SatIQ; Garmin Pay; music storage; speaker and microphone for calls and the phone's voice assistant with a paired phone; voice commands; Garmin Share; Connect IQ
Storage
Storage	Seven activities of on-watch history.	–
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	37.3 g (better)	42 g
Software
Software	Garmin	Garmin
Case materials
Case materials	Silicone strap and 5 ATM water rating.	Aluminium bezel; silicone band; 5 ATM water rating
Size
Size	35.5 × 40.7 × 13.3 mm; 37.3 g. The longest case dimension is used in the size comparison.	42 mm model is 42.4 x 42.4 x 12.9 mm and 42 g; 47 mm model is 47 x 47 x 12.9 mm and 50 g; Garmin does not publish case-only weights
Bands
Bands	Fits wrists 140–200 mm.	Quick-release 20 mm bands for the 42 mm model, fitting 115–178 mm wrists; quick-release 22 mm bands for the 47 mm model, fitting 135–205 mm wrists
In the box
In the box	–	Forerunner 570, charging cable, documentation
Colours
Colours	Black case and band; Garmin also sold limelight, frost blue and white versions.	–