GARMIN GPS FEATURE COMPARISONS
and Upgrade Information

Maintained by Allory Deiss


Forerunner 570
Ver. 12.70 - 08/19/2025
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.
Supports power guide for cycling activities.
Updates personal records to use elapsed time.
Supports viewing timing gate auto laps aggregated by 5 km on Garmin Connect.
Adds spectator messaging.
Supports the voice notes app.
Enables additional motorsports activities.
Adds a stocks widget.
Fixes various issues that could cause the device to reboot.
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 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.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 12.64 Beta - 08/12/2025
Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reboot while in sleep mode.
Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reboot when saving a swimming activity.
Fixes various issues with editing settings while in the activity focus mode.
Fixes an issue where the evening report could be shown too early.
Fixes an issue where editing settings for the do not disturb mode could also impact those settings when do not disturb is not enabled.
Fixes an issue where editing a watch face for a custom focus mode also affected the currently enabled watch face.
Fixes other minor issues.
Updates translations.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 12.60 Beta - 08/05/2025
Fixes a potential issue with measuring optical heart rate.
Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reboot when starting a mobility workout.
Fixes an issue where notifications could be accidentally dismissed with a swipe.
Fixes an issue that could result in a spike on the elevation chart.
Fixes an issue with deleting voice notes.
Ensures the evening report is only displayed once per night.
Fixes other minor issues.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 12.59 Beta - 07/29/2025
Fixes a few instances that could cause the device to reboot.
Improves the timing of the battery saver prompt.
Improves the custom activity focus mode to be enabled after selecting a profile.
Fixes some cosmetic issues with the evening report.
Fixes other minor issues.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 12.58 Beta - 07/22/2025
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.
Supports power guide for cycling activities.
Updates personal records to use elapsed time.
Supports viewing timing gate auto laps aggregated by 5 km on Garmin Connect.
Adds spectator messaging.
Supports the voice notes app.
Enables additional motorsports activities.
Adds a stocks widget.
Fixes various issues that could cause the device to reboot.
Improves some instances where the UI could appear to be sluggish.
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 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.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 6.18 - 07/14/2025
Reduces the occurrence of false screen touches.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)
Ver. 6.17 - 06/04/2025
Improved expected battery life on watch face (570 Large only).
Updated translations for Japan SKU.
Changes to support manufacturing.
(This version can be downloaded from: Garmin Support Download Section)


Original submissions by Guido Lenz, Jack Yeazel, and Joe Mehaffey; currently maintained by Allory Deiss.

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