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Phone Arena
15-05-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
Garmin officially releases its most premium Forerunner watch and adds a lifesaving feature
Garmin has officially unveiled the Forerunner 970, its latest high-end smartwatch designed for serious runners and triathletes. As the successor to the well-regarded Forerunner 965, this new model brings a mix of premium upgrades, cutting-edge health features, and a noticeable bump in Forerunner 970 is crafted with a titanium bezel and sapphire crystal, wrapped in a lightweight 56-gram build with a 47mm diameter. The AMOLED touchscreen display maintains the sharp 454 x 454 resolution but now gets even brighter, improving visibility in all conditions. Garmin also updated the watch's aesthetic with bold color accents in green or purple and refined button shapes to give it a more modern it's not just a cosmetic refresh. One of the headline features is the addition of an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, which can detect signs of cardiac arrhythmia. This joins the existing heart rate, SpO2, and skin temperature sensors already offered on the 965. Garmin also adds new running-focused tools. Running Economy evaluates how efficiently you move, while Running Tolerance helps monitor your biomechanical load to reduce the risk of overtraining. Garmin Coach returns as well, offering more personalized and adaptive training plans. Another new feature is an integrated LED flashlight, which is a handy tool for early morning or nighttime runs. And thanks to onboard microphones and speakers, the Forerunner 970 can now handle phone calls and interact with voice assistants when connected to a smartphone. It still offers 32 GB of internal storage for maps, apps, and music, plus Garmin Pay support for contactless life takes a small hit compared to the previous model, with up to 15 days in smartwatch mode and around 26 hours when using GPS. These numbers are still respectable, but worth noting for users who prioritize long-distance endurance tracking. The Forerunner 970 will be available starting May 21st for $749.99 — a steep increase over the currently reduced $499 price of the Forerunner 965. Buyers can choose from three color options: carbon gray titanium with black case, titanium with whitestone case, and soft gold titanium with french gray case. This release follows news of another Garmin Forerunner debut, the Forerunner 570. With the Forerunner 970, Garmin is clearly pushing its premium tier forward — both in features and pricing.
Evening Standard
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Evening Standard
Best Garmin Watches 2025: Top picks for every adventurer
Best for: Grappling with the whole sport gamut. Including grappling… The Garmin Forerunner comes in, at last count, over 80 different iterations, catering to all comers from the low-level user with shallow pockets in their Lycra leggings, right up to those with no need for pockets at all because they keep all cash digitalised and ready to be accessed over Garmin Pay. And it's in this latter camp that the latest Forerunner, the 965, lingers, waiting to be let off the leash. At a relatively small 35.4mm (1.4-inches) in size, the 965 features a clear, bright AMOLED display with a 454 x 454-pixel count, a whopping 32GB of memory, and a big ol' battery that'll see you good to go for up to 23 days, dependent on usage, obviously. Built from titanium for strength and lightness, Corning Gorilla Glass DX takes good care of the display, while the bundled silicone strap will fit all but the most elephantine of wrist sizes (135-205mm) and the colour options run from the subtle to the, well, not so. Inside, meanwhile, is an exercise-obsessed Aladdin's Cave of cutting-edge tech, including an absolute array of sensors for pinpoint GPS tracking and monitoring of your heart rate, respiration rate, stress and blood oxygen saturation, alongside a barometric altimeter, gyroscope, compass, thermometer, accelerometer and ambient light sensor. These all work in glorious union to unerringly measure your metrics and track every step, swing, stroke of any of the seemingly endless number of sports it can cover, whether that's a triathlon, indoor rowing, cycling, swimming, motocross, ice skating, martial arts, or cricket. In fact, the only sport it appears not to work with is Octopush, but I may have simply missed that in the option settings. Naturally, all the usual suspects relevant to all those exercise options are present and correct, too, such as step counter, calories burned, swim speed, distance travelled, reps achieved, etc., tracking and recording every inch you travel on your journey to Olympian-like status. With various safety features also in place, such as Incident Detection and Group Live Track available to keep an eye on you in case anything goes Pete Tong while you're out pushing your boundaries in the wild, you can run, ride and race secure in the knowledge that a snapped ankle or bad fall won't see you simply become another victim of Britain's bear population. And as this is king of the Forerunners, it also comes rammed to the rafters with day-today dynamics, like Bluetooth for connectivity with your Android or iOS smartphone, thereby allowing for notifications, text response, call rejection (Android only), calendar access, smartphone/memory-based music control, Vibe camera remote, and more besides. A truly great watch for those keen to achieve their own greatness, the Forerunner 965 is all things to all athletes.
Kuwait Times
11-05-2025
- Business
- Kuwait Times
NBK's SoftPOS payment service for SMEs sees growing demand
KUWAIT: Emphasizing its continued dedication to achieving digital convenience and enriching the customers' experience, National Bank of Kuwait's SoftPOS service payment is seeing a growing demand by Small and Medium Enterprises and business owners. This cutting-edge service that highlights NBK's commitment to providing diverse digital solutions enables merchants and business owners to easily and quickly turn their smartphones into POS terminals. By using the SoftPOS service, payments can be accepted just like the physical POS machines, making the banking experience of businesses richer, more convenient and widely accessible. The SoftPOS payment service, which has been in effect for two years, reflects NBK's commitment to providing substantial support to SMEs and business owners and equip them with advanced digital tools that enhance their banking and financial dealings, as it is designed to offer a secure, fast, and flexible payment acceptance solution. Business owners who subscribe to this service will be able to enjoy an array of benefits and digital features, including receiving payments to their businesses up to KD 250 and pushing an electronic POS slip through an e-mail message. Moreover, this service allows business owners to receive payments from credit cards and debit cards, as well as digital wallet payments such as Apple Pay, Samsung Wallet, Garmin Pay, Fitbit Pay, etc. On this occasion, Homoud Al-Nasrallah SVP – Head of Merchant Business and Customer Loyalty Management commented: 'We are very proud that our SoftPOS service has become popular among business owners seeking flexibility and simplicity in accepting payments, as this reflects our success in understanding the customers' needs and providing services accordingly.' Al-Nasrallah also added: 'This continued demand reflects our dedication to providing practical and innovative solutions that not only meet the evolving needs of our customers, but also exceed their expectations, as we always strive to be one step ahead to achieve an optimal and unique banking experience that can keep up with the growing and fast financial market.' Furthermore, Al-Nasrallah stressed that NBK will continue to embark on its digital innovation journey and provide digital banking solutions that make the customers' experience highly exceptional and convenient.
