What if your next race was the performance of a lifetime? and personalized daily suggested workouts helped you do something you?ve never done? with the forerunner 265 smartwatch, you'll see every insight lit up on a colorful amoled touchscreen display. get ready to be better for it.
Specifications
LENS MATERIAL: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
BEZEL MATERIAL: fiber-reinforced polymer
QUICK RELEASE BANDS: yes (22 mm, Industry standard)
STRAP MATERIAL: silicone
PHYSICAL SIZE: 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm); Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm
TOUCHSCREEN
COLOR DISPLAY
DISPLAY SIZE: 1.3" (32.5 mm) diameter
DISPLAY RESOLUTION: 416 x 416 pixels
DISPLAY TYPE: AMOLED Optional Always-On Mode
WEIGHT: 47 g
WATER RATING: 5 ATM
CHARGING METHOD: Garmin proprietary plug charger
MEMORY/HISTORY: 8 GB
BATTERY LIFE
Smartwatch mode: Up to 13 days
GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 14 hours
GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hours
Features
- MORNING REPORT: Receive an overview of your sleep and training outlook as soon as you wake up - alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.
- RACE WIDGET: Get ready for your next race - whether it's a 10K or marathon - with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance.
- DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS: Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect calendar.
- TRAINING READINESS: From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine whether it?s a good day to go hard ? or take it easy.
- TRAINING STATUS: Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort - and whether you're training productively, peaking or strained.
- HRV STATUS: Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics? team.
- GARMIN COACH: Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.
- RECOVERY TIME: Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
- COURSES: Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third party platforms.
- SLEEP MONITORING AND SLEEP SCORE: Understand how your body's recovering with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights for improved sleep quality.
- BODY BATTERY ENERGY MONITORING: Track your body's energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest.
- RACE PREDICTOR: Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon.
- WOMEN?S HEALTH TRACKING: Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
- WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS: This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
- WRIST-BASED HEART RATE: The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities.
- ACUTE LOAD: Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
- TRAINING EFFECT: See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed and power.
- PERFORMANCE CONDITION: While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
- VO2 MAX: See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
- INTENSITY MINUTES: Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
- HEALTH SNAPSHOT: Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
- STRESS TRACKING: Find out if you're having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
- PULSE OX SENSOR: Track your blood oxygen saturation while you?re awake or asleep.
- AUDIO PROMPTS: Get alerts to know how you're performing and even be guided through workouts.
- CROSS TRAINING: Forerunner 265 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.
- WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER: See how much power you're applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
- SATIQ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS: Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
- PACEPRO? FEATURE: Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
- BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS: Tap in to 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
- TRACK RUNNING: Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
- TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES: Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles, or you can create your own.
- MUSIC: Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
- SAFETY AND TRACKING: If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location.
- GARMIN PAY? CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS: Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
- SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone or Android smartphone.
- LIVETRACK: Friends and family can follow your real-time location and view preplanned courses.
- GARMIN CONNECT APP: See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more - in this free, zero-subscription app.
- CONNECT IQ? STORE: Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
In The Box
Forerunner 265 GPS running watch
USB-C charging/data cable
Documentation