PLAN YOUR STRATEGY
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. 
TRAIN BRILLIANTLY WITH AN AMOLED DISPLAY
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.DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS DOES NOT REFLECT ACTUAL USER EXPERIENCE.
KNOW WHERE YOU STAND WITH MORNING REPORT
RUN. RECOVER. REPEAT. WITH UP TO 13 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE
COMES IN TWO SIZES TO FIT EVERY WRIST
PLAN YOUR STRATEGY WITH RACE WIDGET, PERSONALIZED DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS, TRAINING READINESS SCORE AND MORE
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep1 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.
LIGHT, BRIGHT AND MADE FOR ANY DISTANCE
SEE YOUR STATS AND TRACK YOUR GOALS IN THE GARMIN CONNECT APP
Your day at a glance
Garmin Connect displays your vital health data and entries for easy viewing. Customize what you want to see, in the order you want to see it.You'll receive more detailed analysis, as well. View weekly, monthly and yearly averages of health stats, historic tracking of your favorites activities and more.
Beat Yesterday
Garmin Connect gives you all the tools you need to take your training to the next level. With Garmin Coach, you get customized workouts that adapt to your ability, personalized coaching advice and helpful articles and videos.
Track your activities
Whether you run, swim, kayak or lift weights... whatever you do, Garmin Connect can track it. The statistics recorded during each activity let you analyze your performance and improve on it next time.
Connect with Friends
Garmin Connect is better with friends. You can compete in step and distance challenges, create groups or cheer each other on with likes and comments. Our badge feature lets you earn badges for accomplishments and compare them with your friends.
Feature Specs
General
Lens Material - Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel Material - fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release bands - (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
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
＊Battery life will vary depending upon usage and selected performance mode.
Charging method - Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History - 8 GB
Clock Features
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times
Health Monitoring
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Daily resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts (high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Fitness age
Body Battery energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Sleep (advanced)
Sleep score and insights
Hydration (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Women's health (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Health snapshot
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Multi-frequency Positioning
SatIQ Technology
Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Ambient light sensor
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
On-device Connect IQ Store
Smart Notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android only)
Calendar
Weather
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile
Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Music storage
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB® Remote
Smartphone compatibility iPhone® and Android
Pairs with Garmin Connect Mobile
Stocks (optional Connect IQ app)
Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Spectator messaging (with compatible smartphone)
Live Event Sharing Android Only
Incident Detection during select activities
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Assistance
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp
Move IQ
Garmin Connect Challenges app (optional Connect IQ app)
Gym & Fitness Equipment
Automatic rep counting
Cardio workouts
Available gym activity profiles Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga, Breathwork
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
On-screen workout muscle maps
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
Morning report
Race glance/widget
HRV status
Training readiness
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)
Respiration rate (during exercise) (with compatible accessory)
GPS speed and distance
Customizable data pages
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection)
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Rest timer
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Training status (improved)
Training load
Training load focus
Training effect
Training effect (anaerobic)
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
Improved recovery time
Daily suggested workouts (7 days)
Custom alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Course guidance
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Unified training status
Running Features
Available run profiles Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running, Ultra Running
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics
Vertical oscillation and ratio
Ground contact time and balance (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Running power
Grade-adjusted pace
Performance condition
Lactate threshold (with compatible accessory)
PacePro Pacing Strategies
Run workouts
Trail run auto climb
Race predictor
Course- and weather-specific race predictor
Foot pod capable
Run/Walk/Stand detection
Outdoor Recreation
Available outdoor recreation profiles Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
TracBack®
UltraTrac mode
Up Ahead
Elevation profile
Distance to destination
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Vertical speed
Total ascent/descent
Future elevation plot
Projected waypoint
Sun and moon information
Cycling Features
Available cycling profiles Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, eBiking, eMountain Biking
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) (with compatible accessory)
Power curve and % FTP workouts
Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters)
Power meter compatible
Compatible with Varia Vision (head-mounted display)
Compatible with Varia radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
Swimming Features
Available swim profiles Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
Drill logging (pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only)
Auto rest (pool swim only)
Time and distance alerts
Pacing alerts (pool swim only)
Countdown start (pool swim only)
Pool swim workouts
Critical swim speed
Underwater wrist-based heart rate
Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) (with HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus)
Kid Activity Tracking Features
Toe-to-Toe Challenges app (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app)
Connectivity
Smart trainer control