Forerunner? 265S
Forerunner? 265S
TRAIN BRILLIANTLY
WITH AN AMOLED DISPLAY
WHAT IF YOUR NEXT RACE WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME? AND GARMIN COACH TRAINING PLANS 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.
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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 GARMIN COACH, PERSONALIZED DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS, TRAINING READINESS SCORE AND MORE
1.3” COLORFUL AMOLED DISPLAY
UP TO 20 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE IN GPS MODE
ADVANCED TRAINING METRICS AND RECOVERY INSIGHTS
SATIQ?AND MULTI-BAND GPS
TOUCHSCREEN AND BUTTONS
MUSIC ON YOUR WRIST
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WHAT YOU'LL LOVE
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep1and 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.
GARMIN COACH
Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for running, cycling or strength. Just set it up in the Garmin Connect?app, then let Garmin Coach create personalized daily workouts to help you reach your goals. This includes Garmin Run and Cycling Coach, which creates training plans that adapt based on your performance, recovery and health metrics. If you’re trying to build muscle or simply increase your fitness level, the strength training plans are tailored to help you optimize your body’s performance and endurance.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Get workouts made specifically for you and based on your data. These run recommendations vary in intensity and adapt after every run to take into account performance and recovery.
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
PLAN
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 COACH
Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see key metrics such as HRV status to better understand your health2.
BODY BATTERY?ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy1.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and to check the recommended time and duration they should be.
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.
PREPARE
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 activities1.
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 asleep2.
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.
PERFORM
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 – even on a track you’ve never run before with a database with more than 10,000 tracks (400 meters) from all over the world.
TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES
Switch between sports automatically by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns – so you can focus on the race and let your watch take care of recording splits. You can also create your own custom multisport profiles.
CONNECT
MUSIC
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music or YouTube?Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location3. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
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 location3and view preplanned courses.
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
CONNECT IQ?STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
GARMIN SHARE
Easily follow the same course or workout with your friends. Share saved locations, courses and workouts with other nearby Garmin Share compatible devices.
See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect? app.
LEARN MORE
THE MILES THAT MADE YOU
Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ? Store.
Get metrics that show exactly how hard you’re working.
What You'll Love
Sleep score and insights
Battery life (smartwatch mode) : Up to 15 days
Pulse Ox blood oxygen : yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Garmin Pay?
Multi-band GPS
Music storage
Training readiness
Training status : yes (improved)
Display type : AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen
Water rating : 5 ATM
General
Strap material : silicone
Lens Material : Corning? Gorilla? Glass 3
Bezel Material : fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release bands : yes (18 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size : 41.7 x 41.7 x 12.9 (mm)Fits wrists with a circumference of 115-178 mm
Weight : 39 g
Display Size : 1.1"(28.1 mm) diameter
Display resolution : 360 x 360 pixels
Color display
Large font option
Battery type : Lithium ion
Battery life : Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 daysGPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 24 hoursSatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 18 hoursAll-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 15 hoursGPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7.5 hoursSatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hoursAll-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hoursSee Details
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 & Wellness Monitoring
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts : yes (high and low)
Respiration rate
Fitness age
Body Battery? energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Meditation
Breathwork
Sleep : yes (advanced)
Sleep coach
Nap detection
Hydration : yes (in Garmin Connect? and optional Connect IQ? widget)
Women's health : yes (in Garmin Connect? and optional Connect IQ? widget)
Health snapshot
Jet lag adviser
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
QZSS
BeiDou
SatIQ? Technology
Garmin Elevate? wrist heart rate monitor
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Ambient light sensor
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)
View images from notifications on watch (Android? only)
Morning report
Calendar
Weather forecasts
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect? mobile
Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
Find My Phone during GPS activity
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app
VIRB? Remote
Smart trainer control
Pairs with Garmin Connect? Mobile
Smartphone compatibility : iPhone?, Android?
Stocks : yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Red shift mode
Garmin Share
Passcode
Workout and Training Plans
Daily Suggested Workout - Running
Daily Suggested Workout - Cycling
Garmin Running Coach
Garmin Running Coach Experts
Garmin Cycling Coach
Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans
Garmin Coach - Strength
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
On-screen workout muscle maps
Activity Profiles
Gym : Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Jump Roping
Multisport : Triathlon
Wellness : Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking
Indoor running : Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running
Outdoor running : Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Ultra Running
Outdoor recreation : Hiking, Bouldering, Archery
Cycling : Biking, Mountain Biking, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking
Swim : Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
On the Water : Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Racket sports : Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball
Snow & winter : Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing
Team sports : Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
In the ring : Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts
Other activity profiles : Inline skating
Safety and Tracking Features
Incident Detection during select activities
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Assistance
LiveTrack
Live Event Sharing : Android? Only
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
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 : yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Automatic rep counting
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Customizable data pages
Downloadable training plans
Course guidance
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
Race glance/widget
HRV status
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+? to paired devices)
Respiration rate (during exercise) : yes (with compatible accessory)
GPS speed and distance
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause?
Interval training
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection)
Advanced workouts
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap?
Manual lap
Rest timer
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Load ratio
Training load
Training load focus
Training effect
Training effect (anaerobic)
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
Improved recovery time
Custom alerts
Voice alerts
Multisport auto transition
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Touch and/or button lock
Shortcuts
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Unified training status
Running Features
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics
Vertical oscillation and ratio
Ground contact time and balance : yes (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
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
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
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only)
Auto rest
Future elevation plot
Area calculation : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Fish forecast : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Projected waypoint
Sun and moon information
Cycling Features
Courses
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Power curve and % FTP workouts
Compatible with Vector? and Rally? (power meters)
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)
Power meter compatible
Swimming Features
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) : yes (with HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus)
Kid Activity Tracking Features
Toe-to-Toe? Challenges app : yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe? Challenges app)