Forerunner? 55
Forerunner? 55
SEE YOURSELF AS A RUNNER
This easy-to-use GPS smartwatch is designed for people of all skill levels to track their stats and chase their fitness goals.
Track your time, distance, pace and speed during your run or walk with built-in GPS.
Get up to 2 weeks of battery life . Because less charging is always a good thing.
Monitor your overall health and wellness with wrist-based heart rate1and more.
Take guesswork out of training. This smartwatch suggests runs tailored to you.
High-end running features help you meet your potential. Minus the high-end price tag.
Track more than just running with an array of built-in activity profiles.
BATTERY LIFE
Run to your heart’s content with up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode.
DESIGNED FOR FORM AND FUNCTION
Lightweight and comfortable, this smartwatch is the perfect fit for running and for everyday life.
SPORT-READY MATERIALS
Whether you’re running a 5K or working out another way, experience the ultimate in comfort with this sporty silicone band.
Show us what you’ve got. Tag @garmin on Instagram.
We’ve got all the running essentials.
BUILT-IN GPS
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
Get heart rate data1along with alerts if your heart rate stays high while you’re at rest. Even gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.
GARMIN COACH
These adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch from the Garmin Connect?app2.
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.
PACEPRO?TECHNOLOGY
To help you plan your race day strategy, this feature offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance in the Garmin Connect app. So you can tailor your efforts to what’s ahead.
FINISH TIME
Want some guidance to help you meet your goal? Select a distance for your run, and you’ll be able to see a data screen that shows your estimated finish time.
TRACK RUN
When you’re ready to hit the track for some speedwork, use the built-in track run activity to record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
CADENCE ALERTS
Want to improve your running form? Use the cadence alerts to know when you’ve gone outside your target cadence range.
RECOVERY ADVISOR
Giving your body time to recover between training sessions is crucial. After each workout, the built-in recovery time feature will let you know how long to rest before another big effort.
RACE PREDICTOR
This specialized tool takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you work toward your race goal and see the impact of training on your predicted finish time.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for track or virtual running, pool swimming, Pilates, HIIT and even breathwork.
More ways to track health and wellness.
FITNESS TRACKING
While you’re out and about, Forerunner 55 tracks steps, intensity minutes and more1.
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day . Relax reminders will even prompt you to do a short breathing activity.
BODY BATTERY?ENERGY MONITORING
Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
INTENSITY MINUTES
See when during the day you earned intensity minutes from moderate and vigorous physical activity.
FITNESS AGE
This feature uses chronological age, resting heart rate and other factors to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Age is just a number, after all.
RESPIRATION TRACKING
See how you’re breathing throughout the day, during sleep and during breathwork activities.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Use the Garmin Connect app2to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy . Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.
Customize and connect.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your smartwatch when paired with your compatible smartphone .
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features3send your location to emergency contacts. Incident detection is enabled by default for select activity profiles only.
CONNECT IQ?STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps from the Connect IQ Store app2.
MUSIC CONTROLS
Easily control the music playing on your paired smartphone, so you can skip songs without missing a beat.
SYNCS WITH GARMIN CONNECT
Upload your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete — and even share their triumphs via social media.
Get metrics that show exactly how hard you’re working
Learn More
If you love to move, you should be following @GarminFitness on Instagram?
Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ Store.
What You'll Love
Battery life (smartwatch mode) : Up to 2 weeks
Display type : Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Water rating : 5 ATM
General
Strap material : silicone
Lens Material : chemically strengthened glass
Quick Release bands : yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size : 42 x 42 x 11.6 mmFits wrists with a circumference of 126-203 mm
Weight : 37 g
Display Size : 1.04"(26.3 mm) diameter
Display resolution : 208 x 208 pixels
Color display
Battery life : Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeksGPS mode: Up to 20 hoursSee details
Charging method : Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History : 32 MB
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
Sleep : yes (advanced)
Hydration : yes (in Garmin Connect? and optional Connect IQ? widget)
Women's health
Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Garmin Elevate? wrist heart rate monitor
Accelerometer
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity : Bluetooth?, ANT+?
Connect IQ? (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart Notifications
Calendar
Weather forecasts
Controls smartphone music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
Pairs with Garmin Connect? Mobile
Smartphone compatibility : iPhone?, Android?
Workout and Training Plans
Daily Suggested Workout - Running : yes (limited)
Garmin Running Coach Experts
Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans
Activity Profiles
Gym : HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping
Wellness : Walking, Pilates, Yoga
Indoor running : Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running
Outdoor running : Running, Outdoor Track Running
Cycling : Biking, Indoor Biking
Swim : Pool Swimming
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
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp?
Move IQ?
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Customizable data pages
Downloadable training plans
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+? to paired devices)
Respiration rate (during exercise) : Yoga and Breathwork only
GPS speed and distance
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause?
Interval training
Advanced workouts
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap?
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
Improved recovery time : yes (limited)
Voice alerts
Finish time
Touch and/or button lock
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Running Features
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
PacePro? Pacing Strategies
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable
Run/Walk/Stand detection
Outdoor Recreation
Area calculation : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Fish forecast : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Sun and moon information : yes (via Connect IQ?)
Cycling Features
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
Swimming Features
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
Countdown start (pool swim only)
Underwater wrist-based heart rate
Kid Activity Tracking Features
Toe-to-Toe? Challenges app : yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe? Challenges app)