Train brilliantly with the Forerunner 265 GPS running smartwatch. Its colourful AMOLED touchscreen display stands out while the training readiness feature — which tells you when you’re primed for a productive session — helps you crush your goals. Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights alongside an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook1. Plan your race strategy with the race widget, which enables personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt to performance, recovery, the race you’re running and its course. Get ready to make the most of every run with wrist-based running power and multi-band GPS. And when you want to switch it up with cross training, choose from more than 30 activity profiles, including triathlons, cycling, swimming and more. Get a more complete picture of your health, not just a glimpse, from your Forerunner 265 with up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls.
UPDATED DESIGN
46mm case size and several dual-colour band options.
TRAINING READINESS
Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and get the most out of your workout.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
This feature provides advanced running dynamics, including running power, ground contact time, stride length, vertical ratio and more, without the need for additional accessories.
BATTERY LIFE
Get up to 13 days in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode with Forerunner 265
MORNING REPORT
As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather.
RACE WIDGET & DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Plan race strategy with personalized daily suggested workouts based on the race and course that you input into the Garmin Connect™ app and then view the race widget on your watch; daily suggested workouts adapt after every run to match performance and recovery.
MORE ACTIVITIES
30+ built-in activity profiles include running, triathlons, cycling, open-water swimming and more.
TRAINING STATUS
Using indicators such as HRV status, recent exercise history and performance, get insight into overall effort with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.
SAFETY AND TRACKING
Safety and tracking features, including incident detection (during select outdoor activities) and Assistance, send a message with your live location to emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone; requires setup and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available.
SUPERIOR ACCURACY
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ™ technology provides superior positioning accuracy in challenging environments while also optimizing the device’s battery life.
CONNECTED FEATURES
Never miss a call or text from your paired Android™ or Apple® smartphone with smart notifications.
GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay™ contactless payments let you pay for purchases on the go (with a supported country and payment network).
MUSIC ON THE GO
With 8 GB of internal memory, download hours of music to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (subscription may be required), and connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening.
