Garmin Forerunner® 265
Description
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
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.
RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS
Get ready for your next race, including marathons, with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions. Just enter your race, and we’ll build a plan that’ll help you meet your goals.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Getworkouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in yourGarmin Connect™calendar.
TRAINING READINESS
From the moment you wake up, get areadiness scorebased 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
Usingindicatorssuch 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 throughheart rate variabilitywhile you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™team.
LIGHT, BRIGHT AND MADE FOR ANY DISTANCE
PLAN
GARMIN COACH
Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.
RECOVERY TIME
Know how long you need torecoverbefore your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
COURSES
Create or find existing courses in theGarmin 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 yoursleep stagesand detailed insights for improved sleep quality.
BODY BATTERY™ENERGY MONITORING
Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1.
RACE PREDICTOR
Get anestimate of what your pace could befor a 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track and log yourmenstrual cycleorpregnancyto get exercise and nutrition education.
PREPARE
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures crucialrunning metricssuch as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The watch constantly samples yourheart rateto 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 yourworkoutsinfluence 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 currentability to perform.
VO2 MAX
See yourcurrent fitness leveland track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
INTENSITY MINUTES
Track your moderate and vigorousactivity minutes.
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session torecord key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced orstressful day.
PULSE OX SENSOR
Track yourblood oxygen saturationwhile 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 muchpoweryou’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.
CONNECT
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 location3.
GARMIN PAY™CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems withparticipating providers.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with youriPhone®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 — in this free, zero-subscription app.
CONNECT IQ™STORE
Add watch faces, data fields and appsto your paired watch.
IN THE BOX:
- Forerunner® 265 Running Watch
- Charging/data cable
- Documentation
| GENERAL | |
| 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 |
| Bezel material: | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| CHARGING METHOD | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Colour display | YES |
| Display resolution | 416 x 416 pixels |
| Display size | 1.3" (33 mm) diameter |
| Display type | AMOLED; optional always-on mode |
| Lens material: | Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
| Memory/history | 8 GB |
| Physical size | 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm) // Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm |
| Quick Release Bands | Yes (22 mm, Industry standard) |
| Strap material: | Silicone |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Weight , | 46 g |
| Clock Features | |
| Alarm clock | YES |
| Automatic daylight saving time | YES |
| GPS Time Sync | YES |
| Stopwatch | YES |
| Sunrise/sunset times | YES |
| Time/date | YES |
| Timer | YES |
| Health Monitoring | |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| All-Day Stress Tracking | YES |
| Body Battery Energy Monitor | YES |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | Yes |
| Fitness Age | Yes |
| Health Snapshot | Yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | Yes |
| Relaxation Reminders | Yes |
| Respiration Rate (24x7) | Yes |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| SLEEP SCORE AND INSIGHTS | Yes |
| WOMEN'S HEALTH | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Wrist-Based Heart Rate (Constant, every second) | Yes |
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | YES |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Barometric altimeter | Yes |
| Compass | YES |
| Galileo | YES |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | YES |
| GLONASS | Yes |
| GPS | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| MULTI-FREQUENCY POSITIONING | Yes |
| PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR | Yes |
| SATIQ™ TECHNOLOGY | Yes |
| Thermometer | Yes |
| Daily Smart Features | |
| Battery Saver - customizable low power watch | Yes |
| Calendar | YES |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | YES |
| Connect IQ™ | YES, Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
| Controls smartphone music | YES |
| Find my Phone feature | YES |
| Find My Watch feature | YES |
| Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
| Music Storage | Yes |
| ON-DEVICE CONNECT IQ™ STORE | Yes |
| Plays and controls watch music | Yes |
| REALTIME SETTINGS SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE | Yes |
| Smart notifications | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone® and Android™ |
| STOCKS | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | YES |
| VIRB® Camera Remote | YES |
| Weather | YES |
| Safety and tracking features | |
| Assistance | Yes (Smartphone required) |
| incident detection alert on phone for wearables | Yes |
| Incident Detection during select activities | Yes (Smartphone required) |
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only |
| LiveTrack | YES |
| SPECTATOR MESSAGING | Yes (with a compatible smartphone) |
| Activity Tracking Features | |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Distance traveled | YES |
| Floors climbed | Yes |
| GARMIN CONNECT CHALLENGES APP | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Intensity minutes | YES |
| Move IQ™ | YES |
| TrueUp™ | YES |
| Step counter | Yes |
| Auto goal | Yes, (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
| Move bar | Yes, (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
| Sleep monitoring | Yes, (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) |
| Fitness Equipment/Gym | |
| Automatic rep counting | YES |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga, Breathwork |
| Cardio workouts | YES |
| HIT WORKOUTS | Yes |
| On-Screen Workout Animations | Yes |
| on-screen workout muscle maps | Yes |
| Pilates Workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | YES |
| Yoga Workouts | Yes |
| Heart Rate Features | |
| % HR max | YES |
| % HRR | YES |
| Auto max HR | YES |
| HR alerts | YES |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | YES |
| HR calories | YES |
| HR zones | Yes |
| Recovery time | YES |
| Training, Planning and Analysis Features | |
| Activity history on watch | YES |
| Advanced workouts | YES |
| Audio prompts | YES |
| Auto Lap® | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Auto Pause® | Yes |
| Auto scroll | YES |
| Configurable lap alerts | YES |
| Course guidance | YES |
| Customisable activity profiles | YES |
| Customisable alerts | YES |
| Customisable screen(s) | YES |
| DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS | Yes (7 days) |
| Downloadable training plans | YES |
| Finish time | YES |
| GPS speed and distance | YES |
| Hot keys | Yes |
| HRM RUNNING PACE AND DISTANCE | Yes |
| HRV STATUS | Yes |
| IMPROVED INTERVAL | Yes, (INCLUDES OPEN REPEATS, INTERVALS DATA PAGE, REST SCREEN, AND AUTO DETECTION)AUTO LAP® |
| IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME | Yes |
| Interval training | YES |
| Manual lap | YES |
| MORNING REPORT | Yes |
| Multi-sport | Yes |
| Physio TrueUp | YES |
| PRIMARY BENEFIT (TRAINING EFFECT LABELS) | Yes |
| Race an Activity | YES |
| RACE GLANCE/WIDGET | Yes |
| RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE) | Yes |
| REST TIMER | Yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | YES |
| Training Effect (aerobic) | YES |
| Training Effect (anaerobic) | YES |
| Training Load | YES, |
| Training load focus | Yes |
| TRAINING READINESS | Yes |
| Training Status | Improved |
| UNIFIED TRAINING STATUS | Yes |
| Virtual Partner | YES |
| VO2 MAX (RUN) | YES |
| VO2 MAX (TRAIL RUN) | Yes |
| Running Features | |
| Available run profiles | Running, Treadmill running, Indoor track running, Trail running |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | YES |
| COURSE- AND WEATHER-SPECIFIC RACE PREDICTOR | Yes |
| Foot pod capable | YES |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | YES |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) |
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | Yes |
| Performance condition | YES, (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) |
| Personal records | Yes |
| Race predictor | YES |
| Recovery advisor | Yes |
| Run workouts | YES |
| Running Dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| RUNNING POWER | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| TRAIL RUN AUTO CLIMB | Yes |
| V02 max estimate | Yes |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes (with compatible accessory), (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) |
| Outdoor Recreation Features | |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
| Back to start | YES |
| Barometric trend indicator | Yes, WITH STORM ALERT |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | YES |
| Distance to destination | YES |
| Elevation profile | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | Yes |
| GPS coordinates | YES |
| Point-to-point navigation | YES |
| Projected waypoint | Yes |
| Sun and moon information | Yes |
| Total ascent/descent | Yes |
| TracBack® | YES |
| UltraTrac™ mode | YES |
| UP AHEAD | Yes |
| Vertical speed | Yes |
| Cycling Features | |
| ALERTS | Yes, (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE, OR CALORIES) |
| Available cycling profiles | Biking, Indoor biking |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | YES |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | YES |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | YES |
| Compatible with Vector | Yes, AND RALLY™ (POWER METERS) |
| Courses | YES |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Power meter compatible | Yes |
| Race an activity | YES |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) | YES |
| Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal) | YES |
| Swimming Features | |
| "REPEAT ON" REST TIMER | Yes, (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
| AUTO REST | Yes, (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) | Yes, (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
| Countdown start | Yes |
| Critical swim speed | Yes |
| Drill logging | YES, (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
| Heart rate from external HRM | Yes, (REAL-TIME DURING RESTS, INTERVAL AND SESSION STATS DURING RESTS, AND AUTOMATIC HEART RATE DOWNLOAD POST-SWIM) |
| Open-water swim metrics | Yes, (DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT/RATE, STROKE DISTANCE, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES) |
| Pacing Alerts (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Pool swim workouts | YES |
| STROKE TYPE DETECTION | YES, (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY) |
| Swim efficiency (SWOLF) | YES |
| TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS | Yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
| Pool swim metrics | YES, (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) |
| Kid activity tracking features | |
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
| Connectivity | |
| SMART TRAINER CONTROL | Yes |
