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


1.1” COLORFUL AMOLED DISPLAY

UP TO 24 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 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.

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 health1.

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.

BREATHING VARIATIONS

For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep2. These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol, or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.

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 asleep3.

AUDIO PROMPTS

Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.

CROSS TRAINING

Download free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts on your Forerunner 265S 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 you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location4.

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 FEATURE

Friends and family can follow your real-time location3 and view preplanned courses.

GARMIN TRAILS

Access thousands of trails, and send them directly to your compatible device for offline use with a subscription to Garmin Connect+ in the Garmin Connect™ app or to Outdoor Maps+ in the Garmin Explore™ app. Available in select areas. Learn more.

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.

GOOGLE MAPS™ APP

Know where to go when walking, running or cycling. Enter your destination in Google Maps on your Android™ smartphone, then follow turn-by-turn directions on your wrist.

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.

What You’ll Love
Sleep score and insights yes
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™ yes
Multi-band GPS yes
Music storage yes
Training readiness yes
Training status yes (improved)
Display type AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen yes
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 yes
Large font option yes
Battery type Lithium ion
Battery life Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days
GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 24 hours
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 18 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 15 hours
GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7.5 hours
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hours
See Details
Charging method Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History 8 GB
Clock Features
Time/date yes
GPS Time Sync yes
Automatic daylight saving time yes
Alarm clock yes
Timer yes
Stopwatch yes
Sunrise/sunset times yes
Health & Wellness Monitoring
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) yes
Resting heart rate yes
Abnormal heart rate alerts yes (high and low)
Respiration rate yes
Fitness age yes
Body Battery™ energy monitor yes
All-day stress yes
Relaxation reminders yes
Relaxation breathing timer yes
Meditation yes
Breathwork yes
Sleep yes (advanced)
Sleep coach yes
Breathing variations yes
Nap detection yes
Hydration yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Women’s health yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget)
Health snapshot yes
Jet lag adviser yes
Sensors
GPS yes
GLONASS yes
Galileo yes
QZSS yes
BeiDou yes
SatIQ™ Technology yes
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor yes
Barometric altimeter yes
Compass yes
Gyroscope yes
Accelerometer yes
Thermometer yes
Ambient light sensor yes
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps) yes
On-device Connect IQ™ Store yes
Smart Notifications yes
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) yes
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) yes
Morning report yes
Calendar yes
Weather forecasts yes
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile yes
Battery saver (customizable low power watch) yes
Controls smartphone music yes
Plays and controls watch music yes
Find My Phone yes
Find My Watch yes
Find My Phone during GPS activity yes
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app yes
VIRB® Remote yes
Smart trainer control yes
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile yes
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™
Stocks yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Red shift mode yes
Garmin Share yes
Passcode yes
Workout and Training Plans
Daily Suggested Workout – Running (Pace and Heart Rate Based) yes
Daily Suggested Workout – Cycling (Pace and Heart Rate Based) yes
Garmin Running Coach yes
Garmin Running Coach Experts yes
Garmin Cycling Coach yes
Garmin Coach – Prebuilt Cycling Plans yes
Garmin Coach – Strength yes
Cardio workouts yes
Strength workouts yes
HIIT workouts yes
Yoga workouts yes
Pilates workouts yes
On-screen workout animations yes
On-screen workout muscle maps yes
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 yes
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables yes
Assistance yes
Live Event Sharing Android™ Only
Activity Tracking Features
Step counter yes
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) yes
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) yes
Calories burned yes
Floors climbed yes
Distance traveled yes
Intensity minutes yes
TrueUp™ yes
Move IQ™ yes
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Automatic rep counting yes
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Customizable data pages yes
Downloadable training plans yes
Course guidance yes
HR zones yes
HR alerts yes
HR calories yes
% HR max yes
% HRR yes
Recovery time yes
Auto max HR yes
Race glance/widget yes
HRV status yes
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) yes
Respiration rate (during exercise) yes (with compatible accessory)
GPS speed and distance yes
Customizable activity profiles yes
Auto Pause® automatic timer halt yes
Interval training yes
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) yes
Advanced workouts yes
HRM running pace and distance yes
Auto Lap® interval tracking feature yes
Manual lap yes
Rest timer yes
Configurable lap alerts yes
VO2 Max (Run) yes
VO2 Max (Trail Run) yes
Load ratio yes
Training load yes
Training load focus yes
Training effect yes
Training effect (anaerobic) yes
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) yes
Improved recovery time yes
Custom alerts yes
Voice alerts yes
Multisport auto transition yes
Finish time yes
Virtual Partner yes
Race an Activity yes
Manual multisport activities yes
Touch and/or button lock yes
Shortcuts yes
Auto scroll yes
Activity history on watch yes
Physio TrueUp yes
Unified training status yes
Running Features
GPS-based distance, time and pace yes
Running dynamics yes
Vertical oscillation and ratio yes
Ground contact time and balance yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time) yes
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) yes
Running power yes
Grade-adjusted pace yes
Performance condition yes
Lactate threshold yes
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies yes
Run workouts yes
Trail run auto climb yes
Race predictor yes
Course- and weather-specific race predictor yes
Foot pod capable yes
Run/Walk/Stand detection yes
Outdoor Recreation
Point-to-point navigation yes
Bread crumb trail in real time yes
Back to start yes
TracBack® yes
UltraTrac mode yes
Up Ahead yes
Elevation profile yes
Distance to destination yes
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert yes
Vertical speed yes
Total ascent/descent yes
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only) yes
Auto rest yes
Future elevation plot yes
Area calculation yes (via Connect IQ™)
Fish forecast yes (via Connect IQ™)
Projected waypoint yes
Sun and moon information yes
Cycling Features
Courses yes
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) yes
Race an activity yes
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) yes
Power curve and % FTP workouts yes
Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters) yes
Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) yes
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) yes
Compatible with Varia™ lights yes
Compatible with Varia headlight camera yes
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) yes
Power meter compatible yes
Swimming Features
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) yes
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) yes
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) yes
Drill logging (pool swim only) yes
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) yes
“Repeat on” rest timer (pool swim only) yes
Auto rest (pool swim only) yes
Time and distance alerts yes
Time and distance alerts yes
Pacing alerts (pool swim only) yes
Countdown start (pool swim only) yes
Pool swim workouts yes
Critical swim speed yes
Underwater wrist-based heart rate yes
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, HRM-Pro Plus or HRM 600)
  • Forerunner 265S GPS running watch
  • USB-C charging/data cable
  • Documentation
Weight N/A
Color

Black Bezel with Whitestone Case and Whitestone/Neo Tropic Silicone Band, Black Bezel with Light Pink Case and Light Pink/Whitestone Silicone Band, Black Bezel and Case with Black/Amp Yellow Silicone Band

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