TRAIN BRILLIANTLY WITH AN AMOLED DISPLAY

WHAT IF YOUR NEXT RACE WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME? AND PERSONALIZED DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS 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

Display brightness does not reflect actual user experience.

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 RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING, 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

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.

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

Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect^™ calendar.

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.

PLAN

GARMIN COACH

Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.

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 or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.

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 location³ and 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 apps to your paired watch.

See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect^™ app.

Run with the best. Follow us on the @GarminRunning Instagram^® channel.

Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ^™ Store.

Get metrics that show exactly how hard you’re working.

Learn More

¹Activity tracking accuracy

²This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.

³When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.

SPOTIFY and the Spotify logo are among the registered trademarks of Spotify AB. Amazon Music and all related logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Apple is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Android is a trademark of Google LLC.

Engineering enhancements are ongoing and may not be reflected in the pictures, videos and specifications.

Specs

What You'll Love
Sleep score and insights
Battery life (smartwatch mode)	Up to 13 days
Daily suggested workouts	yes (7 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 (22 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size	46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm
Weight	47 g
Display Size	1.3" (32.5 mm) diameter
Display resolution	416 x 416 pixels
Color display
Large font option
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 See 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)
Daily resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts	yes (high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Fitness age
Body Battery^™ energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
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

Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
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
VIRB^® Remote
Smart trainer control
Pairs with Garmin Connect^™ Mobile
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone^®, Android^™
Stocks	yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Red shift mode

Activity Profiles
Gym	Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Jump Roping
Multisport	Triathlon
Wellness	Walking, Pilates, Yoga
Indoor running	Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running
Outdoor running	Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Ultra Running
Outdoor recreation	Hiking
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, XC Skate 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)

Gym & Fitness Equipment
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
On-screen workout muscle maps
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)
Custom alerts
Audio prompts
Multisport auto transition
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
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	yes (with compatible accessory)
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	sunrise/sunset

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)
FTP (Functional Threshold Power)	yes (with compatible accessory)
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)

SPECIFICATIONS

Strap Material	Silicone
Lens Material	Corning^® Gorilla^® Glass 3
Bezel Frame Material	Fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release Strap	Yes (18 mm, Industry standard)
Product Size	41.7 x 41.7 x 12.9 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 115-178mm
Weight	39 g
Screen Size	1.1" Diameter (28.1 mm)
Screen Resolution	360 x 360 pixels
Color Display	Yes
Customizable Watch Faces	Yes
Battery Life	Smartwatch Mode: Up to 15 days GPS Mode without Music: Up to 24 hours GPS Mode with Music: Up to 7.5 hours GPS Expedition Mode: Up to 7 hours Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 21 days *Battery life may vary depending on usage and selected performance mode.
Charging Method	Garmin proprietary charging cable
Memory/History	8 GB
Product Code	010-02810-51

TRAIN BRILLIANTLY WITH AN AMOLED DISPLAY

WHAT IF YOUR NEXT RACE WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME? AND PERSONALIZED DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS 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

Display brightness does not reflect actual user experience.

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 RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING, PERSONALIZED DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS, TRAINING READINESS SCORE AND MORE

MORNING REPORT

RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

TRAINING READINESS

TRAINING STATUS

HRV STATUS

PLAN

GARMIN COACH

RECOVERY TIME

COURSES

SLEEP COACH

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

NAP DETECTION

RACE PREDICTOR

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

PREPARE

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

ACUTE LOAD

TRAINING EFFECT

PERFORMANCE CONDITION

VO2 MAX

INTENSITY MINUTES

HEALTH SNAPSHOT

STRESS TRACKING

PULSE OX SENSOR

AUDIO PROMPTS

CROSS TRAINING

PERFORM

WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER

SATIQ™ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS

PACEPRO™ FEATURE

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

TRACK RUNNING

TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES

CONNECT

MUSIC

SAFETY AND TRACKING

GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

LIVETRACK

GARMIN CONNECT APP

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect™ app.

Run with the best. Follow us on the @GarminRunning Instagram® channel.

Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ™ Store.

Get metrics that show exactly how hard you’re working.

What You'll Love

General

Clock Features

Health & Wellness Monitoring

Sensors

Daily Smart Features

Activity Profiles

Safety and Tracking Features

Activity Tracking Features

Gym & Fitness Equipment

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Running Features

Outdoor Recreation

Cycling Features

Swimming Features

Kid Activity Tracking Features

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