Garmin Forerunner 265

Train brilliantly with the Forerunner 265 GPS running smartwatch. Its colorful 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 outlook (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). 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 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; lightweight design in 46 mm size.

Battery life

Up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode.

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 (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked).

Race widget and daily suggested workout

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.

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 (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked).

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 the overall effort with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking, or strained (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked).

Safety and tracking

Safety and tracking features, including incident detection 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.

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 payment solution

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

Download songs to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music, or Deezer (a subscription may be required), and connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening.

Free Connect app

See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges, and more — all in our free, zero-subscription Garmin Connect app.

What’s in the Box:

• • Forerunner 265 Running Watch
  • Charging Cable
  • Documentation