Forerunner 265
Part Number 010-02810-51
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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
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.
Get ready for your next race — whether it’s a 10K or marathon — with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.
Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third party platforms.
Understand how your body’s recovering with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights for improved sleep quality.
Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1.
Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon.
Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities1.
Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed and power.
While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep2.
Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.
Forerunner 265 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
Tap in to 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles, or you can create your own.
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location3.
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
Friends and family can follow your real-time location3 and view preplanned courses.
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more — in this free, zero-subscription app.
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.
General |
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Lens Material | Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
Bezel Material | fiber-reinforced polymer |
Quick Release bands | (22 mm, Industry standard) |
Strap material | silicone |
Physical size | 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm |
Touchscreen | |
Color display | |
Display Size | 1.3" (32.5 mm) diameter |
Display resolution | 416 x 416 pixels |
Display Type | AMOLED Optional Always-On Mode |
Weight | 47 g |
Water rating | 5 ATM |
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 *Battery life will vary depending upon usage and selected performance mode. |
Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
Memory/History | 8 GB |
Clock Features |
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Time/date | |
GPS Time Sync | |
Automatic daylight saving time | |
Alarm clock | |
Timer | |
Stopwatch | |
Sunrise/sunset times |
Health Monitoring |
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Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | |
Daily resting heart rate | |
Abnormal heart rate alerts | (high and low) |
Respiration rate (24x7) | |
Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation | (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
Fitness age | |
Body Battery energy monitor | |
All-day stress | |
Relaxation reminders | |
Relaxation breathing timer | |
Sleep | (advanced) |
Sleep score and insights | |
Hydration | (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
Women's health | (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
Health snapshot |
Sensors |
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GPS | |
GLONASS | |
Galileo | |
Multi-frequency Positioning | |
SatIQ Technology | |
Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor | |
Barometric altimeter | |
Compass | |
Gyroscope | |
Accelerometer | |
Thermometer | |
Ambient light sensor | |
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor |
Daily Smart Features |
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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) | |
Calendar | |
Weather | |
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile | |
Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | |
Controls smartphone music | |
Plays and controls watch music | |
Music storage | |
Find My Phone | |
Find My Watch | |
VIRB® Remote | |
Smartphone compatibility | iPhone® and Android |
Pairs with Garmin Connect Mobile | |
Stocks | (optional Connect IQ app) |
Safety and Tracking Features |
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LiveTrack | |
Spectator messaging | (with compatible smartphone) |
Live Event Sharing | Android Only |
Incident Detection during select activities | |
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | |
Assistance |
Activity Tracking Features |
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Step counter | |
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | |
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 | (optional Connect IQ app) |
Gym & Fitness Equipment |
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Automatic rep counting | |
Cardio workouts | |
Available gym activity profiles | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga, Breathwork |
Strength workouts | |
HIIT workouts | |
Yoga workouts | |
Pilates workouts | |
On-screen workout animations | |
On-screen workout muscle maps |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features |
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HR zones | |
HR alerts | |
HR calories | |
% HR max | |
% HRR | |
Recovery time | |
Auto max HR | |
Morning report | |
Race glance/widget | |
HRV status | |
Training readiness | |
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | |
Respiration rate (during exercise) | (with compatible accessory) |
GPS speed and distance | |
Customizable data pages | |
Customizable activity profiles | |
Auto Pause® | |
Interval training | |
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | |
Advanced workouts | |
Downloadable training plans | |
HRM running pace and distance | |
Auto Lap® | |
Manual lap | |
Rest timer | |
Configurable lap alerts | |
VO2 Max (Run) | |
VO2 Max (Trail Run) | |
Training status | (improved) |
Training load | |
Training load focus | |
Training effect | |
Training effect (anaerobic) | |
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | |
Improved recovery time | |
Daily suggested workouts | (7 days) |
Custom alerts | |
Audio prompts | |
Finish time | |
Virtual Partner | |
Race an Activity | |
Auto multisport activities | |
Manual multisport activities | |
Course guidance | |
Touch and/or button lock | |
Hot keys | |
Auto scroll | |
Activity history on watch | |
Physio TrueUp | |
Unified training status |
Running Features |
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Available run profiles | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running, Ultra Running |
GPS-based distance, time and pace | |
Running dynamics | |
Vertical oscillation and ratio | |
Ground contact time and balance | (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 | (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 |
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Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
Point-to-point navigation (It only show in straight line.) | |
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 | |
Future elevation plot | |
Projected waypoint (It only show in straight line.) | |
Sun and moon information |
Cycling Features |
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Available cycling profiles | Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, eBiking, eMountain Biking |
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | |
Courses | |
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | |
Race an activity | |
FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | (with compatible accessory) |
Power curve and % FTP workouts | |
Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters) | |
Power meter compatible | |
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) |
Swimming Features |
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Available swim profiles | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
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) | (with HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |
Kid Activity Tracking Features |
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Toe-to-Toe Challenges app | (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app) |
Connectivity |
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Smart trainer control |