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.

1.3” colorful amoled display with touchscreen and buttons
Up to 20 hours of battery life in GPS mode
SatIQ™, multi-band GPS, advanced training metrics and recovery insights with music on your wrist
Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm
Forerunner 265 GPS running watch comes with a USB-C charging/data cable and documentation
Morning Report: Receive an overview of your sleep and training outlook as soon as you wake up
Race Widget: Get ready for your next race with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions
Daily Suggested Workouts: Get workouts made for you, made to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up
Training Readiness: Get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more
Training Status: 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
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 Monitoring & Sleep Score: Understand how your body’s recovering with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights
Body Battery™ Energy Monitoring: Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest
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
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 activities
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
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 asleep
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
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
Triathlon and Multisport Profiles: Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles, or you can create your own
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 an incident occurred, your watch will send a message with your live location
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 location 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
Smartwatch mode: Up to 13 days of battery
GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours of battery
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours of battery
Life All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 14 hours of battery
Life GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours of battery
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours of battery
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hours of battery
Lens Material: Corning® Gorilla® Glass
Bezel Material: Fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release Bands: Yes (22 mm, industry standard)
Strap Material: Silicone
Physical Size: 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm)
Water Rating: 5 ATM
Memory/History: 8 GB
Weight: 47 g