Are you ready for the day's activity? Start each day with the Forerunner 265 and check out your morning report on the beautiful full-colourful AMOLED display. Traditional button controls alongside the responsive touchscreen display make navigating through the training readiness features easy and intuitive. We're sure you'll fall in love with everything about this smartwatch - from the sleek appearance and premium fit to the impressive battery life and advanced performance data.
With you every step of the way, the 265 will be there as you check your sleep, recovery and training outlook for the day ahead. Then again, as you plan your route or your training routines. It'll be right there with you as you are stuck in the mud or pushing yourself through the toughest challenges. And also there afterwards, on the sofa as you relax and relive the day through detailed metrics and analysis.
Safety tracking features with incident detection work reassuringly alongside multi-band GNSS with SatIQ™ technology to accurately track where you are. The Forerunner also connects to your phone so you never miss a call or message and you can pay for things on the go with Garmin Pay™. Want to soundtrack your training or your latest adventure? 8GB of storage allows you to download songs to the watch and you can connect to your friends and view all your health and fitness information via the Garmin Connect™ app.
In The Box
Forerunner® 265 Running Watch
Charging/data cable
Documentation
Specifications
General
Lens Material: Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel Material: Fibre-reinforced polymer
QUICKFIT™ watch band compatible: Yes (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
Colour Display
Display Size: 1.3″ (32.5 mm) diameter
Display Resolution: 416 x 416 pixels
Display Type: AMOLED; optional always-on mode
Weight: 47g
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
Charing 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 Monitoring
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
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
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 - customisable low-power watch
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Music storage
Find my phone
Find my watch
VIRB® camera remote
Smartphone compatibility: iPhone® and Android™
Pairs with Garmin golf app
Compatible with Garmin Connect™ mobile
Stocks (optional Connect IQ app)
Garmin Pay™
Safety and Tracking Features
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
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 travelled
Intensity minutes
TRUEUP™
Move IQ™
Garmin Connect™ challenges app (optional connect IQ app)
Fitness Equipment/Gym
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 map
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
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
Customisable screen(s)
Customisable 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)
Realtime stamina
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)
Customisable alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual partner
Race an activity
Auto multisport activities
Multi-sport
Course guidance
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TRUEUP
Running Features
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 a 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
Available outdoor recreation profiles: Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Point-to-point navigation
Breadcrumb 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
Sun and moon information
Cycling Features
Available cycling profiles: Bike, Bike Indoor, Mountain Bike, eBike, 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
Available swim profiles: Pool swimming, Open water swimming, Swimming/Running
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 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
Toe-To-Toe™ Challenges App (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
Connectivity
Smart trainer control