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Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black and powder gray watch, front, watch face
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white and blue watch, front, watch face
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, front, watch face
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, front, training readiness data screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, front, data screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, front, data screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black and gray watch, angled front
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white and blue watch, front, HRV status screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, front, HRV status screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, workout suggestions screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, workout suggestions screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, workout suggestions screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, Spotify screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, Spotify screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white and blue watch, back with sensor
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black and gray watch, back with sensor
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, Spotify screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, back with sensor
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch and band, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch and band, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch and band, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black and powder gray watch, front, watch face
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white and blue watch, front, watch face
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, front, watch face
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, front, training readiness data screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, front, data screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, front, data screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black and gray watch, angled front
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white and blue watch, front, HRV status screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, front, HRV status screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, workout suggestions screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, workout suggestions screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, workout suggestions screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, Spotify screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, Spotify screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white and blue watch, back with sensor
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black and gray watch, back with sensor
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, Spotify screen
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, back with sensor
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, black watch and band, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, white watch and band, side profile
Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm, aqua watch and band, side profile

Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm Running Watch

by Garmin
$449.99 - $449.99
$449.99
$449.99 - $449.99
$449.99

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Forerunner 265

Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm Running Watch

The Garmin Forerunner 265 46mm Running Watch is a GPS running watch with a 1.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen in a 46 mm case. Each morning you can check how you slept and recovered before deciding how hard to run. Music for a long run lives on the watch itself (subscription may be required). Garmin Share passes saved courses and workouts to a friend's nearby Garmin. The 46 mm comes in Black with Powder Gray, Whitestone with Tidal Blue or Aqua with Black, and a charging cable comes in the box.

What if your next race was the performance of a lifetime, and Garmin Coach training plans 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.

The Garmin Forerunner 265 is a training partner built to help runners and multisport athletes train smarter and perform better. Featuring a bright AMOLED display, this smartwatch makes it easy to see every stat, day or night. With personalized features like Garmin Coach training plans, detailed running metrics, and VO2 max insights, it provides a tailored approach to reaching your fitness goals.

With up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and 20 hours in GPS mode, the Forerunner 265 is built to last through intense training cycles and race days. Key features include Morning Report, HRV status, and Body Battery monitoring, giving you insights into your recovery and readiness each day. Plus, it has built-in music storage (subscription may be required) and Garmin Pay contactless payments for easy paying on the go.

DISPLAY
1.3 in.
416 x 416 AMOLED
CASE
46.1 mm
47 g with silicone band
MEMORY
8 GB
music and activity history
BANDS
22 mm
quick release
Touchscreen plus buttons Garmin Pay contactless payments Garmin Share with nearby friends
Garmin Forerunner 265, HRV status on the AMOLED touchscreen

From sleep to start line

How it works

HRV status
On the 265, HRV status, which tracks the variation in time between heartbeats while you sleep, builds a trend across recent nights. Each morning also brings training readiness, a daily score built from your sleep, recovery and recent training load.
Morning report
In race week, the morning report, a summary of your sleep, recovery and planned training when you wake, tells you how the night went before you lace up.
Body Battery
Naps, stress and sleep all move Body Battery, an estimate of your energy reserves through the day.
Training status
Training status, which reads HRV status and recent training to label it productive, peaking or strained, is the check to make before adding mileage.

Built for race season

Key features

SatIQ and multi-band GPS
Satellite modes for any route
PacePro
GPS-based pace guidance for a course or distance
Intensity minutes
Moderate and vigorous activity, logged
Track running
Lap distances in meters on any track
Triathlon profiles
Switch sports automatically in a race or brick
Sleep coach
A sleep score with coaching on how much you need
Cross training
Free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates
Nap detection
Naps tracked or logged automatically

Forerunner 265 in training

How to use it

Garmin Forerunner 265, suggested workouts on the watch face
Coaching

Plans that follow you

Garmin Coach plans cover running, cycling or strength, set up once in the Garmin Connect app. Daily suggested workouts then change after each run, with your upcoming races in view.

  • Recovery time before your next high-effort workout
  • Courses created in Garmin Connect or synced from third-party platforms
Garmin Forerunner 265, Spotify music controls on the display
Connected

Music on the run

Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music or YouTube Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required). They sit in 8 GB of storage alongside your activity history.

  • Watch faces, data fields and apps from the Connect IQ Store
Garmin Forerunner 265, wrist heart rate sensor on the case back
Sensors

What the sensors read

From the wrist, the watch reports cadence, stride length and running power on every run; ground contact time and balance need a compatible accessory.

SatIQ, which picks the GPS mode automatically, can switch to multi-band GPS, which receives more than one frequency from each satellite.

  • VO2 max to follow your fitness level over time
  • Performance condition while you run

Forerunner 265 in action

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Forerunner 265

Frequently asked questions

The Forerunner 265 GPS running watch, a USB-C charging and data cable, and documentation.
The case measures 46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 mm, and it fits wrists with a circumference of 135 to 205 mm.
Up to 20 hours in GPS-only mode. With music playing as well, plan on up to 7 hours.
Yes. The 1.3-inch display is AMOLED, a display where each pixel makes its own light, and it works as a touchscreen alongside the buttons, with an optional always-on mode.
Yes. Sleep coach gives a sleep score and coaching on how much sleep you need, and nap detection tracks or logs naps automatically.
Charge it from the USB-C cable in the box and link it to Garmin Connect on your phone. Courses and your race calendar load from the app.
Yes. Incident detection works during select activities when paired with your compatible smartphone. If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it sends a message with your live location, and you can send one manually if you feel unsafe.
Garmin backs it with a one-year limited warranty from the date of purchase against defects in materials or workmanship, and Garmin repairs or replaces defective components.
  • Display type: AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
  • Display size: 1.3 in. (32.5 mm) diameter
  • Display resolution: 416 x 416 pixels
  • Touchscreen: Yes
  • Color display: Yes
  • Large font option: Yes
  • Lens material: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Bezel material: Fiber-reinforced polymer
  • Strap material: Silicone
  • 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
  • Water rating: 5 ATM
  • Battery life: Smartwatch mode: up to 13 days; GPS-only: up to 20 hours; SatIQ (AutoSelect): up to 16 hours; All-Systems + Multi-Band: up to 14 hours; GPS-only with music: up to 7 hours; SatIQ with music: up to 6.5 hours; All-Systems + Multi-Band with music: up to 6 hours
  • Charging method: Garmin proprietary plug charger
  • Memory/history: 8 GB
  • Music storage: Yes
  • Garmin Pay: Yes
  • Multi-band GPS: Yes
  • Pulse Ox blood oxygen: Yes (spot-check, optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
  • Sleep score and insights: Yes
  • Daily suggested workouts: Yes
  • Training readiness: Yes
  • Training status: Yes (improved)
  • Clock features: Time/date, GPS time sync, automatic daylight saving time, alarm clock, timer, stopwatch, sunrise/sunset times
  • Sensors: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, SatIQ technology, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, thermometer, ambient light sensor
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi
  • Smartphone compatibility: iPhone, Android
  • Ground contact time and balance: Yes (with compatible accessory)
  • Battery type: Lithium ion
  • Morning Report: Receive an overview of your sleep 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.
  • Garmin Coach: Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for runners. Just set it up in the Garmin Connect app, then let Garmin Coach create personalized daily workouts to help you reach your goals, from your first 5K to a full marathon. This includes Garmin Run Coach, which creates plans that adapt based on your performance, recovery, and health metrics.
  • 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 see if 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 Firstbeat Analytics technology.
  • 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 health.
  • 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. Get insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities, and high stress impact your energy.
  • 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. The menstrual cycle tracking feature should not be used in support of conception, contraception or birth control. This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition.
  • Wrist-Based Running Dynamics: This smartwatch measures 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 target 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 asleep. This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition.
  • 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 into 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.
  • Triathlon and Multisport Profiles: Switch between sports automatically by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts, and swimruns.
  • Music: Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, or YouTube Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).
  • Safety and Tracking: If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually (when paired with your compatible smartphone).
  • Garmin Pay Contactless Payments: Breeze through store 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 (when paired with your compatible smartphone).
  • Garmin Connect App: See your health and fitness information, connect with friends, and more.
  • Connect IQ Store: Add watch faces, data fields, and apps to your paired watch.
  • Garmin Share: Easily follow the same course or workout with your friends. Share saved locations, courses, and workouts with other nearby Garmin Share compatible devices.
  • Forerunner 265 GPS running watch
  • USB-C charging/data cable
  • Documentation



Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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Great Service and fast delivery!

"I bought the Garmin 4Runner 265, love the watch and I was features, geared towards Fitness, outdoor and indoor activities. My Samsung smartwatch will conk out 3 hours after a hike. The watch is fantastic, and the customer service at recovery for athletes was fantastic! They took my order over the phone, customer service was very polite and professional and I had my watch within 4 days! Thank you very much for your help and outstanding customer service!"

— Nick C. (5/5)

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