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Garmin Forerunner® 265S Black (42MM) Bezel and Case with Black/Amp Yellow Silicone Band

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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 265s Smartwatch, You’ll See Every Insight Lit Up On A Colourful Amoled Touchscreen Display. Get Ready To Be Better For It.

TRAIN BRILLIANTLY WITH AN AMOLED DISPLAY
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 265s Smartwatch, You’ll See Every Insight Lit Up On A Colourful Amoled Touchscreen Display. Get Ready To Be Better For It.

  • 1.1″ Bright And Colourful Amoled Display
  • Up To 24 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

Specifications

What You’ll Love

Sleep Score and Insights
Battery life (smartwatch mode) Up to 15 days
Daily Suggested Workouts Yes (7 days)
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Garmin Pay
Multi-band GPS
Music storage
Training Readiness
Training Status Improved
Watch display type AMOLED; optional always-on mode
Touchscreen
Water rating 5 ATM

General

Strap material Silicone
Lens material Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel material Fibre-reinforced polymer
Quick release bands Yes (18 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size 41.7 x 41.7 x 12.9 (mm)
Fits wrists with a circumference of 115-178 mm
Weight 39 g
Display Size 28.1 mm (1.1″) diameter
Display Resolution 360 x 360 pixels
Colour display
Large font option
Battery life Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days
GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 24 hours
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 18 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 15 hours
GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7.5 hours
SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hours
See details
Charging 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 & Wellness Monitoring

Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Daily Resting Heart Rate
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts Yes (high and low)
Respiration Rate (24×7)
Fitness Age
Body Battery Energy Monitor
All-day Stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation Breathing Timer
Breathwork
Sleep Yes (Advanced)
Sleep coach
Nap detection
Hydration Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Women’s Health Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget)
Health Snapshot

Sensors

GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
SatIQ Technology
Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Ambient light sensor

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)
View images from notifications on watch (Android only)
Morning report
Calendar
Weather forecasts
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile
Battery Saver – customisable low power watch
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Find my phone
Find my watch
Find My Phone during GPS activity
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app
VIRB® camera remote
Smart trainer control
Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android
Stocks Yes (optional Connect IQ app)
Red shift mode
Garmin Share

Activity profiles

Gym Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor rowing, Jump Roping
Multisport Triathlon
WELLNESS Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking
INDOOR RUNNING Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual running
Outdoor running Running, Outdoor Track Running Trail Running, Ultra Running
Outdoor recreation Hiking, Archery, Bouldering
Cycling Biking, Mountain Biking, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking
Swim Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
On the water Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing
Racket sports Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball
Snow & Winter Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing
Sport profiles Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
In the ring Boxing, Mixed martial arts
Other activity profiles Inline Skating

Safety and tracking features

Incident Detection during select activities
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
Assistance
LiveTrack
Live Event Sharing Android Only

Activity tracking features

Step counter
Move alerts (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 Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Fitness equipment/gym

Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
On-screen workout animations
On-Screen Workout Muscle Map
Automatic rep counting

Training, planning and analysis features

Customisable screen(s)
Downloadable training plans
Course guidance
HR Zones
HR Alerts
HR Calories
% HR Max
% HRR
Recovery Time
Auto Max HR
Race glance/widget
HRV Status
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
Respiration Rate (During Exercise) Yes (with compatible accessory)
GPS speed and distance
Customisable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection)
Advanced workouts
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Rest timer
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Load ratio
Training Load
Training load focus
Training Effect
Training Effect (Anaerobic)
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
Customisable alerts
Audio prompts
Multisport auto transition
Finish time
Virtual partner
Race an activity
Auto multisport activities
Multi-sport
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp
Unified Training Status

Running features

GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics
Vertical oscillation and ratio
Ground contact time and balance Yes (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 Yes (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

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
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only)
Auto Rest
Future elevation plot
Area calculation Yes (via Connect IQ)
Fish forecast Yes (via Connect IQ)
Projected waypoint
Sun and moon information Sunrise/sunset

Cycling features

Courses
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Power curve and % FTP workouts
Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters)
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)
Power meter compatible

Swimming features

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) Yes (with HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus)

Kid activity tracking features

Toe-to-Toe Challenges app Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app)

Security Information

Security updates until at least (YYYY-MM-DD) 2025-03-02
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