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Garmin Forerunner 165 Music Turquoise / Aqua

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You don’t just run. You’ve moved beyond that. Which is why you need Forerunner 165 Music — the purpose-built GPS running smartwatch that helps you meet your goals with personalized adaptive training plans and a bright display to light up your progress.

TRAIN BRILLIANTLY

You don’t just run. You’ve moved beyond that. Which is why you need Forerunner 165 Music — the purpose-built GPS running smartwatch that helps you meet your goals with personalized adaptive training plans and a bright display to light up your progress.

  • 1.2” Colorful Amoled Display
  • Up To 11 Days Of Battery Life In Smartwatch Mode
  • Training Metrics And Recovery Insights
  • 25+ Built-in Gps And Indoor Sports Apps
  • Touchscreen And Buttons
  • Music On Your Wrist

PACE, DISTANCE, HEART RATE
This easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch provides the essential features you need to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate1.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar.

GARMIN COACH
Get free adaptive 5K, 10K and half-marathon training plans from expert coaches to help you take on a new challenge.

RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING
Get ready for your race with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on race details you enter into Garmin Connect.

MORNING REPORT
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.

Specifications

What You’ll Love

Battery life (smartwatch mode) Up to 11 days
Display type AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen
Water rating 5 ATM
Sleep score and insights
Daily suggested workouts (7 days)
Music storage

General

Lens Material chemically strengthened glass
Bezel Material fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release bands (20 mm, Industry standard)
Strap material silicone
Physical size 43 x 43 x 11.6 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 126-203 mm
Weight 39 g
Display Size 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution 390 x 390 pixels
Color display
Large font option
Battery life Smartwatch mode: Up to 11 days
Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 20 days
GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 19 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 17 hours
GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours
All-Systems GNSS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours
Charging method Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History 4 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 (high and low)
Respiration rate (24×7)
Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation (spot-check, during sleep, all day)
Fitness age
Body Battery energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Breathwork
Sleep (advanced)
Nap detection
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
Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
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 (customizable low power watch)
Controls smartphone music
Plays and controls watch music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
Pairs with Garmin Connect Mobile
Smartphone compatibility iPhone, Android

Activity Profiles

Gym Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing
Wellness Walking, Pilates, Yoga
Indoor running Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running
Outdoor running Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Ultra Running
Outdoor recreation Hiking
Cycling Biking, Indoor Biking
Swim Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
Racket sports Tennis, Pickleball, Padel

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)
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

Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts
Automatic rep counting

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Customizable data pages
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) Yoga and Breathwork only
GPS speed and distance
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause®
Interval training
Advanced workouts
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap®
Manual lap
Rest timer
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Training effect
Training effect (anaerobic)
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
Audio prompts
Finish time
Touch and/or button lock
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp

Running Features

GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics
Vertical oscillation and ratio
Ground contact time and balance (but not balance)
Stride length (real time)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Running power
PacePro Pacing Strategies
Run workouts
Race predictor
Course- and weather-specific race predictor
Foot pod capable
Run/Walk/Stand detection

Outdoor Recreation

Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
TracBack®
UltraTrac mode
Elevation profile
Distance to destination
Total ascent/descent
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only)
Auto rest
Future elevation plot
Area calculation (via Connect IQ)
Fish forecast (via Connect IQ)
Sun and moon information (via Connect IQ)

Cycling Features

Courses
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Compatible with Varia radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia lights
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)

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
Countdown start (pool swim only)
Underwater wrist-based heart rate

Kid Activity Tracking Features

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