Garmin Forerunner 165

Go ahead — sign up for that race, and train brilliantly with the easy-to-use Forerunner 165 GPS running smartwatch. With pace, distance and heart rate, you’ll see your progress shine on the watch’s AMOLED touchscreen display while Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans help you chase your goals. Wake up to your morning report to see health insights alongside an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook¹. Use training effect and training effect  labels to see how your workouts impact your fitness and to understand the primary benefit achieved from your workout. Then, check recovery time to know low long to take it easy between runs. Pair your watch to your smartphone, and your notifications will show up right on your wrist. Get a more complete picture of your health, not just a glimpse, from your Forerunner 165 smartwatch, with up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.

NEW Features on Forerunner 165 (vs. Forerunner 55)

New Features as of June, 2024

NEW! GARMIN MESSENGER™ APP

It’s here — direct messaging from your wrist! This app lets you communicate via two-way text, exchanging messages with friends and family directly from your smartwatch. (Requires both the sender and receiver of messages to have the Garmin Messenger app installed on their paired smartphones)

NEW! FIND MY PHONE FEATURE

During a GPS activity with your smartwatch, an enhanced Find My Phone tool automatically stores the location should your phone get lost or disconnected. This feature can notify you that your phone is no longer detected and help you easily navigate back to where it was last connected to your smartwatch.

MORE NEW FEATURES:

• TURN POINT ENHANCEMENTS
• RECOVERY HEART RATE FOR LOW-IMPACT ACTIVITIES
• ADD SELF-EVALUATION TO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY

See all of your data on a brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls.

UPDATED DESIGN

Sleek and lightweight, with a 43mm case size and colorful, dual-shot bands.

TRAINING EFFECT

With training effect and training effect labels, you’ll see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit achieved from your workout.

MORNING REPORT

As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside weather and HRV status¹.

GARMIN PAY™ PAYMENT SOLUTION

Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay™ contactless payments let you pay for purchases on the go (in supported countries and payment networks)

COURSES

Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app and from favorite third-party platforms, and sync directly to your watch.

SLEEP SCORE AND NAP DETECTION

Understand how your body is recovering with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights for improved sleep quality. Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time
and duration should be.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability.

IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME

Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training as well as overall stress, sleep and daily activities outside of workouts.

IMPROVED ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS & DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

Reach your goals with personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt based on performance and recovery; use Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans to get workout suggestions for specific events.

Plus, the same great features as previous models

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 rate.

RECOVERY TIME

Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training as well as overall stress, sleep and daily activities outside of workouts.

SLEEP MONITORING AND SLEEP SCORE

Understand how your body is recovering with sleep score, get a breakdown of your sleep stages, and gain detailed insights for improved sleep quality¹.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Track your body’s energy levels to find the best times for activity and rest1. Even get details and insights on how sleep, naps, activities and stress impact your energy.

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS & RUNNING POWER

Get measurements of crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more to help improve your running form.

See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education.

BATTERY LIFE

Get up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode.

MORE ACTIVITIES

25+ built-in activity profiles include running, cycling, HIIT, strength and more.

SAFETY AND TRACKING

If your watch senses that an incident occurred (during select outdoor activities), it will send a message with your live location². Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.

LIVETRACK FEATURE

Friends and family can follow your real-time location³ and view preplanned courses.

AUDIO PROMPTS

Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.

CROSS TRAINING

Browse the Garmin Connect app for dozens of free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts. You can even build your own in the app and send them to your watch.

HEALTH SNAPSHOT

Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your health care provider.

GARMIN CONNECT APP

See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges and more.

FITNESS AGE

Estimate how fit you are are compared to your actual age—acting as a helpful reminder to stay active and make healthy choices.

¹Activity tracking accuracy
²This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox not available in all countries.
³When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.