Garmin  |  SKU: 010-02863-21

Garmin Forerunner® 165

$249.99 USD

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TRAIN BRILLIANTLY

You don’t just run. You’ve moved beyond that. Which is why you need Forerunner 165 — 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

BUILT-IN GPS FOR TIME, DISTANCE, PACE AND SPEED

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE

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.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics team.

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.

TRAINING EFFECT

With training effect, you can see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit from training runs and workouts.

GO AHEAD, SIGN UP FOR THAT RACE.

PREPARE


WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Constant measurement of your heart rate helps you gauge how hard you work during activities, so you can stay in the know all day and night1.

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS

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

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 to help meet your goals.

AUDIO PROMPTS

Get audio updates about your performance when paired to your smartphone.

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 asleep3.

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.

LIFESTYLE LOGGING

Log behaviors — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect app.

ACTIVITY TRACKING

Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist1.

FITNESS AGE

Estimate how fit you are compared to your actual age.

PLAN

LONG BATTERY LIFE

With up to 11 days in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode, you’ll get a more complete picture of your health and training.

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.

COURSES

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

RACE PREDICTOR

Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and even a marathon.

NAP DETECTION

Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.

BREATHING VARIATIONS

For a closer glimpse of your health, the breathing variations feature helps you understand shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep2. These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol, or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

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

PERFORM

BUILT-IN GNSS

Our built-in sensors connect to multiple satellite systems so you track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance and pace.

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.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Tap in to 25+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.

TRACK RUNNING

Record accurate lap distances, and see your distances in meters.

PACEPRO FEATURE

Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.

CONNECT

SAFETY AND TRACKING

If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location4. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.

GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout 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 FEATURE

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

GARMIN TRAILS

Access thousands of trails, and send them directly to your compatible device for offline use with a subscription to Garmin Connect+ in the Garmin Connect™ app or to Outdoor Maps+ in the Garmin Explore™ app. Available in select areas. Learn more.

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.

CONTROL SMARTPHONE MUSIC

Keep your phone tucked away, and control your paired smartphone’s music directly from your 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.

What You'll Love

Sleep score and insights
Battery life (smartwatch mode) Up to 11 days
Pulse Ox blood oxygen yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day)
Garmin Pay™
Display type AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen
Water rating 5 ATM

General

Strap material

silicone

Lens Material

chemically strengthened glass

Bezel Material

fiber-reinforced polymer

Quick Release bands yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
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 type Lithium ion
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
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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)
Resting heart rate
Abnormal heart rate alerts yes (high and low)
Respiration rate
Fitness age
Body Battery™ energy monitor
All-day stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation breathing timer
Breathwork
Sleep yes (advanced)
Breathing variations
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
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+®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields 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
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
Find My Phone during GPS activity
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™
Red shift mode
Garmin Share
Passcode

Workout and Training Plans

Daily Suggested Workout - Running (Pace and Heart Rate Based)
Garmin Running Coach yes (no strength add-on)
Garmin Running Coach Experts
Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Yoga workouts
Pilates workouts

Activity Profiles

Gym Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing
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
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
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 yes (optional Connect IQ app)
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® automatic timer halt
Interval training
Advanced workouts
HRM running pace and distance
Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
Manual lap
Rest timer
Configurable lap alerts
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Training effect
Training effect (anaerobic)
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
Voice alerts
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 yes (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 yes (via Connect IQ™)
Fish forecast yes (via Connect IQ™)
Sun and moon information yes (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
Compatible with Varia headlight camera
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 yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)

 

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