Garmin Forerunner 265 is a powerful smartwatch for running with a bright AMOLED display and battery life of up to 13 days in smartwatch mode. It offers personalised training, morning reports with sleep and health analysis, and GPS with SATIQ technology for improved accuracy. With over 30 sports apps, advanced training metrics and wellness monitoring such as HRV and Body Battery, this watch is perfect for athletes. It also includes phone-free music, Garmin Pay for contactless payments and safety features such as LiveTrack and incident detection.
Model
010-02810-52
Display and Design
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Display Type
AMOLED
Screen size
1.3"
Resolution
416 x 416 pixels
Diameter
32.5 mm
Lens
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel
Fiber-reinforced polymer
Strap
Silicone
Price updated Oct 21, 2026, 6:04 PM
Water Rating
5 ATM
Features
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Clock
• Time/date
• GPS Time Sync
• Automatic daylight saving time
• Alarm clock
• Timer
• Stopwatch
• Sunrise/sunset times
Health Monitoring
• Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
• Daily resting heart rate
• Abnormal heart rate alerts
• Respiration rate (24x7)
• Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation
• Fitness age
• Body Battery energy monitor
• All-day stress
• Relaxation reminders
• Relaxation breathing timer
• Meditation
• Sleep
• Sleep score and insights
• Hydration
• Women's health
• Health snapshot
• Garmin Pay
• Garmin Share
• Stocks
• Pairs with Garmin Connect Mobile
• 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)
• Calendar
• Weather
• Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile
• Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
• Controls smartphone music
• Plays and controls watch music
• Music storage
• Find My Phone
• Find My Watch
• VIRB® Remote
Safety and Tracking Features
• Incident Detection during select activities
• Incident detection alert on phone for wearables
• Assistance
• LiveTrack
Activity Tracking Features
• Step counter
• Move bar (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 traveled
• Intensity minutes
• TrueUp
• Move IQ
• Garmin Connect Challenges app
• Custom alerts
• Audio prompts
• Finish time
• Virtual Partner
• Race an Activity
• Auto multisport activities
• Manual multisport activities
• Course guidance
• Touch and/or button lock
• Hot keys
• Auto scroll
• Activity history on watch
• Physio TrueUp
• Unified training status
• Daily suggested workouts
• Training load
• Training load focus
• Training effect
• Training effect (anaerobic)
• Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
• Improved recovery time
• Training status
• GPS speed and distance
• Customizable data pages
• Customizable activity profiles
• Auto Pause®
• Interval training
• Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection)
• Advanced workouts
• Downloadable training plans
• HRM running pace and distance
• Auto Lap®
• Manual lap
• Rest timer
• Configurable lap alerts
• VO2 Max (Run)
• VO2 Max (Trail Run)
• Respiration rate (during exercise)
• HR zones
• HR alerts
• HR calories
• % HR max
• % HRR
• Recovery time
• Auto max HR
• Morning report
• Race glance/widget
• HRV status
• Training readiness
• HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)
Outdoor Recreation
• Point-to-point navigation
• Bread crumb 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
• Future elevation plot
• Projected waypoint
• Sun and moon information
Running Features
• GPS-based distance, time and pace
• Running dynamics
• Vertical oscillation and ratio
• Stride length (real time)
• Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
• Running power
• Grade-adjusted pace
• Performance condition
• PacePro Pacing Strategies
• Run workouts
• Trail run auto climb
• Race predictor
• Course- and weather-specific race predictor
• Foot pod capable
• Run/Walk/Stand detection
Cycling Features
• Power curve and % FTP workouts
• Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters)
• Power meter compatible
• 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)
• Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
• Courses
• Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
• Race an activity
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