Garmin Forerunner 165 Smart Watch in Black/Slate Gray - 010-02863-20
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.

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.
PLAN


PREPARE



PERFORM

CONNECT


What You'll Love | |
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Sleep score and insights | Yes |
Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 11 days |
Daily suggested workouts | yes (7 days) |
Pulse Ox blood oxygen | yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day) |
Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
Watch display type | AMOLED (optional always-on mode) |
Touchscreen | Yes |
Watch water rating | 5 ATM |
General | |
Strap material | silicone |
Lens Material | chemically strengthened glass |
Bezel Material | fiber-reinforced polyme |
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) diamete |
Display Resolution | 390 x 390 pixels |
Color display | Yes |
Large font option | Yes |
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 See Details |
Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charge |
Memory/History | 4 GB |
Clock Features | |
Time/date | Yes |
GPS Time Sync | Yes |
Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
Alarm clock | Yes |
Timer | Yes |
Stopwatch | Yes |
Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
Health & Wellness Monitoring | |
Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
Daily resting heart rate | Yes |
Abnormal heart rate alerts | yes (high and low) |
Respiration rate (24x7) | Yes |
Fitness age | Yes |
Body Battery™ energy monitor | Yes |
All-day stress | Yes |
Relaxation reminders | Yes |
Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
Breathwork | Yes |
Sleep | yes (advanced) |
Nap detection | Yes |
Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Women's health | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Health snapshot | Yes |
Sensors | |
GPS | Yes |
GLONASS | Yes |
Galileo | Yes |
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes |
Barometric altimeter | Yes |
Compass | Yes |
Accelerometer | Yes |
Thermometer | Yes |
Ambient light sensor | Yes |
Daily Smart Features | |
Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
On-device Connect IQ™ Store | Yes |
Smart Notifications | Yes |
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) | Yes |
Morning report | Yes |
Calendar | Yes |
Weather forecasts | Yes |
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | Yes |
Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | Yes |
Controls smartphone music | Yes |
Find My Phone | Yes |
Find My Watch | Yes |
Find My Phone during GPS activity | Yes |
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app | Yes |
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
Garmin Share | Yes |
Passcode | Yes |
Workout and Training Plans | |
Cardio workouts | Yes |
Strength workouts | Yes |
HIIT workouts | Yes |
Yoga workouts | Yes |
Pilates workouts | Yes |
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 | Yes |
Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | Yes |
Assistance | Yes |
LiveTrack | Yes |
Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only |
Activity Tracking Features | |
Step counter | Yes |
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity) | Yes |
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
Calories burned | Yes |
Floors climbed | Yes |
Distance traveled | Yes |
Intensity minutes | Yes |
TrueUp™ | Yes |
Move IQ™ | Yes |
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Automatic rep counting | Yes |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features | |
Customizable data pages | Yes |
Downloadable training plans | Yes |
Course guidance | Yes |
HR zones | Yes |
HR alerts | Yes |
HR calories | Yes |
% HR max | Yes |
% HRR | Yes |
Recovery time | Yes |
Auto max HR | Yes |
Race glance/widget | Yes |
HRV status | Yes |
HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | Yes |
Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yoga and Breathwork only |
GPS speed and distance | Yes |
Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
Auto Pause® | Yes |
Interval training | Yes |
Advanced workouts | Yes |
HRM running pace and distance | Yes |
Auto Lap® | Yes |
Manual lap | Yes |
Rest timer | Yes |
Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
VO2 Max (Run) | Yes |
VO2 Max (Trail Run) | Yes |
Training effect | Yes |
Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | Yes |
Voice alerts | Yes |
Finish time | Yes |
Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
Activity history on watch | Yes |
Physio TrueUp | Yes |
Running Features | |
GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
Running dynamics | Yes |
Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes |
Ground contact time and balance | yes (but not balance) |
Stride length (real time) | Yes |
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
Running power | Yes |
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | Yes |
Run workouts | Yes |
Race predictor | Yes |
Course- and weather-specific race predictor | Yes |
Foot pod capable | Yes |
Run/Walk/Stand detection | Yes |
Outdoor Recreation | |
Point-to-point navigation | Yes |
Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
Back to start | Yes |
TracBack® | Yes |
UltraTrac mode | Yes |
Elevation profile | Yes |
Distance to destination | Yes |
Total ascent/descent | Yes |
Rest Timer (Ultra Run only) | Yes |
Auto rest | Yes |
Future elevation plot | Yes |
Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Fish forecast | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Cycling Features | |
Courses | Yes |
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | Yes |
Compatible with Varia™ lights | Yes |
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | Yes |
Swimming Features | |
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
Drill logging (pool swim only) | Yes |
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | Yes |
Auto rest (pool swim only) | Yes |
Time and distance alerts | Yes |
Countdown start (pool swim only) | Yes |
Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
Kid Activity Tracking Features | |
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
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