TRAIN BRILLIANTLY
You don’t just run. You’ve moved beyond that. Which is why you need Forerunner® 165 — the purpose-built GPS running watch for beginners that helps you meet your goals with personalised adaptive training plans and a bright display to light up your progress.
1.2″ COLOURFUL 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
Sleep Score and Insights: Yes
Battery life (smartwatch mode): Up to 11 days
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation: Yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day)
Garmin Pay™: Yes
Watch display type: AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen: Yes
Water rating: 5 ATM
General
Strap material: Silicone
Lens material: Chemically strengthened glass
Bezel material: Fibre-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: 30.4 mm (1.2") diameter
Display Resolution: 390x390 pixels
Colour 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
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
Resting heart rate
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts (High and Low)
Respiration Rate
Fitness Age
Body Battery™ Energy Monitor
All-day Stress
Relaxation reminders
Relaxation Breathing Timer
Breathwork
Sleep (Advanced)
Breathing variations
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+®
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 - customisable low power watch
Controls smartphone music
Find my phone
Find my watch
Find My Phone during GPS activity
Compatible with Garmin Messenger app
Compatible 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 (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 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; 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 travelled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp™
Move IQ™
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app (optional Connect IQ app)
Automatic rep counting
Training, planning and analysis features
Customisable screen(s)
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
Customisable 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
Breadcrumb 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 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
Underwater wrist-based heart rate
Kid activity tracking features
Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
