You do the running. This GPS running smartwatch does the thinking. It even gets to know you, mile after mile and song after song.
Monitor your training load to see if you're fully owning it or just overdoing it.
Up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music — that’ll take you all the way to the finish.
Prep for your next race like a boss with free Garmin Coach adaptive training plans.
Finesse your form by tracking running dynamics1.
We'll watch your back for you with incident detection and assistance features2.
Here’s something to sing about: music storage right on your wrist.
Run your heart out with a watch that’s got the power to keep up. You’ll get up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music.
It’s sleek and lightweight — perfect for running and everyday wear.
Featuring a sweatproof silicone band and durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, Forerunner 245 Music can handle whatever’s ahead.
For personalised training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.
These adaptive training plans feature guidance from expert coaches and free training plans that adapt to you and your goals. Workouts sync right to your watch.
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more.
Get heart rate data3 along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities, even underwater.
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.
When used with a compatible accessory1, Forerunner 245 Music measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, and more.
Train smarter with VO2 Max an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
This wrist-based sensor estimates your body’s blood oxygen saturation4, which can help gauge how your body is absorbing oxygen — especially while you sleep.
This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching.
See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic Training Effect feedback.
This stat measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.
After each workout, the built-in recovery time advisor lets you know how long to rest before another big effort. It even accounts for all-day stress, sleep and daily activity outside of workouts.
With improvements based on guidance from the WHO, now you can understand when you earned daily intensity minutes and during what activity.
Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.
Use the Garmin Connect™ app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more. Even get details on your wrist with the Menstrual Cycle Tracking and Pregnancy Tracking app.
Download up to 500 songs plus playlists from your Spotify®, Deezer or Amazon music accounts (subscription may be required).
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone.
Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location5 and even view your entire preplanned course. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you’re running.
When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection2.
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.
Upload your activities to the Garmin Connect app to interact with a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete — and even share their triumphs via social media.
General |
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| Lens material | Corning® Gorilla® glass 3 |
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| Bezel material | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Quick release bands | Yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
| Strap material | Silicone |
| Physical size | 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 (mm); Fits wrists with a circumference of 127-204 mm |
| Weight | 38.5 g |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Display Type | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Display Size | 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display Resolution | 240 x 240 pixels |
| Colour display | |
| Battery life | Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days; GPS mode with music: Up to 6 hours; GPS mode without music: Up to 24 hours |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history | 4 GB |
Clock features |
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| Time/date | |
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| GPS time sync | |
| Automatic daylight saving time | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Timer | |
| Stopwatch | |
| Sunrise/sunset times | |
Health monitoring |
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| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | |
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| Daily Resting Heart Rate | |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | Yes (spot-check and optionally in sleep) |
| Fitness Age | Yes (in app) |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | |
| All-day Stress | |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women’s Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Sensors |
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| GPS | |
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| GLONASS | |
| Galileo | |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | |
| Compass | |
| Accelerometer | |
| Thermometer | Yes (tempe™ sensor required) |
Daily smart features |
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| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
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| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | |
| Smart Notifications | |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | |
| Calendar | |
| Weather | |
| Controls smartphone music | |
| Plays and controls watch music | |
| Music storage | |
| Find my phone | |
| Find my watch | |
| VIRB® camera remote | |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone® and Android™ |
Safety and tracking features |
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| Incident Detection during select activities | |
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| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | |
| Assistance | |
| LiveTrack | |
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only |
Activity tracking features |
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| Step counter | |
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| 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 | |
| Distance travelled | |
| Intensity minutes | |
| TrueUp™ | |
| Move IQ™ | |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Fitness equipment/gym |
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| Available gym activity profiles | Strength training, Cardio training, Elliptical training, Stair stepping, Indoor rowing and Yoga |
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| Cardio workouts | |
| Strength workouts | |
| Automatic rep counting | |
Training, planning and analysis features |
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| HR Zones | |
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| HR Alerts | |
| HR Calories | |
| HR Max | |
| HRR | |
| Recovery Time | |
| Auto Max HR | |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | Yes (using ANT+ or BLE) |
| GPS speed and distance | |
| Customisable screen(s) | |
| Customisable activity profiles | |
| Auto Pause® | |
| Interval training | |
| Advanced workouts | |
| Downloadable training plans | |
| HRM running pace and distance | |
| Auto Lap® | |
| Manual lap | |
| Configurable lap alerts | |
| VO2 Max (Run) | |
| Training Status | |
| Training Load | |
| Training Effect | |
| Training Effect (Anaerobic) | |
| Improved Recovery Time | |
| Daily Suggested Workouts | Yes (limited) |
| Customisable alerts | |
| Audio prompts | |
| Finish time | |
| Virtual partner | |
| Race an activity | |
| Course guidance | |
| Touch and/or button lock | |
| Auto scroll | |
| Activity history on watch | |
| Physio TrueUp | |
Running features |
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| Available run profiles | Running, Treadmill running, Indoor track running, Trail running |
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace | |
| Running dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | |
| Performance condition | |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | |
| Run workouts | |
| Race predictor | |
| Foot pod capable | |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | |
Outdoor recreation |
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| Point-to-point navigation | |
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| Breadcrumb trail in real time | |
| Back to start | |
| TracBack® | |
| UltraTrac mode | |
| Distance to destination | |
| GPS coordinates | |
Cycling features |
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| Available cycling profiles | Biking, Indoor biking |
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| Courses | |
| Race an activity | |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | |
| 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) | |
Swimming features |
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| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming |
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| 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) | |
| Pool swim workouts | |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes (with HRM-Tri, HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |
Kid activity tracking features |
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| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
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