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Garmin Forerunner 165 Specs

What You’ll Love

Sleep score and insights ✔
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™ ✔
Music storage ✔
Watch display type AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen ✔
Watch water rating 5 ATM

General

Lens Material chemically strengthened glass
Bezel Material fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release bands yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Strap material silicone
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 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 (constant, every second) ✔
Daily resting heart rate ✔
Abnormal heart rate alerts yes (high and low)
Respiration rate (24×7) ✔
Fitness age ✔
Body Battery™ energy monitor ✔
All-day stress ✔
Relaxation reminders ✔
Relaxation breathing timer ✔
Breathwork ✔
Sleep yes (advanced)
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+®, Wi-Fi®
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) ✔
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 ✔
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile ✔
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™

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 ✔
LiveTrack ✔
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 travelled ✔
Intensity minutes ✔
TrueUp™ ✔
Move IQ™ ✔
Garmin Connect™ Challenges app yes (optional Connect IQ app)

Gym & Fitness Equipment

Cardio workouts ✔
Strength workouts ✔
HIIT workouts ✔
Yoga workouts ✔
Pilates workouts ✔
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® ✔
Interval training ✔
Advanced workouts ✔
HRM running pace and distance ✔
Auto Lap® ✔
Manual lap ✔
Rest timer ✔
Configurable lap alerts ✔
VO2 Max (Run) ✔
VO2 Max (Trail Run) ✔
Training effect ✔
Training effect (anaerobic) ✔
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) ✔
Audio prompts ✔
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 ✔
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)

In the Box:

  • Forerunner 165 running watch
  • USB-C charging/data cable
  • Documentation