Train brilliantly with Forerunner® 965, the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with a bright AMOLED touchscreen display and lightweight titanium bezel. Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). The training readiness feature tells you when you’re primed for a productive session — while daily suggested workouts adapt to performance and recovery alongside the race widget, which provides training tips, course details and completion time predictions. Navigate any route confidently with multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps. With traditional buttons and a touchscreen display, it’s easy to tap into your training status and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained. If you’re pushing to outshine the competition, the Forerunner 965 is there to light up every run with up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.

Product Highlights:

• 1.4” COLORFUL AMOLED DISPLAY
• UP TO 31 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE IN GPS MODE
• PREMIUM TRAINING METRICS AND RECOVERY INSIGHTS
• BUILT-IN MAPS WITH SATIQ™ AND MULTI-BAND GPS
• LIGHTWEIGHT TITANIUM BEZEL
• TOUCHSCREEN AND BUTTONS

Product Features

TRAINING READINESS
From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.

FULL-COLOR MAPPING
Whether you’re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 965 provides, full-color, built-in mapping to keep you on track.

TRIATHLON AND MULTISPORT PROFILES
Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns. Or, create your own custom multisport profiles.

RACE ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS
Get ready for your next race, including marathons, with training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions. Just enter your race, and we’ll build a plan that’ll help you meet your goals.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect™ smartphone app calendar.

TRAINING STATUS
Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained.

PLAN

MORNING REPORT
Get a customizable overview of your sleep, training outlook, HRV status, weather and more as soon as you wake up.

COURSES WITH TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third party platforms and get turn-by-turn directions.

ROUND-TRIP ROUTING
Enter how far you want to go and get suggested routes that will bring you back. Even use TrendLine™ to find the best local paths.

RECOVERY TIME
Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.

SLEEP MONITORING AND SLEEP SCORE
Understand how your body’s recovering with sleep score, breakdown of your sleep stages and detailed insights for improved sleep quality.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
See your energy levels throughout the day so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. And get even more details and personal insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities and high stress specifically impact your energy.

NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and to check the recommended time and duration they should be.

HRV STATUS
Gain a better understanding of your overall health, recovery and training performance while you sleep.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.

GARMIN COACH
Free adaptive 5K, 10K and half marathon training plans from expert coaches.

RACE PREDICTOR
Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon.

PREPARE

WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities

ENDURANCE SCORE
This feature measures your ability to sustain prolonged efforts and combines training data from all of your athletic pursuits to help you understand how training impacts your overall endurance. This dynamic measurement uses your VO2 max, short-term/long-term training loads and other factors to gauge your fitness progress beyond just VO2 max.

HILL SCORE
This feature measures your capability for running uphill and evaluates your progress over time based on your VO2 max and training history. It measures your running strength on steep ascents and running endurance on long ascents and provides a score based on your performance over time.

ACUTE LOAD
Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.

LOAD RATIO
Track short-term to mid-term load ratio to keep your rate of training growth within bounds that will help you stay healthy and avoid setbacks.

PERFORMANCE CONDITION
While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.

VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.

STRESS TRACKING
Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

TRAINING EFFECT
See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed and power.

HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.

PULSE OX SENSOR
Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep2, and gain awareness of how you’re adapting to altitude.

CROSS TRAINING
Forerunner 965 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.

PERFORM

WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.

SATIQ™ TECHNOLOGY AND MULTI-BAND GPS
Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.

PACEPRO™ FEATURE
Plan race day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.

TRACK RUNNING
Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.

CLIMBPRO
See real-time information on your current and upcoming climbs.

REAL-TIME STAMINA
Prevent burning out and use this data to track and manage your exertion.

UP AHEAD
Get at-a-glance awareness for points of interest along the course, such as aid stations.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Tap in to 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.

CONNECT

MUSIC
Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts for phone-free listening.

SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location3. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.

GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.

LIVETRACK
Friends and family can follow your real-time location3 and view preplanned courses.

GARMIN CONNECT
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more — in this free, zero-subscription app.

CONNECT IQ™
Add watch faces, data fields and apps to your paired watch.

• Key Specs

  Screen Size

   

  35 millimeters
  Touch Screen

   

  Yes
  Operating System Compatibility

  Android, Apple iOS
  Operating System

   

  Garmin
  App Compatible

   

  Yes
  Internal Memory Capacity

   

  32 gigabytes
  Global Positioning

   

  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
  Metrics Measured

  Activity vs. inactivity, Altitude changes, Cadence, Calories burned, Cycling speed, Distance traveled, Duration of exercise, Duration of sleep stages, Hours slept, Pace, Resting heart rate, Steps taken, VO2 Max
  Water Resistant

   

  Yes
  Maximum Depth of Water Resistance

   

  164 feet
  Band Material

  Silicone
  Series

   

  Forerunner 965

• General

  Product Name

  Forerunner 965 GPS Smartwatch 47 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer
  Brand

  Garmin
  Product Type

  Activity tracker, Smartwatch
  Form Factor

   

  Wristwatch
  Model Family

  Garmin Forerunner 965
  Model Number

  010-02809-00
  Series

   

  Forerunner 965
  Color

  Carbon Gray TLC/Titanium
  Color Category

  Black

• Design

  Case Size

   

  47mm
  Case Shape

  Circular
  Band Type

  Silicone
  Band Width

  22 millimeters
  Band Color

  Black/Powder Gray
  Clasp Type

  Buckle
  Rotating Bezel

   

  No

• Display

  Display Screen

  Yes
  Screen Size

   

  35 millimeters
  Touch Screen

   

  Yes
  Display Type

  AMOLED
  Color Display

  Yes
  Clock Display

  Yes
  Backlit Display

   

  Yes
  Adjustable Brightness

  Yes
  Customizable Watch Faces

  Yes
  Screen Material

  Corning Gorilla Glass 3 DX

• Compatibility

  Operating System Compatibility

  Android, Apple iOS
  Operating System

   

  Garmin
  App Compatible

   

  Yes
  Voice Assistant Built-in

   

  Not Applicable

• Connectivity

  Data Plan Required

  No
  Internal Carrier

  Not Applicable
  Bluetooth Enabled

   

  Yes
  NFC Technology

   

  Yes
  Wi-Fi Compatibility

  Wireless N

• Features

  Internal Memory Capacity

   

  32 gigabytes
  GPS Enabled

  Yes
  Global Positioning

   

  GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
  Mobile Notifications

  Yes
  Alert Type

  Audible, Vibration, Visual
  Mobile Payment Service Supported

  Garmin Pay
  Music Player

  Yes
  Silent Alarm

  Yes
  Vibration Alert

   

  Yes
  Built-In Microphone

  No
  Voice Activated

   

  No

• Activity

  Metrics Measured

  Activity vs. inactivity, Altitude changes, Cadence, Calories burned, Cycling speed, Distance traveled, Duration of exercise, Duration of sleep stages, Hours slept, Pace, Resting heart rate, Steps taken, VO2 Max
  Multi-Sport Tracking

  Yes
  Sensors

   

  Accelerometer, Altimeter, Ambient light sensor, Barometer, Compass, Gyro sensor, Pulse oximeter (Sp02) sensor
  Medical Incident Notification

   

  Contact text, Email
  Medical Incidents Detected

  Crash detection, Fall

• Performance

  Water Resistant

   

  Yes
  Maximum Depth of Water Resistance

   

  164 feet
  Shock Resistant

   

  No
  Dust Resistant

   

  No
  Minimum Operating Temperature

   

  -4 degrees fahrenheit
  Maximum Operating Temperature

   

  140 degrees fahrenheit

• Dimensions

  Product Height

   

  1.85 inches
  Product Depth

   

  0.51 inches
  Product Weight

   

  1.76 ounces

• Power

  Rechargeable

  Yes
  Battery Strength Indicator

  Yes
  Charging Interface(s)

   

  USB Type C
  Battery Type

  Lithium-ion

• Material

  Band Material

  Silicone
  Case Material

  Fiber-reinforced polymer

• Camera

  Integrated Camera

  No

• Dimension

  Size

  Adjustable
  Minimum Wrist Size

  5.3 millimeters
  Maximum Wrist Size

  8.07 millimeters
  Product Width

   

  1.85 inches

• Warranty

  Manufacturer’s Warranty – Parts

  1 year limited
  Manufacturer’s Warranty – Labor

  1 year limited