Garmin Forerunner 245 Smartwatch

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Description

This GPS smartwatch tracks your stats, crunches the numbers and gets to know all about your performance, your running form, your training and even your goals.

Features

A DESIGN THAT CUTS BACK ON BULK
It’s sleek and lightweight — perfect for running and  everyday wear.

THESE MATERIALS ARE READY TO RUN
Featuring a sweatproof silicone band and durable Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3, Forerunner 245 can handle whatever’s ahead. Everything you need to improve your performance. 

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
For personalized training guidance, get daily run recommendations of varying intensities based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time.

GARMIN COACH
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.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Switch up your workout routine with activity profiles for cycling, pool swimming, track running, elliptical, stair-stepper and more.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
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.

BUILT-IN GPS
Track where you run, and get accurate stats, including distance, pace and intervals.

RUNNING DYNAMICS
When used with a compatible accessory1, Forerunner 245 measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance and more.

VO2 MAX
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.

PULSE OX SENSOR
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.

TRAINING STATUS
This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching.

TRAINING EFFECT
See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback.

TRAINING LOAD
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.

RECOVERY TIME
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.

INTENSITY MINUTES
With improvements based on guidance from the CDC and WHO, now you can understand when you earned daily intensity minutes and during what activity. 

BATTERY LIFE
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 24 hours in GPS mode. Understanding all about you. 

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
Track your body’s energy levels so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
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 widget and Pregnancy Tracking app. Stay connected on the run. 

SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone.

LIVETRACK FEATURE
Use LiveTrack to let friends and family follow your real-time location5 and even view your entire pre planned course. Rest assured that your loved ones know exactly where you’re running.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features2 send your location to emergency contacts.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store.

SYNC WITH THE GARMIN CONNECT™ APP
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.

Specs

General

LENS MATERIAL

Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3

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

COLOR DISPLAY

Yes

DISPLAY SIZE

1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter

DISPLAY RESOLUTION

240 x 240 pixels

DISPLAY TYPE

sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)

WEIGHT

38.5 g

BATTERY LIFE

Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days

GPS mode: Up to 24 hours

WATER RATING

5 ATM

MEMORY/HISTORY

200 hours of activity data


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 Monitoring

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND)

Yes

DAILY RESTING HEART RATE

Yes

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

Yes

ALL-DAY STRESS

Yes

RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER

Yes

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

GPS

Yes

GLONASS

Yes

GALILEO

Yes

GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR

Yes

COMPASS

Yes

ACCELEROMETER

Yes

THERMOMETER

yes (tempe™ sensor required)

PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR

Yes


Daily Smart Features

CONNECTIVITY

Bluetooth®, ANT+®

CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)

Yes

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Yes

TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY) 

Yes

CALENDAR

Yes

WEATHER

Yes

CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC

Yes

FIND MY PHONE

Yes

FIND MY WATCH

Yes

VIRB® REMOTE

Yes

SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY

iPhone® and Android™

PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE

Yes


Safety and Tracking Features

LIVETRACK

Yes

LIVE EVENT SHARING

Android™ Only

INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES

Yes

ASSISTANCE

Yes


Activity Tracking Features

STEP COUNTER

Yes

MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT)

Yes

AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL)

Yes

CALORIES BURNED

Yes

DISTANCE TRAVELED

Yes

INTENSITY MINUTES

Yes

TRUEUP™

Yes

MOVE IQ™

Yes

GARMIN CONNECT™ CHALLENGES APP

yes (optional Connect IQ app)


Gym & Fitness Equipment

AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES

Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga

CARDIO WORKOUTS

Yes

STRENGTH WORKOUTS

Yes

AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING

Yes


Training, Planning and Analysis Features

HR ZONES

Yes

HR ALERTS

Yes

HR CALORIES

Yes

% HR MAX

Yes

% HRR

Yes

RECOVERY TIME

Yes

AUTO MAX HR

Yes

HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES)

yes (using ANT+ or BLE)

GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE

Yes

CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES

Yes

CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES

Yes

AUTO PAUSE®

Yes

INTERVAL TRAINING

Yes

ADVANCED WORKOUTS

Yes

DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS

Yes

AUTO LAP®

Yes

MANUAL LAP

Yes

CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS

Yes

VO2 MAX (RUN)

Yes

TRAINING STATUS (LETS YOU SEE IF YOU’RE TRAINING EFFECTIVELY BY TRACKING YOUR TRAINING HISTORY AND FITNESS LEVEL TREND.)

Yes

TRAINING LOAD (YOUR TOTAL TRAINING LOAD FOR THE LAST 7 DAYS CALCULATED FROM ESTIMATED EPOC)

Yes

TRAINING EFFECT

Yes

TRAINING EFFECT (ANAEROBIC)

Yes

IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME

Yes

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

yes (limited)

CUSTOM ALERTS

Yes

AUDIO PROMPTS

Yes

FINISH TIME

Yes

VIRTUAL PARTNER

Yes

RACE AN ACTIVITY

Yes

COURSE GUIDANCE

Yes

TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK

Yes

AUTO SCROLL

Yes

ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH

Yes

PHYSIO TRUEUP

Yes


Running Features

AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES

Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running

GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE

Yes

RUNNING DYNAMICS

yes (with compatible accessory)

VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (THE DEGREE OF 'BOUNCE' IN YOUR RUNNING MOTION AND THE COST-BENEFIT RATIO WITH STRIDE LENGTH)

yes (with compatible accessory)

GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE (SHOWS HOW MUCH TIME, IN THE RUNNING MOTION, YOUR FOOT IS ON THE GROUND RATHER THAN IN FLIGHT AND LETS YOU CHECK YOUR RUNNING SYMMETRY)

yes (with compatible accessory)

STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME)

yes (with compatible accessory)

CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)

Yes

PERFORMANCE CONDITION (AFTER RUNNING 6–20 MINUTES, COMPARES YOUR REAL-TIME CONDITION TO YOUR AVERAGE FITNESS LEVEL)

Yes

PACEPRO™ PACING STRATEGIES

Yes

RUN WORKOUTS

Yes

RACE PREDICTOR

Yes

FOOT POD CAPABLE

Yes


Outdoor Recreation

POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION

Yes

BREAD CRUMB TRAIL IN REAL TIME

Yes

BACK TO START

Yes

TRACBACK®

Yes

ULTRATRAC MODE

Yes

DISTANCE TO DESTINATION

Yes

GPS COORDINATES

Yes


Cycling Features

ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE OR CALORIES)

Yes

COURSES

Yes

AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES

Biking, Indoor Biking

RACE AN ACTIVITY

Yes

COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA VISION™ (HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY)

Yes

COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR-FACING RADAR)

Yes

COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS

Yes

SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (W/SENSOR)

Yes


Swimming Features

AVAILABLE SWIM PROFILES

Pool Swimming

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

POOL SWIM WORKOUTS

Yes

UNDERWATER WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Yes

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™ and HRM-Pro™)


Kid Activity Tracking Features

TOE-TO-TOE™ CHALLENGES APP

yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)